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Reading

• NavigationHelp:Navigation
• SearchingHelp:Searching
• Tracking changesHelp:Tracking changes
• WatchlistHelp:Watchlist

Editing

• Editing pagesHelp:Editing pages
• Starting a new pageHelp:Starting a new page
• FormattingHelp:Formatting
• LinksHelp:Links
• User pageHelp:User page
• Talk pagesHelp:Talk pages
• SignaturesHelp:Signatures
• VisualEditorHelp:VisualEditor/User guide

Advanced editing

• ImagesHelp:Images
• ListsHelp:Lists
• TablesHelp:Tables
• CategoriesHelp:Categories
• SubpagesHelp:Subpages
• Managing filesHelp:Managing files
• Moving (renaming) a pageHelp:Moving a page
• RedirectsHelp:Redirects
• Protected pagesHelp:Protected pages
• TemplatesHelp:Templates
• Magic wordsHelp:Magic words
• NamespacesHelp:Namespaces
• ReferencesHelp:Cite
• Special pagesHelp:Special pages
• External searchesHelp:External searches
• BotsHelp:Bots

Collaboration

• NotificationsHelp:Notifications
• FlowHelp:Flow

Personal customization

• PreferencesHelp:Preferences
• SkinsHelp:Skins

Wiki administration

• Sysops and permissionsHelp:Sysops and permissions

The following features require extra permissions that are not normally granted to all wiki users.

• Protecting and unprotecting pagesHelp:Protecting and unprotecting pages
• Sysop deleting and undeletingHelp:Deletion and undeletion
• Patrolled editsHelp:Patrolled edits
• Blocking usersHelp:Blocking users
• Range IP address blocksHelp:Range blocks
• User rights and groupsHelp:User rights and groups