Editing Encyclopedia:Glossary (section)

==N==

;{{Vanchor|N}}
: On the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] page, '''N''' (upper case, bold){{snd}}with a red exclamation mark{{snd}}'''N<span style="color:red;">!</span>''' indicates a new page or article that has not yet been patrolled.
;{{Vanchor|N/a|n/a|na|NA|n-a|N-A}}
: An abbreviation for ''new article'', often used in edit summaries. Easily confused with the common non-Wiki use, "not applicable" or "not available".
;{{Vanchor|NAC}}
: An abbreviation for [[Wikipedia:Non-admin closure|non-admin closure]]. Signifies a closure of a discussion which was performed by someone without {{slink||Admin}} privileges.
;{{Vanchor|Namespace}}
: A way to classify pages. Wikipedia has namespaces for encyclopedia articles, pages about Wikipedia ([[WP:Project namespace|project namespace]]), [[#User page|user pages]] (User:), special pages (Special:), {{slink||Template}} pages (Template:), and [[#Talk page|talk pages]] (Talk:, Wikipedia talk:, and User talk:), among others. ''See also [[Wikipedia:Namespace]].''
;{{Vanchor|Name drop|Namedrop|namedrop|name drop}}
: A concern in [[WP:N|Notability]] discussions when a source mentions a subject only by name without going into any other detail
;{{Vanchor|Navbox|Navigation template}}, Navigation template
: A '''[[WP:Navigation templates|navbox]]''' is a type of template placed at the bottom articles to enable the reader to navigate easily to other articles on related topics. ''See also: {{slink||Infobox}}, {{slink||Taxobox}}.''
;{{Vanchor|NC|NCs}}
: Found in [[#Edit summary|edit summaries]] to indicate that a change has been made to make an item comply with Wikipedia's standard naming conventions. ''See also {{slink||MOS}}, [[Wikipedia:Article titles]].''
;{{Vanchor|Newbie test|Newbie Test|Newb test|Newb Test|Noob test|Noob Test}}, Noob test
: An edit made by a newcomer to Wikipedia, just to see if "Edit this page" ''really'' does what it sounds like. Newcomers should use [[Wikipedia:Sandbox]] for this purpose. ''See also [[Wikipedia:Introduction]].''
;{{Vanchor|NN|Nn|nn}}, non-notable
: Abbreviation found in comments at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]] and in edit summaries, indicating that the article's subject is ''not [[WP:N|notable]]'' enough for a Wikipedia entry.  A subject is non-notable if editors agree ''not'' to have an article about this subject.  Their decision is usually based on things like not finding enough reliable sources to write a decent encyclopedia article, but it can also be based on things like a desire to present a small subject as part of a larger one.
;{{Vanchor|nom}}
: Short for "nomination" or "nominator". Often found on deletion [[#Process page|process pages]] as part of the phrase '''Delete per nom''', indicating a voter's assent to and/or agreement with the main nomination for deletion.
;{{Vanchor|NOR}}
: The Wikipedia policy that [[WP:No original research|No Original Research]] is allowed in citing sources in articles.
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:N|Notability]]|Notable|notability|notable}}, Notable
: A characteristic held by article subjects that qualify for separate, stand-alone articles. A notable topic is one that "{{xt|is suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received [[WP:SIGCOV|significant coverage]] in [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] that are [[WP:independent|independent]] of the subject.}}" Note that "notability" is a property of a topic, and has nothing to do with the quality of an article, or whether an article exists for the topic.
;{{Vanchor|Notice board|noticeboard|Noticeboard|notice board}}
: A page that acts as a forum for a group of users, who use it to coordinate their editing. Most notice boards are by geographic location, like the [[WP:UKWNB|UK Wikipedians' notice board]]; a notable exception is the [[WP:AN|Administrators' noticeboard]].
;{{Vanchor|NPA}}
: [[WP:NPA|No Personal Attacks]]. A special case of [[#Civil|civility]], saying that criticism must be directed at content and editing behavior, not at editors personally.
;{{Vanchor|NPOV|NPoV}}
: [[WP:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]], or the agreement to present possibly subjective content in an objective, neutral, and substantiated manner, so as not to cause edit wars between opposing sides. As a verb, to remove biased statements or slanted phrasing. As an adjective, it indicates that an article complies with Wikipedia's NPOV policy.
;{{Vanchor|NPP}}
: [[Wikipedia:New Pages Patrol]].
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:Null edit|Null edit]]}} 
: A null edit is made when an editor opens the edit window of a document then re-saves the page without having made any text changes. This is sometimes done as a lazy way to [[WP:Purge|purge]]{{snd}}to update the functioning of templates (which require articles containing them to be edited in order for any changes to take effect). The term also applies to making a very small, non-substantive change (e.g., removing an unneeded blank line or adding one) in order to get the article history to register a change, for the purpose of leaving an edit summary that responds to a previous one.
;{{Vanchor|Nupedia}}
: A Wikipedia predecessor project that shut down in 2003. It is currently inactive and there are no plans to resurrect it. ''See also: [[WP:Nupedia and Wikipedia]].''
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