Editing Encyclopedia:Editing policy (section)

==<span class="anchor" id="Perfection is not required"></span> Wikipedia is a work in progress: perfection is not required==
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Perfection is not required, as [[WP:Wikipedia is a work in progress|Wikipedia is a work in progress]]. Collaborative editing means that incomplete or poorly written first drafts can evolve over time into [[WP:Featured articles|excellent articles]]. Even poor articles, if they can be improved, are welcome. For instance, one person may start an article with an overview of a subject or a few random facts. Another may help standardize the article's formatting or have additional facts and figures or a graphic to add. Yet another may bring better [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view#Due and undue weight|balance]] to the views represented in the article and perform fact-checking and [[WP:Citing sources|sourcing]] to existing content. At any point during this process, the article may become disorganized or contain substandard writing.

=== Neutrality in articles of living or recently deceased persons ===
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While perfection is not required, extra care should be taken on articles that mention living persons. Contentious material about living or recently deceased persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should either be verified immediately, with one or more reliable sources and presented in a [[WP:Neutral point of view|neutral manner]] without [[WP:UNDUE|undue weight]], or be removed immediately, without waiting for discussion.