This is a descriptive directory of Wikipedia's informative, instructional and consultation pages. Press Ctrl+F or F3 or ⌘+F to search topics on this page. You can browse help related pages using the "search box" below. Wikipedia also has a introduction for aspiring contributors, and if you require interactive assistance see asking for help for more information. To experiment with editing, anyone may use the sandbox.
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.
More instructional material - provides links to instructional material useful for users. **Trifecta - ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.
Editing with VisualEditor - a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary
Referencing with VisualEditor - a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.
Uploading images with VisualEditor - a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.
Training modules
Training - learn the basics of contributing or learn about particular topics.
Newcomer training - quick, general orientation on the basics of rules and how to edit.
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.
Reference desks - you can ask questions about any topic at the specific pages listed below.
Computing - to ask about computing, information technology, electronics, software and hardware.
Entertainment - to ask about sports, popular culture, movies, music, video games, and TV shows.
Humanities - to ask about history, politics, literature, religion, philosophy, law, finance, economics, art, and society.
Language - to ask about spelling, grammar, word etymology, language usage, and translations.
Mathematics - to ask about mathematics, geometry, probability, and statistics.
Science - to ask about biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, geology, engineering and technology.
(Miscellaneous) - to ask about anything that is not listed above.
Specific help and mediation
Noticeboards - Wikipedia noticeboards are pages where editors can ask questions and request assistance from people who are familiar with the policies and guidelines covered by each individual board.
Administrators - for posting information and issues that affect administrators.
Page moves - a process for requesting the retitling of an article, template, or project page.
Technical issues
Village pump - main directory divided into five boards by topic (as seen below), to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.
Policy - to discuss changes to existing and proposed policies.
Proposals - to discuss new proposals that are not policy-related.
Technical - to discuss technical issues. For wiki software bug reports, use Bugzilla
Idea lab - to discuss ideas before proposing them to the community and attempt to find solutions to common issues.
(Miscellaneous) - to post messages that do not fit into any other categories listed above.
Place {{Help me}} (including the curly brackets) "then your question" on your talk page, a volunteer will visit you there!
If you require personal administrator assistance in regards to blocking, deleting, protecting, personal harassment or legal threats you can place {{Admin help}} (including the curly brackets) "then your concerns" on your talk page, an administrator will visit you there!
Adopt-a-User – is where you can find experienced Wikipedians that "adopt" new users and mentor them.
Co-op – a mentorship space where you can work with an experienced Wikipedian to learn about and improve Wikipedia.
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.