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Community portal
- 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.
Community bulletin board |
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NoticesProject pages seeking contributors
DiscussionsDiscussions in the following areas have requested wider attention: See also: Centralized discussion · Coordination · Wikizine · In the media · News · Announcements · Mailing lists · Meetups
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Collaborations |
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To improve the quality of articles that are short or lacking in detail, Wikipedia's community organizes collaborations to expand articles. |
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Collaborations by topic
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Other collaborationsActive improvement teamsWikiProjectsWikiProjects 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 translationWikipedia 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 shopShare ideas of logos or other Wikipedia motifs to be used on clothing or for other purposes in Wikipedia merchandise. |
Guidelines, help & resources |
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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. Help
Editing
Policies and guidelinesWikipedia 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
Working with others
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Tip of the day...Sometimes it is useful to look up a topic in the same way you would look it up in a paper Encyclopedia - manually. Perhaps you are unsure of the precise spelling, or maybe you are interested in a word root which has many applications, such as "self-". Wikipedia has an index of all of its articles, with a few ways available for accessing it. The first is the Wikipedia:Quick index, also presented as "A-Z index" on the Main Page. The next is the All pages item in the Special pages menu accessible from the left sidebar in the toolbox menu. The last method of accessing Wikipedia's index is the with this link: Special:Prefixindex, which you can place on your user page or a talk page for convenient access. Type the beginning of the article's name into the Display pages with prefix box and press Go. You will now see a list of all pages which begin with what you typed. You can reduce the number of articles displayed in this list by typing more of the name and pressing Go again. You can also find Wikipedia users in a similar way by changing the entry in the drop-down box labelled Namespace, from Main to User. Read more: Wikipedia: Special pages |