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About Wikipedia Introduction • Tutorial • Principles • Governance • Wikipedians • What Wikipedia is not • Glossary • 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) Contribution Team 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 WikiProject directory WikiProject Council WikiProject guide 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 (Outline of Knowledge) Categories Bad category names Categories needed Article linking 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) WP:3O Resolving disputes WP:DR Requests for comment WP:RFC Requests for Informal Mediation WP:MEDCAB Requests for mediation WP:RFM Requests for arbitration WP:RFAR Mentorship and probation   Main Page departments Main Page design discussions   Today's featured article (dept.) WP:TOFA Picture of the day (dept.) WP:POTD Did you know (dept.) WP:DYK In the news (dept.) WP:ITND Selected anniversaries (dept.) WP:SA Main Page alternatives WP:MPA Noticeboards Administrators' noticeboard WP:AN • WP:ANB Administrators' incident noticeboard WP:ANI • WP:AIN Arbitration enforcement noticeboard WP:AE Biographies of living persons noticeboard WP:BLPN • WP:BOLPN Bot owners' noticeboard WP:BON • WP:BOWN Conflict of interest noticeboard WP:COIN Content noticeboard WP:CNB • WP:AWN External links noticeboard WP:ELN Fringe theories noticeboard WP:FTN Neutral point of view noticeboard WP:NPOVN • WP:POVN No original research noticeboard WP:NORN • WP:ORN Notability noticeboard WP:N/N Reliable sources noticeboard WP:RSN Policy creation and revision Village pump policy and proposal forum WP:VPP Most P&G revisions take place on policies' talk pages. To find specific policies and guidelines, see...        Policies and guidelines, an overview WP:RULES      Policies WP:LOP      Guidelines WP:GUIDELINES Administration departments Administration index CAT:WP • CAT:WIKI Requests for administrator attention WP:RAA Directory of administrators WP:DOA • WP:LOA Administrators' noticeboard WP:ANB Administrator preparation WP:ARL • WP:PREP Requests for adminship RfA
Help departments Static help Help menu WP:HELP General questions WP:Q Frequently asked questions WP:FAQ Shortcuts WP:CUTS • WP:WP Tip of the day WP:TIP User page design center WP:UPD • WP:UPDC Dynamic help (expect a reply) Help with real-world issues / content Reference desk WP:RD     Humanities WP:RD/H     Science WP:RD/S     Mathematics                    WP:RD/Math     Computing                    WP:RD/C     Language WP:RD/L     Entertainment WP:RD/E     Miscellaneous WP:RD/M     Archives   Help with building or operating Wikipedia Help Desk WP:HD Newcomers' help department WP:NUH Adopt-a-user WP:ADOPT Online Ambassadors/Mentors WP:OAM Copyright assistance WP:RFCA Media copyright questions WP:MCQ Requests for administrator attention WP:RAA User page help requests WP:UPHR     Trading Spaces (user page swap) WP:UPHTS Village pump (technical) WP:VPT
News departments Community bulletin board WP:CBB The Signpost WP:POST Wikipedia in the media WP:MEDIA Milestones WP:MILE Press releases Stats WP:ST Milestones (interwiki) Regional notice boards WP:RNB Goings-on WP:GO Requests for comment WP:RFC Abuse response departments Report copyright problems WP:RCRP • WP:CP Report edit wars WP:REW • WP:AN3 Report improper usernames WP:RIU • WP:UFAA Report long term abuse WP:RLTA • WP:LTA Report open proxies WP:ROP • WP:OP Report sock puppets WP:SPI Report spam WP:RSPAM • WT:WPSPAM Report vandalism WP:RVAN • WP:AIV Report abuse to ISPs WP:ABUSE • WP:AbRep Community support groups and programs Awards WP:AWARDS    Barnstar pages WP:AW    Other awards WP:ORA    Awards by WikiProject WP:WPPA Birthday Committee WP:BDC Bounty board (wiki-trading) WP:BOUNTY Editor assistance WP:ASSIST Meetup (Regional meetings) WP:MEET Reward board (wiki-trading) WP:RB • WP:REWARD Welcoming committee WP:WC Deletion departments Candidates for speedy deletion C:CSD • CAT:CSD Articles for deletion WP:AFD Templates for deletion WP:TFD Images and media for deletion WP:IFD Categories for deletion WP:CFD Stub types for deletion WP:SFD Redirects for deletion WP:RFD Miscellany for deletion WP:MD • WP:MFD Deletion review WP:DRV Deletion log   Archived delete debates WP:ADD See also:      Deletion tools      Deletion policy WP:DP • WP:DEL    Deletion guidelines for administrators WP:DGFA Fun departments Department of Fun WP:FUN • WP:DOF Silly Things WP:SILLY Unusual articles WP:UNUSUAL Unusual requests WP:UR Talk page highlights WP:TPH Lamest edit wars WP:LAME April fools WP:APRIL

Article assessment and review
Featured
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Good article and peer review
Good articles WP:GA Good article nominations WP:GAN Good article reassessment WP:GAR	Peer review WP:PR

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