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 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 Working with others |
New user information Introduction · Sandbox · Help · Adoption · What Wikipedia is not · Glossary · Account benefits · Planning school assignments Ways to communicate Contact (overview) · Discussion pages · Mailing lists · IRC chat · Meetups · User pages · Requests for comment · Public watchlists · Regional notice boards · Administrators' noticeboard · Requests for article feedback · Local Embassy Community support groups and programs Welcoming committee · Editor assistance · Wiki-adoption · Birthday Committee · Harmonious editing club · Wikipedia awards program · Dept. of Fun · One featured article per quarter · Missing encyclopedic articles Common procedures Featured content · Good articles · Requests for feedback · Deleting a page ( full policy) · Moving a page ( naming policies) · Protecting a page ( full policy) · Reverting a page · Administrator nominations ( summaries) · Category-based access How to resolve conflicts Stay cool! · Be nice to newcomers · Alert others · Dispute resolution · Arbitration policy Community information About Wikipedia · Goings-on · About Wikimedia · Wikipedians · Wiki-adoption · Donations · Administrators · Babel · Culture · Games · Humor · Mottoes Related communities
Your very own Wikipedia bookmark page
With its own link at the top of every page, your user page is as accessible as Wikipedia's Main Page. Because of this, it is your customizable Wikipedia navigation hub. Just place your favorite Wikipedia and external reference links on your user page, and you can access them instantly anytime you want from anywhere on Wikipedia. For more ideas on how to customize your user page, see Wikipedia's User Page Design Center. There's also a help department there too. – – To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{
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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 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 Working with others |
New user information Introduction · Sandbox · Help · Adoption · What Wikipedia is not · Glossary · Account benefits · Planning school assignments Ways to communicate Contact (overview) · Discussion pages · Mailing lists · IRC chat · Meetups · User pages · Requests for comment · Public watchlists · Regional notice boards · Administrators' noticeboard · Requests for article feedback · Local Embassy Community support groups and programs Welcoming committee · Editor assistance · Wiki-adoption · Birthday Committee · Harmonious editing club · Wikipedia awards program · Dept. of Fun · One featured article per quarter · Missing encyclopedic articles Common procedures Featured content · Good articles · Requests for feedback · Deleting a page ( full policy) · Moving a page ( naming policies) · Protecting a page ( full policy) · Reverting a page · Administrator nominations ( summaries) · Category-based access How to resolve conflicts Stay cool! · Be nice to newcomers · Alert others · Dispute resolution · Arbitration policy Community information About Wikipedia · Goings-on · About Wikimedia · Wikipedians · Wiki-adoption · Donations · Administrators · Babel · Culture · Games · Humor · Mottoes Related communities
Your very own Wikipedia bookmark page
With its own link at the top of every page, your user page is as accessible as Wikipedia's Main Page. Because of this, it is your customizable Wikipedia navigation hub. Just place your favorite Wikipedia and external reference links on your user page, and you can access them instantly anytime you want from anywhere on Wikipedia. For more ideas on how to customize your user page, see Wikipedia's User Page Design Center. There's also a help department there too. – – To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{
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