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== Local authority ==
[[Project:Policies]] lists this wiki's established rules. [[Project:Community standards]] provides its core editorial and conduct principles. Guidance pages explain practical application. An imported template, outside website or compatibility shortcut does not establish additional local authority.
== Policies, guidelines and essays ==
Policies describe the rules listed in [[Project:Policies]]. Guidelines explain practical editing methods and allow judgement suited to the subject. Essays express advice or an author's view; they do not override policy. A category, shortcut or imported notice is not evidence that the community adopted a new rule.
This wiki combines the Elite Dangerous community's subject-specific rules with editorial practices adapted for a specialist game reference. Wikipedia is a reference for editing methods, not this wiki's governing organisation. Fandom's platform administration and discussion services do not govern this independent site.
== Applying guidance ==
Use relevant evidence and common sense. This is a specialist game wiki: reproducible gameplay observations, game terminology and version-specific documentation need treatment suited to the subject. Keep the local rules on squadron eligibility, cheating, naming and shaming, conduct and spelling. Do not
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[[Project:Editorial guidance|Editorial guidance directory]]
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