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About Wikipedia	Principles (Wikipedia in brief) Policies and guidelines What Wikipedia is not Disclaimer (parental advice) Making requests (where to ask questions contact Wikipedia directly) Who writes Wikipedia Why create an account?
Contributing to Wikipedia	A plain and simple overview A primer for newcomers Asking for help Advice for young editors Avoiding common mistakes Etiquette (community expectations) Learning the ropes Instructional material Simplified Manual of Style Simplified rule-set ("ignore all rules" the rules are principles) Tip of the day Your first article (article wizard) Vandalism VisualEditor
Introductions	Editing Exploring Images Manual of Style Media Navigating Policies Referencing Tables Talk pages
Tutorials	Newcomers' welcome The Wikipedia Adventure Editing Formatting Graphics Images IRC (live chat) Links Policies Registration Sources Talk pages VisualEditor
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)	Overview Administration Article subjects Categories Contributing Copyright Editing Forking IRC (live chat) Miscellaneous Organizations Problems Researching Readers Schools Technical
Help:contents	Help menu Navigating Joining Editing Links and references Images and media Tracking changes Policies and guidelines Asking questions Wikipedia community Resources and lists Account settings Technical info Site map
The Missing Manual	Introduction First edit Sourcing Account setup and personal space Creating articles Page history and reverting Monitoring changes Vandalism and spam Communicating with others WikiProjects Content disputes Incivility Helping others Sections Lists and tables Images Naming, redirects and disambiguation Categorizing Better articles Deletions Personal preferences JavaScript Wikipedia Pages Reader’s guide Learning more
How-to pages and information pages	Appealing blocks Article deletion Books Categories Citations/references (Referencing for beginners Citation Style 1 Cite errors References) Copyright Diff Editing (toolbar edit conflict) Email confirmation Find sources Files Footnotes Glossary Image deletion Infoboxes Linking (link color) Logging in Media Merging Mobile access Namespaces Navigation Other languages Page name Redirect Renaming pages Passwords Reverting Searching Talk pages (archiving) Students URL User contributions
Coding wiki markup	Wiki markup (cheatsheet) Barcharts Calculations Characters Citation templates Columns HTML Lists Magic words (introduction) Music symbols Sections Sounds Tables (introduction) Templates (documentation messages) Transclusion Visual files Wiki tools
Reference desks	Computing Entertainment Humanities Language Mathematics Miscellaneous Science
Noticeboards	Administrators (Edit warring Incidents Vandalism) Conflict of interest Disputes Editor help External links Neutrality Original research Sources Page moves Village pump (Idea lab Proposals Technical Wikipedia policies Miscellaneous)
Directories	Abbreviations Content Departments Editor's index Essays FAQs Glossary Guidelines Help:contents Manual of Style contents Policies Portals Shortcuts Tips
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