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On Wikipedia, an '''essay''' is a page in the [[WP:PRJ|project namespace]] (''Wikipedia:'') that is written by one or more editors that typically addresses some aspect of working on or with Wikipedia. Such pages are categorized into [[:Category:Wikipedia essays]] or a related subcategory. Essays may range from personal or minority views, to view(contracted; show full)x27;''Wikipedia information pages''' - [[:Category:Wikipedia information pages|WikipeHistorition pages]], while not policies or guidelines themselves, are intended to supplement or clarify Wikipedia practices, guidelines, policies, or other Wikipedia norms and practices that in fact have communal consensus. Where essay pages offer advice or opinions through viewpoints, information pages supplement or clarify communal consensus through impartiality.
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==How to write an essay==

===Creating the essay page===
A Wikipedia essay may be written by anyone.  Before creating an essay, it is a good idea to check if similar essays already exist. Check the "see also" section of relevant guidelines and related essays, or perform a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=&fulltext=Search&ns4=1&ns12=1&redirs=0 search of Help and Project pages].

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*Writings that overtly contradict policy (or other pages with established consensus), especially if they are intended to undermine, not just disagree with, those pages.  Such oppositional views are, however, generally tolerated within [[:Category:User essays|user essays]].

==See also==
*[[Wikipedia:The value of essays]]
*[[:Category:Top-impact Wikipedia essays|Top-impact Wikipedia essays]]