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Quick directory

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

Learning the wikiway

Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Village pump

Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.

Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a ~~costumed superhero~~ janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra powers. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Requests for mediation

A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators.

Requests for arbitration

This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators.

The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Featured article candidates

All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page.

Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Tips

Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills.

Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

Wikilove and appreciation

Kindness campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Silly things

In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here.

Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia.

Quick directory

Template:TOCright Template:Shortcut

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

Learning the wikiway

Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Village pump

Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.

Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a ~~costumed superhero~~ janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra powers. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Requests for mediation

A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators.

Requests for arbitration

This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators.

The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Featured article candidates

All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page.

Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Tips

Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills.

Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

Wikilove and appreciation

Kindness campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Silly things

In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here.

Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia.

Quick directory

Template:TOCright Template:Shortcut

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

Learning the wikiway

Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Village pump

Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.

Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a ~~costumed superhero~~ janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra powers. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Requests for mediation

A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators.

Requests for arbitration

This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators.

The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Featured article candidates

All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page.

Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Tips

Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills.

Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

Wikilove and appreciation

Kindness campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Silly things

In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here.

Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia.

Quick directory

Template:TOCright Template:Shortcut

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

Learning the wikiway

Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Village pump

Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.

Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a ~~costumed superhero~~ janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra powers. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Requests for mediation

A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators.

Requests for arbitration

This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators.

The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Featured article candidates

All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page.

Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Tips

Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills.

Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

Wikilove and appreciation

Kindness campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Silly things

In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here.

Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia.

Quick directory

Template:TOCright Template:Shortcut

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

Learning the wikiway

Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Village pump

Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.

Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a ~~costumed superhero~~ janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra powers. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Requests for mediation

A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators.

Requests for arbitration

This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators.

The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Featured article candidates

All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page.

Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Tips

Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills.

Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

Wikilove and appreciation

Kindness campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Silly things

In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here.

Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia.

Quick directory

Template:TOCright Template:Shortcut

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

Learning the wikiway

Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Village pump

Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.

Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a ~~costumed superhero~~ janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra powers. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Requests for mediation

A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators.

Requests for arbitration

This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators.

The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Featured article candidates

All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page.

Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Tips

Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills.

Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

Wikilove and appreciation

Kindness campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Silly things

In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here.

Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia.

Quick directory

Template:TOCright Template:Shortcut

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

Learning the wikiway

Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Village pump

Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.

Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a ~~costumed superhero~~ janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra powers. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Requests for mediation

A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators.

Requests for arbitration

This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators.

The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Featured article candidates

All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page.

Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Tips

Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills.

Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

Wikilove and appreciation

Kindness campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Silly things

In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here.

Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia.

Quick directory

Template:TOCright Template:Shortcut

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

Learning the wikiway

Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Village pump

Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.

Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a ~~costumed superhero~~ janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra powers. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Requests for mediation

A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators.

Requests for arbitration

This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators.

The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Featured article candidates

All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page.

Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Tips

Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills.

Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

Wikilove and appreciation

Kindness campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Silly things

In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here.

Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia.

Community portal

Welcome to the community portal. This is the place to find out what is happening on Wikipedia. Learn what tasks need to be done, what groups there are to join, and share news about recent events or current activities taking place on Wikipedia.

You might be looking for...

Help with an aspect of Wikipedia: see the help page for documentation, or ask a question for assistance.
Answers for questions about factual topics: please visit Wikipedia's reference desk.
A place to discuss things with other users: the village pump is Wikipedia's main discussion forum.
A place to resolve disputes: for content disputes, follow the guidelines on this page.

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WikiProjects and Task Forces

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Portals and Collaborations

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Help out

Wikipedia is, by number of articles, the largest encyclopedia ever to exist. However, many articles are stubs, or otherwise need attention. If you like, go ahead, be bold, and jump right in. If you are not ready to fly solo, you can participate in a Collaboration.

Things to do

Respond to a request for comment, Wikiquette alert or provide a third opinion.
Adopt a basic topic list, to help develop and maintain a table of contents to a major subject on Wikipedia.
Give a requested editor review.
Can you draw or take pictures? Make a requested image.
Peer review or give feedback on some articles.
Comment at Featured portal candidates and Portals at peer review.
Make recommendations on articles listed at Good article reassessment.
Respond to the Reward board or Bounty board.
Are you good at photo editing? Then try cleaning up some of these images, or helping out at the Graphics Lab.
Can you use GIS tools? Help make requested maps.
Can you communicate in another language? There are articles that need translation into English. You can also proofread a translation.
Let SuggestBot suggest pages for you to improve.
Update pages with old (ref or note template) citations to the new references format.
Patrol new pages and help improving new articles.
Assess articles by quality or by importance – pick a topic of interest and grade according to that WikiProject's scale. (See links from article talk pages.)
Category:Wikipedia backlog always needs attention.

Fix-up projects

Open tasks

{{Wikipedia:Community portal/Opentask}} Not sure where to report a certain type of problem with article content? If it exists, it is probably listed at Wikipedia:Maintenance.

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Collaborations

To improve the quality of articles that are short or lacking in detail, Wikipedia's community organizes collaborations to expand articles.

Template:Announcements/Current collaborations

Other collaborations

Active improvement teams

WikiProjects

WikiProjects are ongoing team efforts to improve articles having to do with a particular subject, and to manage the logistics of that topic. Hundreds exist—examine the master list to find one that interests you.

Language translation

Wikipedia is not just in English. Versions exist in many different languages. To fill in some of the English Wikipedia's gaps, we translate articles from other languages into English. You can view a list of articles that need translation from any language, or, in a few cases, by only one language (this is only available for the more popular languages).

Gift shop

Share ideas of logos or other Wikipedia motifs to be used on clothing or for other purposes in Wikipedia merchandise.

Guidelines, help & resources

Wikipedia has many help pages, policies, and departments. Here are some of the most general. For a comprehensive list of Wikipedia's departments, see the Wikipedia department directory.

Help

Wikipedia help – Browse help pages
Where to ask questions

Editing

The Manual of Style guidelines and tutorial
How to edit a page
Contributing
How to write a great article
Where to find information for articles
A list of template messages
What special pages are
Tools for editing
Request newspapers or magazines

Policies and guidelines

Wikipedia has many established policies, guidelines, conventions, and traditions. This is a very brief sampling of some of the most important; for more information, see the main policies and guidelines page. Policies and guidelines apply to both articles and how to work with fellow editors. For easy access, the shortcuts to the pages are also listed.

Article standards

Be bold!	WP:BB • WP:BOLD
Citing sources	WP:CITE • WP:REF
Copyrights	WP:C
Editing	WP:EP
External links	WP:EL
Image use	WP:IUP
Include only verifiable information	WP:V
Manual of Style	WP:MOS • WP:STYLE
Neutral point of view	WP:NPOV • WP:NEU
What Wikipedia is not	WP:WWIN • WP:NOT

Working with others

Assume good faith	WP:AGF • WP:FAITH
Avoid instruction creep	WP:CREEP
Civility and etiquette	WP:CIV • WP:EQ
Consensus	WP:CON
Do not bite the newcomers	WP:BITE
Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point	WP:POINT
No personal attacks	WP:NPA • WP:ATTACK
Resolving disputes	WP:DR
Vandalism	WP:VAND

Resources

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+* Help with an aspect of Wikipedia: ''see the '''[[Help:Contents|help page]]''' for documentation, or '''[[Wikipedia:Questions|ask a question]]''' for assistance.''
+* Answers for questions about factual topics: ''please visit Wikipedia's '''[[Wikipedia:Reference desk|reference desk]]'''.''
+* A place to discuss things with other users: ''the '''[[Wikipedia:Village pump|village pump]]''' is Wikipedia's main discussion forum.''
+* A place to resolve disputes: ''for content disputes, follow '''[[Wikipedia:Resolving disputes|the guidelines on this page]]'''.''</div>
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+<h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em; border-bottom:0; font-weight:bold;">
+Help out
+</h2> <!-- 3 line spacing of h2 is important for subsection edit links to work correctly, PLEASE DO NOT FIX -->
+|-
+| style="width:50%; background:#F5FFFA; padding:1.2em;" valign="top" |
+<!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
+Wikipedia is, by number of articles, [[Wikipedia:Size comparisons|the largest encyclopedia]] ever to exist. However, many articles are [[Wikipedia:Stub|stubs]], or otherwise need attention. If you like, go ahead, [[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|be '''bold''']], and jump right in. If you are not ready to fly solo, you can participate in a [[#Collaborations|Collaboration]].
+=== Things to do ===
+* Respond to a [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment|request for comment]], [[Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts|Wikiquette alert]] or provide a [[Wikipedia:Third opinion|third opinion]].
+* Adopt a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists of basic topics|basic topic list]], to help develop and maintain a table of contents to a major subject on Wikipedia.
+* Give a requested [[Wikipedia:Editor review|editor review]].
+* Can you draw or take pictures? Make a [[Wikipedia:Requested pictures#Fulfilling a request|requested image]].
+* [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]] or give [[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback|feedback]] on some articles.
+* Comment at [[WP:FPORTC|Featured portal candidates]] and [[WP:PPREV|Portals at peer review]].
+* Make recommendations on articles listed at [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment|Good article reassessment]].
+* Respond to the [[Wikipedia:Reward board|Reward board]] or [[Wikipedia:Bounty board|Bounty board]].
+* Are you good at [[Image editing|photo editing]]? Then try [[Wikipedia:Images for cleanup|cleaning]] up some of [[:Category:Images_for_cleanup|these images]], or helping out at the [[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab|Graphics Lab]].
+* Can you use [[Geographic information system|GIS]] tools? Help make [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Requested and orphan maps|requested maps]].
+* Can you communicate in another language? There are articles that need [[Wikipedia:Translation|translation into English]]. You can also proofread a translation.
+* Let [[User:SuggestBot|SuggestBot]] suggest pages for you to improve.
+* Update pages with old (ref or note template) citations to the [[User:Cyde/Ref converter|new references format]].
+* [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol|Patrol new pages]] and help improving [[Special:Newpages|new articles]].
+* Assess articles [[:Category:Unassessed-Class articles|by quality]] or [[:Category:Unknown-importance articles|by importance]] – pick a topic of interest and grade according to that WikiProject's scale.  (See links from article talk pages.)
+* [[:Category:Wikipedia backlog]] always needs attention.
+=== Fix-up projects ===
+{| style="width:100%; background-color:transparent;"
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+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/uncategorized|Article categorization]]
+*[[:Category:Articles to be split|Articles to be split]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Articles written by a single editor|Articles written by a single editor]]
+*[[:Category:Wikipedia categories in need of attention|Bad category names]]
+*[[:Category:Category needs checking|Category needs checking]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Core topics - 1,000/with problems|Core topics needing cleanup]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Dead-end pages|Dead-end pages]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links|Disambig pages with links]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Elements of Style improvement project|Elements of Style]]
+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject External links|External links]]
+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles Needing Copy Edit|Articles needing copy edit]]
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+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Check Wikipedia|Wikitext syntax cleanup]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Dead external links|Linkrot]]
+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Notability|Notability]]
+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles|Missing articles]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Most wanted articles|Most wanted articles]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Most wanted stubs|Most wanted stubs]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Suggestions for name disambiguation|Name disambiguation]]
+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|Stub sorting]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Transwiki log|Transwiki log cleanup]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Typo|Typos]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles|Unreferenced articles]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Untagged images|Untagged images]]
+|}
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+=== Open tasks ===
+{{Wikipedia:Community portal/Opentask}}
+Not sure where to report a certain type of problem with article content? If it exists, it is probably listed at [[Wikipedia:Maintenance]].
+{{purge}}
+|-
+|}
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+|-
+| colspan="2" valign="top" style="background:#FFFCF5; padding:1.2em; border-bottom:1px #BFB6A3 solid;" |
+To improve the quality of articles that are short or lacking in detail, Wikipedia's community organizes '''[[Wikipedia:Collaborations|collaborations]]''' to expand articles.
+|-
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+=== Other collaborations ===
+==== Active improvement teams ====
+* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias|Countering systemic bias]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Version 1.0]]
+* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam|Spam fighting team]]
+* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/Current subprojects|Categorization projects]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Spotlight|Wikipedia Spotlight]]
+==== WikiProjects ====
+'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]]''' are ongoing team efforts to improve articles having to do with a particular subject, and to manage the logistics of that topic. Hundreds exist—examine the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory|master list]] to find one that interests you.
+==== Language translation ====
+Wikipedia is not just in English. Versions exist in many different languages. To fill in some of the English Wikipedia's gaps, we '''[[Wikipedia:Translation|translate articles from other languages into English]]'''. You can view a [[Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English|list of articles that need translation]] from any language, or, in a few cases, by only one language (this is only available for the more popular languages).
+==== Gift shop ====
+Share ideas of logos or other Wikipedia motifs to be used on clothing or for other purposes in
+'''[[Wikipedia:Merchandise|Wikipedia merchandise]]'''.
+|}
+<!--
+----------------------- GUIDELINES, HELP AND RESOURCES --------------------- -->
+{| id="Guidelines" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-top: 1em; border:1px #A3B1BF solid;"
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+|-
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+Wikipedia has many help pages, policies, and departments. Here are some of the most general. For a comprehensive list of Wikipedia's departments, see the '''[[Wikipedia:Department directory|Wikipedia department directory]]'''.
+=== Help ===
+* [[Help:Contents|Wikipedia help]] – Browse help pages
+* [[Wikipedia:Questions|Where to ask questions]]
+=== Editing ===
+* The [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|'''Manual of Style''']] guidelines and [[Wikipedia:Tutorial|tutorial]]
+* [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing]]
+* How to [[Wikipedia:Article development|write a great article]]
+* Where to find [[Wikipedia:Research resources|information for articles]]
+* A list of [[Wikipedia:Template messages|template messages]]
+* What [[Special:Specialpages|special pages]] are
+* [[Wikipedia:Tools|Tools]] for editing
+* Request [[Wikipedia:Newspapers and magazines request service|newspapers or magazines]]
+=== Policies and guidelines ===
+Wikipedia has many established [[Wikipedia:List of policies|policies]], [[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|guidelines]], conventions, and traditions. This is a very brief sampling of some of the most important; for more information, see the main [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines page]]. Policies and guidelines apply to both articles and how to work with fellow editors. For easy access, the [[Wikipedia:List of shortcuts|shortcuts]] to the pages are also listed.
+==== Article standards ====
+{| width="92%" style="padding-left:1.5em; padding-right:1em; background-color:transparent;"
+| [[Wikipedia:Be bold|Be '''bold'''!]]
+| align=right|[[WP:BB]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[WP:BOLD]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]]
+| align=right|[[WP:CITE]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[WP:REF]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyrights]]
+| align=right|[[WP:C]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Editing policy|Editing]]
+| align=right|[[WP:EP]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:External links|External links]]
+| align=right|[[WP:EL]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Image use policy|Image use]]
+| align=right|[[WP:IUP]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|Include only verifiable information]]
+| align=right|[[WP:V]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
+| align=right|[[WP:MOS]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[WP:STYLE]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]]
+| align=right|[[WP:NPOV]] &nbsp;•&nbsp;[[WP:NEU]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]
+| align=right|[[WP:WWIN]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[WP:NOT]]
+|}
+==== Working with others ====
+{| width="92%" style="padding-left:1.5em; padding-right:1em; background-color:transparent;"
+| [[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]
+| align=right|[[WP:AGF]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[WP:FAITH]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Avoid instruction creep|Avoid instruction creep]]
+| align=right|[[WP:CREEP]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Civility|Civility]] and [[Wikipedia:Etiquette|etiquette]]
+| align=right|[[WP:CIV]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[WP:EQ]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Consensus|Consensus]]
+| align=right|[[WP:CON]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Do not bite the newcomers]]
+| align=right|[[WP:BITE]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point|Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point]]
+| align=right|[[WP:POINT]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|No personal attacks]]
+| align=right|[[WP:NPA]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[WP:ATTACK]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Resolving disputes|Resolving disputes]]
+| align=right|[[WP:DR]]
+|-
+| [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]]
+| align=right|[[WP:VAND]]
+|}
+| style="width:50%; background:#F5FAFF; border-left:1px solid #A3B1BF; padding:1.2em;" valign="top" |
+<!-- RIGHT COLUMN -->
+=== Resources ===
+<h4>
+New user information
+</h4>
+[[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]] ·
+[[Help:Contents|Help]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User|Adoption]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Glossary|Glossary]] · [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|Account benefits]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:School and university projects|Planning school assignments]]
+<h4>
+Ways to communicate
+</h4>
+[[Wikipedia:Contact us|Contact (overview)]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Talk page|Discussion pages]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Mailing lists|Mailing lists]] ·
+[[m:IRC channels|IRC chat]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Meetup|Meetups]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:User page|User pages]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Requests for comment|Requests for comment]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Watch|Public watchlists]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Regional notice boards|Regional notice boards]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback|Requests for article feedback]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Local Embassy|Local Embassy]]
+<h4>
+Community support groups and programs
+</h4>
+[[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee|Welcoming committee]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Editor assistance|Editor assistance]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User|Wiki-adoption]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Birthday Committee|Birthday Committee]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Harmonious editing club|Harmonious editing club]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign|Kindness Campaign]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Reach out|Reach out]] ·
+[[Template:Barnstarpages|Wikipedia awards program]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Department of Fun|Dept. of Fun]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:One featured article per quarter|One featured article per quarter]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles|Missing encyclopedic articles]]
+<h4>
+Common procedures
+</h4>
+[[Wikipedia:Featured content|Featured content]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good articles]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Requests for feedback|Requests for feedback]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Deleting a page]] (<small>[[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|full policy]]</small>) ·
+[[Wikipedia:Requested moves|Moving a page]] (<small>[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming policies]]</small>) ·
+[[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection|Protecting a page]] (<small>[[Wikipedia:Protection policy|full policy]]</small>) ·
+[[Help:Reverting|Reverting a page]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|Administrator nominations]] (<small>[[User:Tangotango/RfA Analysis/Report|summaries]]</small>) ·
+[[:Category:Wikipedia administration|Category-based access]]
+<h4>
+How to resolve conflicts
+</h4>
+[[Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot|Stay cool!]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Be nice to newcomers]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts|Alert others]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Resolving disputes|Dispute resolution]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Arbitration policy|Arbitration policy]]
+<h4>
+Community information
+</h4>
+[[Wikipedia:About|About Wikipedia]] ·
+[[Wikipedia:Goings-on|Goings-on]] ·
+[[Wikimedia Foundation|About Wikimedia]] ·
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Quick directory

Learning the wikiway

Bureaucracy

Dispute resolution

The best of Wikipedia

The worst of Wikipedia

For power users

Wikilove and appreciation

Wikipedia laughs

See also

Quick directory

Learning the wikiway

Bureaucracy

Dispute resolution

The best of Wikipedia

The worst of Wikipedia

For power users

Wikilove and appreciation

Wikipedia laughs

See also

Quick directory

Learning the wikiway

Bureaucracy

Dispute resolution

The best of Wikipedia

The worst of Wikipedia

For power users

Wikilove and appreciation

Wikipedia laughs

See also

Quick directory

Learning the wikiway

Bureaucracy

Dispute resolution

The best of Wikipedia