Contributing to Wikipedia – the main page that provides information, links, videos and other resources on the basics needed to comprehend, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia.
Core content policies – Wikipedia's content is governed by three principal core content policies.
Editing with VisualEditor – a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary
Referencing with VisualEditor – a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.
Uploading images with VisualEditor – a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.
Help Guided tours – providing tooltip-like tours of the Wikipedia experience.
Wikipedia GettingStarted – feature, which provides a "getting started" page to newly registered Wikipedians. Immediately after creating an account, users see the page
Special:GettingStarted, which invites them to try out editing by improving one of the pages presented.
Reference desks – you can ask questions about any topic at the specific pages listed below.
Computing – to ask about computing, information technology, electronics, software and hardware.
Entertainment – to ask about sports, popular culture, movies, music, video games, and TV shows.
Humanities – to ask about history, politics, literature, religion, philosophy, law, finance, economics, art, and society.
Language – to ask about spelling, grammar, word etymology, language usage, and translations.
Mathematics – to ask about mathematics, geometry, probability, and statistics.
Science – to ask about biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, geology, engineering and technology.
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Miscellaneous) – to ask about anything that is not listed above.
Specific help and mediation
Noticeboards – Wikipedia noticeboards are pages where editors can ask questions and request assistance from people who are familiar with the policies and guidelines covered by each individual board.
Administrators – for posting information and issues that affect administrators.
Page moves – a process for requesting the retitling of an article, template, or project page.
Technical issues
Village pump – main directory divided into five boards by topic (as seen below), to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.
Policy – to discuss changes to existing and proposed policies.
Proposals – to discuss new proposals that are not policy-related.
Technical – to discuss technical issues. For wiki software bug reports, use Bugzilla
Idea lab – to discuss ideas before proposing them to the community and attempt to find solutions to common issues.
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Miscellaneous) – to post messages that do not fit into any other categories listed above.
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Adopt-a-User – is where you can find experienced Wikipedians that "adopt" new users and mentor them.
Co-op – a mentorship space where you can work with an experienced Wikipedian to learn about and improve Wikipedia.
Understandability – guideline about how all should strive to make each part of every article as understandable as possible to the widest audience of reader.
Words to watch – guideline about how certain expressions should be used with care.
Vandalism – if you see vandalism in an article, the simplest thing to do is just to remove it.
For a listing of current collaborations, tasks, and news, see the Community portal. For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the Dashboard.
Contributing to Wikipedia – the main page that provides information, links, videos and other resources on the basics needed to comprehend, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia.
Core content policies – Wikipedia's content is governed by three principal core content policies.
Editing with VisualEditor – a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary
Referencing with VisualEditor – a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.
Uploading images with VisualEditor – a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.
Help Guided tours – providing tooltip-like tours of the Wikipedia experience.
Wikipedia GettingStarted – feature, which provides a "getting started" page to newly registered Wikipedians. Immediately after creating an account, users see the page
Special:GettingStarted, which invites them to try out editing by improving one of the pages presented.
Reference desks – you can ask questions about any topic at the specific pages listed below.
Computing – to ask about computing, information technology, electronics, software and hardware.
Entertainment – to ask about sports, popular culture, movies, music, video games, and TV shows.
Humanities – to ask about history, politics, literature, religion, philosophy, law, finance, economics, art, and society.
Language – to ask about spelling, grammar, word etymology, language usage, and translations.
Mathematics – to ask about mathematics, geometry, probability, and statistics.
Science – to ask about biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, geology, engineering and technology.
(
Miscellaneous) – to ask about anything that is not listed above.
Specific help and mediation
Noticeboards – Wikipedia noticeboards are pages where editors can ask questions and request assistance from people who are familiar with the policies and guidelines covered by each individual board.
Administrators – for posting information and issues that affect administrators.
Page moves – a process for requesting the retitling of an article, template, or project page.
Technical issues
Village pump – main directory divided into five boards by topic (as seen below), to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.
Policy – to discuss changes to existing and proposed policies.
Proposals – to discuss new proposals that are not policy-related.
Technical – to discuss technical issues. For wiki software bug reports, use Bugzilla
Idea lab – to discuss ideas before proposing them to the community and attempt to find solutions to common issues.
(
Miscellaneous) – to post messages that do not fit into any other categories listed above.
Place {{
Help me}} (including the curly brackets) "then your question" on
your talk page, a volunteer will visit you there!
If you require personal administrator assistance in regards to blocking, deleting, protecting, personal harassment or legal threats you can place {{
Admin help}} (including the curly brackets) "then your concerns" on
your talk page, an administrator will visit you there!
Adopt-a-User – is where you can find experienced Wikipedians that "adopt" new users and mentor them.
Co-op – a mentorship space where you can work with an experienced Wikipedian to learn about and improve Wikipedia.
Understandability – guideline about how all should strive to make each part of every article as understandable as possible to the widest audience of reader.
Words to watch – guideline about how certain expressions should be used with care.
Vandalism – if you see vandalism in an article, the simplest thing to do is just to remove it.
For a listing of current collaborations, tasks, and news, see the Community portal. For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the Dashboard.