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Wikipedia by department

Many of the pages listed below are request departments, and need continuous attention from volunteers like you to answer or deal with requests. See the navigation bar above for other useful directories.

About Wikipedia

Introduction • Wikipedians • What Wikipedia is not • Glossary • Tutorial • Sandbox • 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.

Writing departments
Writing tools
Writing resources
Article translation

Article creation

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

Article expansion

Expansion requests
Feedback requests
High traffic

Article refinement

Review new overhauls
Verification needed
Vital articles
See also: Featured

Pictures

Requested pictures

WikiProjects

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

Active improvement teams

Active fixup projects
Categorization projects
Encyclopedic Standards
Countering systemic bias
Spotlight

Version development

Version 1.0 Editorial Team

Maintenance projects

Pages needing attention (post requests)
Request admin attention

Vandalism / spam

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

Article cleanup

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

Article integration

Navigation systems

Basic topic lists
WikiProject Lists of basic topics

Categories
Bad category names
Categories needed

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

Disambiguation
Disambig pages w/links

Meta fix-up

Stub sorting
Transwiki log cleanup

Dispute resolution departments

Third opinion (to break article deadlocks)Wikipedia:3O
Resolving disputesWikipedia:DR
Requests for commentWikipedia:RFC
Requests for Informal MediationWikipedia:MEDCAB
Requests for mediationWikipedia:RFM
Requests for arbitrationWikipedia:RFAR
Mentorship and probation 

Main Page departments

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

Noticeboards

Administrators' noticeboardWikipedia:AN • Wikipedia:ANB
Administrators' incident noticeboardWikipedia:ANI • Wikipedia:AIN
Arbitration enforcement noticeboardWikipedia:AE
Biographies of living persons noticeboardWikipedia:BLPN • Wikipedia:BOLPN
Bot owners' noticeboardWikipedia:BON • Wikipedia:BOWN
Conflict of interest noticeboardWikipedia:COIN
Content noticeboardWikipedia:CNB • Wikipedia:AWN
External links noticeboardWikipedia:ELN
Fiction noticeboardWikipedia:FRN • Wikipedia:FICT/N
Fringe theories noticeboardWikipedia:FTN
Neutral point of view noticeboardWikipedia:NPOVN • Wikipedia:POVN
No original research noticeboardWikipedia:NORN • Wikipedia:ORN
Reliable sources noticeboardWikipedia:RSN

Policy creation and revision

Village pump policy and proposal forumWikipedia:VPP
Most P&G revisions take place on policies' talk pages. To find specific policies and guidelines, see... 
     Policies and guidelines, an overviewWikipedia:RULES
     PoliciesWikipedia:LOP
     GuidelinesWikipedia:GUIDELINES

Administration departments

Administration indexCAT:WP • CAT:WIKI
Requests for administrator attentionWikipedia:RAA
Directory of administratorsWikipedia:DOA • Wikipedia:LOA
Administrators' noticeboardWikipedia:ANB
Administrator preparationWikipedia:ARL • Wikipedia:PREP
Requests for adminshipRfA
Help departments

Static help

Help menuWikipedia:HELP
General questionsWikipedia:Q
Frequently asked questionsWikipedia:FAQ
ShortcutsWikipedia:CUTS • Wikipedia:WP
Tip of the dayWikipedia:TIP
User page design centerWikipedia:UPD • Wikipedia:UPDC

Dynamic help (expect a reply)

Help with real-world issues / content

Reference deskWikipedia:RD
    HumanitiesWikipedia:RD/H
    ScienceWikipedia:RD/S
    Mathematics                   Wikipedia:RD/Math
    Computing                   Wikipedia:RD/C
    LanguageWikipedia:RD/L
    EntertainmentWikipedia:RD/E
    MiscellaneousWikipedia:RD/M
    Archives 

Help with building or operating Wikipedia

Help DeskWikipedia:HD
Newcomers' help departmentWikipedia:NUH
Adopt-a-UserWikipedia:ADOPT
Copyright assistanceWikipedia:RFCA
Media copyright questionsWikipedia:MCQ
Requests for administrator attentionWikipedia:RAA
User page help requestsWikipedia:UPHR
    Trading Spaces (user page swap)Wikipedia:UPHTS
Village pump (technical)Wikipedia:VPT

News departments

Community bulletin boardWikipedia:CBB
The SignpostWikipedia:POST
Wikipedia in the mediaWikipedia:MEDIA
AnnouncementsWikipedia:ANN
Press releases
StatsWikipedia:ST
Milestones
Regional notice boardsWikipedia:RNB
Goings-onWikipedia:GO
Requests for commentWikipedia:RFC

Abuse response departments

Report copyright problemsWikipedia:RCRP • Wikipedia:CP
Report edit warsWikipedia:REW • Wikipedia:AN3
Report improper usernamesWikipedia:RIU • Wikipedia:UFAA
Report long term abuseWikipedia:RLTA • Wikipedia:LTA
Report open proxiesWikipedia:ROP • Wikipedia:OP
Report sock puppetsWikipedia:SPI
Report spamWikipedia:RSPAM • WT:WPSPAM
Report vandalismWikipedia:RVAN • Wikipedia:AIV
Report abuse to ISPsWikipedia:ABUSE • Wikipedia:AbRep

Community support groups and programs

AwardsWikipedia:AWARDS
   Barnstar pagesWikipedia:AW
   Other awardsWikipedia:ORA
   Awards by WikiProjectWikipedia:WPPA
Birthday CommitteeWikipedia:BDC
Bounty board (wiki-trading)Wikipedia:BOUNTY
Editor assistanceWikipedia:ASSIST
Meetup (Regional meetings)Wikipedia:MEET
Reward board (wiki-trading)Wikipedia:RB • Wikipedia:REWARD
Welcoming committeeWikipedia:WC

Deletion departments

Candidates for speedy deletionC:CSD • CAT:CSD
Articles for deletionWikipedia:AFD
Templates for deletionWikipedia:TFD
Images and media for deletionWikipedia:IFD
Categories for deletionWikipedia:CFD
Stub types for deletionWikipedia:SFD
Redirects for deletionWikipedia:RFD
Miscellany for deletionWikipedia:MD • Wikipedia:MFD
Deletion reviewWikipedia:DRV
Deletion log 
Archived delete debatesWikipedia:ADD
See also: 
   Deletion tools 
   Deletion policyWikipedia:DP • Wikipedia:DEL
   Deletion guidelines for administratorsWikipedia:DGFA

Fun departments

Department of FunWikipedia:FUN • Wikipedia:DOF
Silly ThingsWikipedia:SILLY
Unusual articlesWikipedia:UNUSUAL
Unusual requestsWikipedia:UR
Talk page highlightsWikipedia:TPH
Lamest edit warsWikipedia:LAME
April foolsWikipedia:APRIL

Featured status departments

Featured contentWikipedia:FC
Featured articlesWikipedia:FA
Featured listsWikipedia:FL
Featured picturesWikipedia:FP
Featured portalsWikipedia:FPORT
Featured topicsWikipedia:FT
Featured soundsWikipedia:FS

The first step: peer reviewWikipedia:PR
Featured article candidatesWikipedia:FAC
Featured list candidatesWikipedia:FLC
Featured picture candidatesWikipedia:FPC
Featured portal candidatesWikipedia:FPORTC
Featured article reviewWikipedia:FAR

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:
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Colloquium?
Wikiversity
Open learning community		 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Community_Portal? Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus		 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Community_Portal Wikiquote
Collection of quotations
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Workspace?
Wikinews
Free-content news		 http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Community_Portal? Wikispecies
Directory of species		 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Community_Portal? Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Community_Portal? Wikisource
Free-content library		 commons:Commons:Community Portal
Commons
Shared media repository		 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Goings-on
Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia project coordination

Personal tools