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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 standardsWorking with others |
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Tip of the dayBeware of instruction creep
Also called instructionitis, instruction creep is the tendency of instructions to grow and grow, until they become so long and complex that nobody wants to read them. When editing help pages, or instructions for Wikipedia's departments, please make them clear and concise, reducing them whenever possible. – – Read more: To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 standardsWorking with others |
ResourcesNew user informationIntroduction · Tutorial · Sandbox · Help · Adoption · What Wikipedia is not · Glossary · Account benefits · Planning school assignments · New contributors' help page · FAQ Ways to communicateContact (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 programsWelcoming committee · Editor assistance · Wiki-adoption · Birthday Committee · Harmonious editing club · Wikipedia awards program · Dept. of Fun · Missing encyclopedic articles Common proceduresFeatured 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 conflictsStay cool! · Be nice to newcomers · Alert others · Dispute resolution · Arbitration policy Community informationAbout Wikipedia · Goings-on · About Wikimedia · Wikipedians · Wiki-adoption · Donations · Merchandise · Administrators · Babel · Culture · Games · Humor · Mottoes Related communities
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Tip of the dayBeware of instruction creep
Also called instructionitis, instruction creep is the tendency of instructions to grow and grow, until they become so long and complex that nobody wants to read them. When editing help pages, or instructions for Wikipedia's departments, please make them clear and concise, reducing them whenever possible. – – Read more: To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{
tip of the day with h3 heading}}
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