The fundamental principles by which Wikipedia operates are summarized in the form of '''five "pillars"''':
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|[[Image:BluePillar.svg|47px|alt=Blue pillar (1: Encyclopedia)]] || {{anchor|1|Blue|Encyclopediaଭାଷାକୋଷ}}'''[[Wikipediaଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Whatଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ Wikipediaକଣ is notନୁହେଁ|Wikipedia isଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ anଗୋଟିଏ onlineଅନଲାଇନ encyclopediaଭାଷାକୋଷ]].।''' Itଏହା incorporatesସାଧାରଣ elementsଓ ofବିଶେଷ general and specializedଭାଷାକୋଷ, [[encyclopediaକ୍ୟାଲେଣ୍ଡର]]s, [[almanacଖବର]]s,ଗୁଡିକୁ andନେଇ [[gazetteer]]s. Wikipediaତିଆରି is। notଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ aଗୋଟିଏ [[Wikipedia:Whatଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ Wikipediaକଣ isନୁହେଁ#ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ not#Wikipediaଗୋଟିଏ isପରଖ notକରିବା aଜାଗା soapboxନୁହେଁ|soapboxପରଖ କରିବା ଜାଗା]], anଗୋଟିଏ [[WP:ADS|advertisingପ୍ରଚାର କରିବା platformଜାଗା]], aଗୋଟିଏ [[Wikipedia:Notability|vanity press]], an experiment in [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not an anarchy|anarchy]] or [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a democracy|democracy]], an [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information|indiscriminate collection of information]], or a web [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a directory|directory]]. It is not a [[WP:NOTDICTIONARY|dictionary]], [[WP:NOTNEWS|newspaper]], or a collection of [[Wikipedia:Don't include copies of primary sources|source documents]]; that kind of content should be contributed instead to the [[wmf:Our projects|Wikimedia sister projects]].
