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• Contributing to Wikipedia – the main page that provides information, links, videos and other resources on the basics needed to comprehend, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia.
  • Core content policies – Wikipedia's content is governed by three principal core content policies.
  • Simplified rule-set – some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices.
  • Simplified Manual of Style – the basics about commonly used style guidelines.
• Welcome to Wikipedia – portal style page to get you started.
  • Getting started – small listing of pages dealing with the basics.
  • New contributors' help page – what would you like to do?
  • Common mistakes – a few common mistakes y'all should try to avoid.
  • Plain and simple overview – all about this amazing project Wikipedia.
  • Primer for newcomers – blunt introduction intended to help newcomers.
  • Learning the ropes – highlights the resources to help you help Wikipedia.
  • Help hub – a page that has links to useful directories.
• Why create an account – don't need to be registered to edit, however it does provide additional features.
  • Choosing a username – do not choose names which may be offensive, misleading, disruptive, or promotional.
  • How to log in – If you are not logged in your edits are labelled in page history with your IP address.
• Your first article – guide to starting your first encyclopedia article.
  • Annotated article – is a well-constructed sample article, with annotations.
    • Article wizard – will walk you through the process of submitting a new article.
      • Creation and usage of media files – only logged in users can upload files.
        • Upload Wizard – will walk you through the process of submitting media.
• Frequently Asked Questions – common questions about using and contributing.
  • Editorial oversight and control- we have tens of thousands of editors, from expert scholars to casual readers.
  • How to help – what anyone can do to contribute.
• More instructional material – provides links to instructional material useful for users. **Trifecta – ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.
• Things you may not know about Wikipedia – insights specifically targeted at people who have limited experience.
• Tip of the day – provides "very useful" advice daily on how to use or develop Wikipedia more effectively.
  • See also Wikipedia:Tips, the complete library of tips arranged by subject.
• User page design center – where you will find all the resources for developing your user page. Enjoy!

• FAQ main page – questions about using and contributing.
  • Administration – answers some questions related to Administrators.
  • Article subjects – what to do about a specific articles.
  • Categories – about using Wikipedia's categories.
  • Contributing – answers to questions commonly asked by contributors.
  • Copyright – four most commonly asked questions about copyright.
  • Editing – answers the most common questions about editing.
  • Forking – how do I download and use Wikipedia content.
  • IRC (live chat) – about "chat rooms" – real-time discussions.
  • Organizations – editing without displaying a conflict of interest.
  • Problems – solving problems you may encounter when browsing or editing.
  • Readers – addresses concerns and questions readers may have.
  • Schools – questions teachers, librarians and administrators might have.
  • Technical – answers some questions related to the technical workings.
  • (Miscellaneous) – questions that do not fit into any of the others above.

• Help:help – explains how to find and navigate the help pages.
• Books – explains how to make and download Wikipedia books.
• Categories – explains how to edit categories.
• Copyright – explains how to deal with copyright concerns.
• Diff – explains how to view the difference between two versions of a page
• Editing – explains the basics of editing.
  • Edit toolbar – explains the basics about how to use the toolbar.
  • Edit conflict – explains how to deal with an edit conflict.
• Find sources – explains how to find references.
• Files – explains how to manage media.
• Footnotes – explains how to add notes and references.
  • Nesting footnotes – explains how to include a note or reference within a note or reference.
• Glossary – quick overview of terms.
• Infobox – explains the basics about how to use infoboxes.
• IPA/English – explains how the International Phonetic Alphabet system works.
• List – explains how to add lists.
• Linking – explains how to add internal links.
  • Link color – explains how to add color to link text.
• Logging in – explains how to access your account.
• Magic words – explains how words surrounded by brackets or underscores function.
• Media – explains the basics of seeing media.
• Merging – explains how to consolidate articles.
• Mobile access – explains how to access Wikipedia from mobile devices.
• Navigation – explains how to get around Wikipedia.
• Other languages – explains how to deal with other languages.
• Page name – explains how to deal with page titles.
• Redirect – explains how to direct pages to the proper place.
• References – explains how to make those complicated sources work.
  • Citation Style – explains some of the different reference styles.
  • Cite errors – explains how to deal with errors in references.
• Rename – explains how to change your user name.
• Password – explains how to change your personal password.
• Reverting – explains how to roll back edits.
• Searching – explains how to use Wikipedia more effectively.
• Section – explains how to edit just portions of a page.
• Talk pages – explains the basics of what to do on talk pages.
• Students – explains the basics for students.
• URLs – explains how to add and deal with external links.
• User contributions – explains how to view editors additions.
• Watching pages – explains how to track pages.

• Wiki markup – explains the coding used by text, links, & talk pages
  • Cheat-sheet – basic coding used by Wikipedia,
• Barchart – explains how to make charts.
• Calculations – explains how to make complicated calculations.
• Characters – explains how to add special characters.
• Citations quick! – simplistic examples of two preferred ways of doing footnotes (reference).
  • Citation templates – list of reference templates.
• Columns – explains how to make columns.
• HTML – explains how to use HTML in text.
• Musical symbols – explains the basic coding of music symbols.
• Sound files – explains the basic coding sound files.
• Tables – explains the basic coding for making tables.
  • Wiki table – more advanced coding information on tables.
• Templates – explains the basic for templates.
  • Documentation – explains the basic of how to properly document template information.
• Visual files – explains the basic of coding for visual media.
• Wiki tools – various tools and tutorials intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality.

• Main tutorial – will help anyone become a Wikipedia contributor.
  • Editing – almost every page has an "Edit" tab.
  • Formatting – the basics on coding.
  • Links – the basics on internal links.
  • Sources – the basics on adding references.
  • Talk pages – the basics on how to communicate with others.
  • Policies – there are some things to keep in mind when editing Wikipedia.
  • Registration – registering a username is optional, but encouraged.
• Graphics – the basics on how to use graphics.
• Images – the basics on how to use images.
• IRC (live chat) – to access the freenode IRC servers, you'll first need to.
• VisualEditor user guide – a guide that gives illustrated, step-by-step instructions about VisualEditor features.

• Training for students – four-part orientation intended for students doing Wikipedia assignments for class.
• Training for educators – four-part orientation for professors and other educators running assignments for class.
• Training for Wikipedia Ambassadors – four-part orientation for Campus and Online Ambassadors.
• MediaWiki training – learn about editing and formatting content using MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikipedia.
• The Wikipedia Adventure – Wikipedia is not a game, but learning it should still be fun.

• Help Guided tours – providing tooltip-like tours of the Wikipedia experience.
• Wikipedia GettingStarted – feature, which provides a "getting started" page to newly registered Wikipedians. Immediately after creating an account, users see the page Special:GettingStarted, which invites them to try out editing by improving one of the pages presented.

• The Missing Manual – comprehensive how-to guide (book) that explains everything about contributing for novice to expert editors.
• Introduction – originally written in 2008 by John Broughto, the Manual has since been expanded and updated by many others.

• Policies & guidelines – describes how policies and guidelines should normally be developed and maintained.
  • List of policies and guidelines – lists the main community standards for "English Wikipedia".
    • List of policies – a comprehensive descriptive list of policies.
    • List of guidelines – a comprehensive descriptive list of guidelines.
      • Simplified rule-set – essay about some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices.
      • Expectations & norms of the community – essay about some social norms that editors are expected to follow.
      • Eight rules for editing – essay stating if you start out by following these simple rules, the rest should come naturally.
      • Ten rules for editing – essay that provides tips to make editing smoother.
• How-to and information pages – about pages that contain technical and factual information or supplement guidelines and policies in greater detail.
• Essays – Although essays are not policy or guidelines many are worthy of considerations.
  • Advice pages – guideline about advice pages written by WikiProjects.
    • Difference between policies, guidelines & essays – essay about what is called a "policy", "guideline" or "essay".
    • Essays are not policy – essay about how it is not a good idea to quote essays as if they were community standards.
    • The value of essays – essays are not policy or guidelines, but many are worthy of consideration.
      • Essays in a nutshell – summarizes the gist of user written essays on Wikipedia.
• Accessibility – guideline primarily intended to assist those with disabilities, it can be helpful for all readers.
  • Accessibility dos and don'ts – regardless of disability, all should be able to read, navigate, and contribute easily.
  • Alternative text for images – allows the content and function of an image to be understood by text-only readers.
• Article deletion – policy about how articles and other Wikipedia pages can be removed from general view.
  • How to delete a page – essay with an easy explanation of how to ask for an article to be deleted.
  • Guide to deletion – essay with step by step instructions for nominating articles for deletions.
  • Arguments to avoid during deletions – essay about what not to say or talk about during a deletion.
  • Save an article proposed for deletion – essay about how to familiarize yourself with the deletion process.
  • Why was the page I created deleted? – essay about the reasons and the "several" options available to you.
    • Deletion essays – summarizes the gist of user written essays about deletions.
• Biographies of living persons (BLP) – guideline about how bios on living persons must be written with great care.
  • Libel – policy about how it is the responsibility of all to ensure that material posted is not defamatory.
    • Avoiding harm – essay that contains the ideas behind the philosophy that formed the BLP.
• Blocking – policy behind how administrators technically prevent users from editing.
  • Appealing blocks – essay about how to appeal a block.
  • Unblock request – you can use the {{unblock}} template on your talk page to request an unblock – however if you have had talk page access removed see Unblock request.
• Child protection – policy about the behavior and actions of adult editors with regards to children.
  • Offensive material – guideline about how articles may contain offensive words and images, but only for a good reason.
    • Protecting children's privacy – essay about how all users, including children, are permitted to edit without disclosing information about themselves.
    • Guidance for younger editors – essay on advice for young editors about what they should be aware of.
• Citing sources – guideline that contains information on how to place and format citations (references).
  • Verification methods – essay about several common methods that Wikipedia editors use to make their articles verifiable.
  • Referencing for beginners – essay that shows you how to use the most popular system for providing inline citations.
• Conflict of interest – guideline about how it is best to not edit Wikipedia to promote your own interests.
  • Conflict of interest guide – essay for editors who want to write and edit articles about a subject they are affiliated with.
  • Best practices for editors with close associations – essay about having a close association with a topic.
  • Paid editing – essay that provides advice on what to do, when it comes to Paid Editing & Wikipedia.
• Consensus – the primary way decisions are made, its accepted as the best method to achieve our goals.
  • BOLD, revert, discuss cycle (BRD) – is a method for reaching consensus.
    • Consensus and discussion essays – summarizes the gist of user written essays on consensus.
• Copyrights – policy that states permission is granted to copy, distribute or modify text under CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Close paraphrasing – essay that states all should summarize in their own words, instead of closely paraphrasing.
  • Donating published work – essay for editors who would like to grant permission to use their own previously published work.
  • Spotting possible copyright violations – essay about spotting copyright violations that are copy-and-pastes.
  • Requesting copyright permission – essay about editors who would like to get permission to use other people's work.
• Editing policy – Be bold in updating articles in a fair and accurate manner, because perfection is not required.
  • Article development – lists the ways in which you can help an article grow.
    • Article writing essays – summarizes the gist of user written essays on article building.
  • Edit warring – don't use edits to fight with other editors – there is a bright line known as the three-revert rule (3RR).
  • Disruptive editing – disruptive editors may be blocked or banned indefinitely.
    • Editorial discretion – essay about the proper inclusion of relevant and well-sourced content.
• Etiquette – principles of decorum, also referred to as "Wikiquette", how to work with others on Wikipedia.
  • Civility – Wikipedia's basic conduct expectations.
  • Assume good faith – unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, assume people are trying to help not harm Wikipedia.
  • No personal attacks – comment on content, not on the contributors.
  • Harassment – unwanted contact, intimidation, threats or posting personal information is strictly prohibited.
  • Don't bite the newcomers – it's very unlikely for a newcomer to be familiar with the community standards.
    • IPs are human too – essay about how unregistered users input is just as important in building consensus.
    • Honesty – essay about how truthfulness is expected in all processes, including content discussion.
      • Civility essays – list of essays that summarizes the gist of user written essays on civility.
• Ignore all rules (IAR) – policy that states if a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it.
  • The rules are principles – essay on how policies & guidelines exist as rough approximations of their underlying principles.
  • Reasonability Rule – essay about how anything unreasonable that is being done shouldn't be done at all.
  • What "Ignore all rules" means – essay on how it is acceptable to use common sense as you go about editing.
• Image use policy – policies towards images, like content and copyright issues—applicable to "English Wikipedia".
  • Image deletion – a how to guide for nominating images for deletion.
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  • Image dos and don'ts – images can make Wikipedia more informative, however ...

• Manual of Style (MOS) – main guideline page that describes communal consensus on layouts and presentation.
  • Manual of Style contents – descriptive directory of all the pages which make up the Manual of Style.
    • Simplified Manual of Style – essay about the basics commonly used style guidelines.
    • Styletips – a list of advice pages for editors on writing style and formatting.
    • Better articles – essay about guidance on how to make articles better.
    • Perfect article – essay with a point by point guidance on what makes a great article.
• Neutrality (NPOV) – policy about how articles should represent the views of main scholars and specialists on topics.
  • NPOV tutorial – essay on how to realize you may have a bias you're not aware of.
  • Be neutral in form – essay about how some editing methods may lead to disputes over points of views.
  • Describing points of view – essays that describes the best way to handle a neutral point of view.
    • Neutral point of view essays – summarizes the gist of essays on NPOV.
• No original research (OR) – policy about how all material must be attributable to a reliable, published source.
  • Examples of original research – some examples of original research.
• Notability – guideline that outlines how suitable a topic may be for its own article or list.
  • Fringe theories – guideline about how articles should not make a fringe theory appear more notable than it is.
    • Notability essays – list of essays that summarizes the gist of user written essays on notability.
• User rights – the ability to perform certain actions in Wikipedia depends on an editor's user access level.
  • On privacy, confidentiality and discretion – essay about how your rights to privacy may not extend as far as you believe.
• Verifiability (RS) – policy stating how readers must be able to check that articles are not fabricated or embellished.
  • Identifying reliable sources – guideline that discusses how to identify reliable references.
    • Cherrypicking – essay about how to include contradictory and significant qualifying information from the same source.
    • Common knowledge – essay about how often people don't actually know what you consider basic knowledge.
    • Independent sources – essay that gives the opinion of some editors on why independent sourcing is required.
    • Potentially unreliable sources – essay that gives general advice on what is and isn't a reliable source.
      • Verifiability and reliable sources essays – summarizes the gist of user written essays on good references.
• Understandability – guideline about how all should strive to make each part of every article as understandable as possible to the widest audience of reader.
• Words to watch – guideline about how certain expressions should be used with care.
• Vandalism – if you see vandalism in an article, the simplest thing to do is just to remove it.

• Directory – the main list of "Wikipedia" and "Help" namespace directories and indexes
• Abbreviations – a list of all the abbreviations used on Wikipedia
• Departments – a list of all the different divisions of Wikipedia.
• Editor's index – a list of all the pages to help people who edit pages.
• Essays – a list of pages that contain advice or opinions from one or more Wikipedia contributors.
• FAQ – a list of frequently asked questions by topic.
• Glossary – a list of terms (slang) commonly used by editors.
• Guidelines – a descriptive list of official guidelines for "English Wikipedia"
• Manual of Style – a descriptive list of the pages which make up the Manual of Style.
• Policies – a descriptive list of official policies for "English Wikipedia"
• Quick directory – a small list of key pages with emphasis on interaction between members of the community.
• Shortcuts – a list of abbreviated redirects and the pages they lead to.
• Tips – a list of "tips" created by users at Tip of the day project.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Instructional videos on using Wikipedia.

• The Bookshelf - A vast collection of high-quality, freely licensed, user-generated informational material about Wikipedia
• Mission statement – The Wikimedia Foundation
• Wikimedia values – The six values of the Wikimedia Foundation
• In a nutshell, what is Wikipedia? And what is the Wikimedia Foundation? – The Wikimedia Foundation
• Wikimedia founding principles – Principles generally supported by all of the Wikimedia communities

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