Editing Encyclopedia:Glossary (section)

==I==

;{{Vanchor|IANAL|IANaL}}, IANaL
: An abbreviation for "I Am Not a Lawyer", indicating that an editor is about to give their opinion on a legal matter as they understand it, although they are not professionally qualified to do so, and may not fully understand the law in question. May be generalized to other fields, e.g., ''IANAA'' (administrator), ''IANAD'' (doctor).
;{{Vanchor|IAR}}, [[WP:Ignore all rules|Ignore All Rules]]
: A policy which states simply "If a [[WP:Policies and guidelines|rule]] prevents you from improving or maintaining [[Wikipedia]], '''ignore it'''." There are several essays on what this means, including [[Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means]], and an encyclopedic [[Ignore all rules|article on the topic]].
;{{Vanchor|IAW}}
: An abbreviation for "in accordance with", as in "IAW <nowiki>[[WP:RS]]</nowiki>".
;{{Vanchor|IBAN|I-BAN}}, I-BAN
: An abbreviation referring to an [[WP:IBAN|interaction ban]] between two or more editors, usually used to reduce or eliminate a conflict.
;{{Vanchor|ICBH|ICBH}}
: An abbreviation for I couldn't be happier.
;{{Vanchor|IfD|IFD}}, IFD
: An abbreviation for ''Images and media for deletion'', the old name for [[WP:Files for discussion|Files for discussion]].
;{{Vanchor|Iff}}
: [[If and only if]].
;{{Vanchor|Inactive|inactive}}
: Describes a user that has not edited Wikipedia for some time, with or without announcing that they have {{slink||retired}}. User [[WP:Account deletion|accounts are never deleted]], and an inactive editor can return to editing at any time. {{slink||Administrator}}s who are inactive over a year may have their [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Procedural removal for inactive administrators|permissions administratively removed]]. See also {{slink||Retiring}}.
;{{Vanchor|Inclusionist|Inclusionism}}
: A user who is of the opinion that Wikipedia should contain as much information as possible, often regardless of presentation or notability. There are varying degrees of [[m:Inclusionism|Inclusionism]]{{snd}}radical Inclusionists vote "Keep" on every {{slink||AfD}} they come across, while more moderate ones merely express their desire for a wide variety of topics to be covered, even if they do not fit the standard criteria for inclusion in an encyclopedia, or if the articles in question have quality problems.
;{{Vanchor|Indef}}
: Short for [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Indefinite blocks|''indef''inite block]].
;{{Anchor|Infobox}}[[Help:Infobox|Infobox]]
: A consistently formatted table which is present in articles with a common subject. See [[Help:Infobox]] and [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (infoboxes)]] for a how-to guide. ''See also: {{slink||Navbox}}, {{slink||Taxobox}}.''
;{{Vanchor|Internal link}}
: ''See {{slink||Free link}}, {{slink||Wikilink}}.''
;{{Anchor|Interwiki}}[[Help:Interwiki linking|Interwiki]]
: A link to a sister project; this can be an [[Help:Interlanguage links|interlanguage link]] to a corresponding article in a [[m:List of Wikipedias|different language]] in Wikipedia, or a link to a project such as Wikibooks, Meta, etc. The abbreviations '''iw''' or '''i/w''' are often used in [[#Edit summary|edit summaries]] when an interwiki link has been added or changed.
;{{Vanchor|IOT}}
: Abbreviation for "In order to".
;{{Anchor|IP|IP user|IP editor}}IP, IP contributor, IP user, IP editor
: An {{slink||Editor}} who [[WP:IPs are human too|contributes without an account]]. ''See also: {{slink||Anon}}.''
;{{Vanchor|IPA}}
: [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], widely used on Wikipedia to indicate pronunciation. ''See also'' [[Help:IPA]], [[Help:IPA/English]], the more detailed [[IPA chart for English dialects]], and [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation)]].
;{{Vanchor|IRC}}
: [[WP:IRC|Internet Relay Chat]].
;{{Vanchor|IRL}}
: Abbreviation for "[[Real life|In real life]]".
;{{Anchor|Isolated|isolated article}}Isolated, isolated article
: An ''isolated article'' is an article that cannot be reached via a series of links from the [[Main Page]]. ''See also {{slink||Orphan}}.''
;{{Vanchor|ITN}}
: Abbreviation for [[Wikipedia:In the news]].
;{{Vanchor|i/w}}, iw
: ''See {{slink||Interwiki}}.''
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