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Community portal
- Help with an aspect of Wikipedia: see the help 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: use the content dispute guidelines.
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Notices
Project pages seeking contributorsConsider posting WikiProject, Task Force, and Collaboration news at the Signpost's WikiProject Report page.
DiscussionsDiscussions in the following areas have requested wider attention: See also: Dashboard · News · Goings-on · Announcements · Meetups · In the media · Mailing lists · Village pump
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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). |
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 daySubpages are pages that are separated with a "/" from their parent page, for example, User:Eloquence/Favorite Wikipedia quotes. When you visit a subpage you will see a backlink (aka breadcrumb) near the top of the page back to the parent page. Subpages are allowed only in the User:, Talk: and Wikipedia: namespaces. They are not enabled in the article namespace, because many articles might qualify as subpages of more than one page. Instead, follow article naming conventions and include links to related subjects in the text. Subpages can be useful for organizing and archiving content. You can create a subpage by typing [[/Name]] on the page in question. If you end the link with a slash, e.g., [[/Name/]], the slashes are hidden in the output. Read more: Wikipedia:Subpages
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