Wikipedia:Quick directory

Quick Directory

This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above.

[edit] Starting points

Wikipedia:Contents

The main table of contents to the encyclopedia.

Welcome to Wikipedia

If you are new, definitely read this page.

Wikipedia:Categorical index

The top of Wikipedia's category system.

[edit] Help with learning wikiways

Wikipedia:Sandbox

This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars.

Wikipedia:New contributors' help page

Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that.

Wikipedia:Help desk

Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by.

Virtual classroom

Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes.

[edit] Bureaucracy

These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia.

Wikipedia:Village pump

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.

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship

Have you ever wanted to be a costumed superhero? Well through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with special powers (which are nowhere near as cool as the Fantastic Four's unfortunately). This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.)

[edit] Dispute resolution

Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen.

Wikipedia:Requests for comment

Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation.

Wikipedia:Requests for mediation

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.

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration

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.

[edit] The best of Wikipedia

Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work.

Wikipedia:Peer review

Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time in their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work.

Wikipedia:Featured content

A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions.

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates

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.

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images.

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates

As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists.

Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates

Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition.

Wikipedia:Featured article review

Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status.

[edit] Not yet the best of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle underdeveloped articles.

Wikipedia:Article Creation and Improvement Drive

Expand existing articles collaboratively

Wikipedia:Requests for expansion

Request help to expand a really sparse article

[edit] The worst of Wikipedia

Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish.

Wikipedia:Cleanup

Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion

When all else fails, delete the article from Wikipedia.

Wikipedia:Vandalism

What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia

[edit] For power users

Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques.

Wikipedia:Tips

Tricks and techniques. Fine tune your wikiskills.

Wikipedia:Tools

Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation.

Wikipedia:Scripts

Javascripts for doing just about everything.

Wikipedia:Bots

Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits.

[edit] Wikilove and appreciation

Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign

This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians.

Wikipedia:Barnstars

Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions.

Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals

Thought up an idea for a new award? List it here!

[edit] Wikipedia laughs

Funny pages

Wikipedia:Unusual articles

A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy.

Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense

Sometimes Wikipedia becomes a victim of hilarious vandalism. The funniest get preserved here.

Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars

Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia.

[edit] Wikifun

Pages which are in no way related to Wikipedia, but are fun nevertheless.

Wikipedia:Department of Fun

Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement.

[edit] See also

Wikipedia:Department directory

An even more extensive directory than this one.

Wikipedia:List of shortcuts

A directory of pages and their "abbreviated redirects".