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Starting pointseditThe main table of contents to the encyclopedia. If you are new, definitely read this page. The top of Wikipedia's category system. Help with learning wikiwayseditThis is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars. Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that. Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by. Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes. BureaucracyeditThese are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia. Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia. Have you ever wanted to be a Dispute resolutioneditIdeally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen. Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation. A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators. This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators. The best of WikipediaeditHere are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work. Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work. A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions. All potential featured articles must be nominated and voted on, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on their talk page. Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images. As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists. Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition. Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status. Not yet the best of WikipediaeditHere is where we handle underdeveloped articles. Expand existing articles collaboratively Request help to expand a really sparse article The worst of WikipediaeditHere is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish. Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia. What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia For power userseditPlaces where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques. Tricks and techniques. Fine tune your wikiskills. Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation. Javascripts for doing just about everything. Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits. Wikilove and appreciationeditThis page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians. Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions. Wikipedia laughseditFunny pages A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy. Sometimes Wikipedia becomes a victim of hilarious vandalism. The funniest get preserved here. Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia. WikifuneditPages which are in no way related to Wikipedia, but are fun nevertheless. Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement. See alsoeditAn even more extensive directory than this one. A directory of pages and their "abbreviated redirects". A very useful index of the Wikipedia community, intended to help find anything not in the encyclopedia itself. | |
