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Many of the pages listed below are request departments, and need continuous attention from volunteers like you to answer or deal with requests.

[edit] Information: About Wikipedia

Introduction • New user log • Sandbox • What Wikipedia is not • Wikipedians • Glossary • Donations

Account settings and maintenance • Getting in touch

Editorial departments

Articles are contributed and edited directly by users. All Wikipedians belong to the editorial team.

[edit] Writing departments

Editor review
Tools
Wikipedia:Translation

[edit] Article creation

Articles for creation
Article requests (Backlog)
Feedback requests
Missing articles
Most wanted articles
Most wanted stubs

[edit] Article expansion

Expansion requests
Feedback requests
High traffic

[edit] Article refinement

Review new overhauls
Verification needed
Vital articles
See also: Featured

[edit] Images / Pictures

Requested pictures

[edit] WikiProjects

WikiProjects are ongoing collaborations to improve articles having to do with a particular subject.
WikiProject directory
WikiProject Council
WikiProject guide

[edit] Active improvement teams

Active fixup projects
Categorization projects
Encyclopedic Standards
Countering systemic bias

[edit] Version development

WikiReaders
Version 1.0 Editorial Team

[edit] Trade / Barter

Editing for hire
Task trading

[edit] Maintenance projects

Pages needing attention (post requests)
Request admin attention

[edit] Vandalism / spam

RC patrol
Cleaning up vandalism
Counter vandalism unit
Lupin's Anti-Vandal Tool
VandalProof Tool
Spam fighting team

[edit] Article cleanup

Cleanup Taskforce Cleanup backlogs
Backlogs by month
 Copy edit (need)
Elements of Style (more)
Neglected articles
Category:NPOV disputes
Punctuation
Syntax Project
Typos
Updating needed
WikiProject Wikify

[edit] Article integration

[edit] Article linking

Bad links
Dead-end pages
Linkrot
Templates with red links
Article merging

[edit] Categories

Bad category names
Categories needed

[edit] Disambiguation

Disambig pages w/links

[edit] Images

Untagged Images Commons

[edit] Meta fix-up

Stub sorting
Untagged stubs
Transwiki log cleanup
User categorisation

[edit] Deletion departments

Deletion policy WP:DP • WP:DEL
Deletion guidelines for administrators WP:DGFA
Candidates for speedy deletion C:CSD • CAT:CSD
Articles for deletion WP:AFD
Templates for deletion WP:TFD
Images and media for deletion WP:IFD
Categories for deletion WP:CFD
Stub types for deletion WP:SFD
Redirects for deletion WP:RFD
Miscellany for deletion WP:MD • WP:MFD
Deletion review WP:DRV
Deletion log  
Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense WP:) • WP:BJ
Archived delete debates WP:ADD
Deletion tools  

[edit] Policy creation and revision

Village pump policy and proposal forum WP:VPP
Policies and guidelines, an overview WP:RULES
Policies WP:LOP
Guidelines WP:GUIDELINES

[edit] Help departments

[edit] Static help

Help menu WP:HELP
Frequently asked questions WP:FAQ
Shortcuts WP:
Tip of the day WP:TIP
User page design WP:UPD • WP:UPDC

[edit] Dynamic help (expect a reply)

[edit] Help with real-world issues / content

Reference desk WP:RD
    Humanities WP:RD/H
    Science WP:RD/S
    Mathematics                    WP:RD/Math
    Computing                    WP:RD/C
    Language WP:RD/L
    Miscellaneous WP:RD/M
    Archives  

[edit] Help with building or operating Wikipedia

Help Desk WP:HD
Newcomers' help department WP:NUH
User page help desk WP:UPH/HD
    Trading Spaces (user page swap) WP:UPHTS
Adopt-a-User WP:ADOPT
Admin coaching WP:ADMINCOACH
Requests for administrator attention WP:RAA
Village pump (technical) WP:VPT

[edit] News departments

Community bulletin board WP:CBB
The Signpost WP:POST
Wikipedia in the media WP:MEDIA
Village pump news (for news or issues that need discussion) WP:VPN
Announcements WP:A
Press releases
Stats WP:ST
Milestones
Regional notice boards WP:RNB
Public watchlist WP:WATCH
Requests for comment WP:RFC

[edit] Community support groups and programs

Awards WP:AWARDS
   Barnstar pages WP:AW
Birthday Committee WP:BDC
Bounty board (wiki-trading) WP:BOUNTY
Department of Fun WP:DoF • WP:FUN
Editor assistance WP:ASSIST
Harmonious editing club WP:HEC
Kindness Campaign WP:KC
Meetup (Regional meetings) WP:MEET
Reach out WP:RO • WP:REACH
Reward board (wiki-trading) WP:RB • WP:REWARD
Stress Alerts WP:ALERT
Welcoming committee WP:WC

[edit] Dispute resolution departments

Wikilove WP:LOVE
Third opinion (to break article deadlocks) WP:3O
Resolving disputes WP:DR
Requests for comment WP:RFC
Requests for mediation WP:RFM
Requests for arbitration WP:RFAR
Mentorship and probation  

[edit] System administration departments

Administraton index CAT:WP • CAT:WIKI
Requests for administrator attention WP:RAA
Directory of administrators WP:DOA • WP:LOA
Administrators' noticeboard WP:ANB
Administrator preparation WP:ARL • WP:PREP
Requests for adminship RfA

[edit] Main Page departments

Main Page design discussions  
Today's featured article (dept.) WP:TOFA
Picture of the day (dept.) WP:POTD
Did you know (dept.) WP:DYK
In the news (dept.) WP:ITND
Selected anniversaries (dept.) WP:SA
Main Page alternatives WP:MPA

[edit] Featured status departments
Featured content WP:FC
Featured articles WP:FA
Featured lists WP:FL
Featured pictures WP:FP
Featured portals WP:FPORT
Featured topics WP:FT
Featured sounds WP:FS
Featured Article Help Desk WP:FAD • WP:FAHD
The first step: peer review WP:PR
Featured article candidates WP:FAC
Featured list candidates WP:FLC
Featured picture candidates WP:FPC
Featured portal candidates WP:FPCAN
Featured article removal candidates WP:FARC

[edit] Related communities

Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other multilingual and free-content projects. Here are the links to their main community pages:

Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus

Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals

Wikinews
Free-content news

Wikisource
Free-content library

Wikispecies
Directory of species

Wikiquote
Collection of quotations

Commons
Shared media repository

Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia project coordination



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