Wikipedia:Product, process, policy

This is an essay on the policies Wikipedia:Ignore all rules, Wikipedia:Consensus and Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints.

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In order of descending importance, product, process, and policy describe integral parts of Wikipedia. The three P's are part of the nature of dynamic processes in this project. Here, the focus is on how process and policy are generated in order to improve our product.