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1 Categories
2 Lists
3 Stubs
4 Infoboxes
5 Templates
6 Wikiprojects & article series
7 Shortcuts & "magic words"
8 Other resources
9 Administration
- 9.1 Administrators
10 Copyright
11 New user greetings
12 Essays

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General information
Resource	Description
Wikipedia:Categorization	Introduction to categorization.
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories)	Discusses naming conventions for categories.
Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates	Discusses the three different ways to group and organize articles.
WikiProject Categories-related pages
/uncategorized	Taskforce page for categorizing and patrolling for uncategorized articles.
Category:Wikipedia categorization	Category page listing our project pages.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/Current subprojects	WikiProject Categories subprojects.
Category:WikiProjects	Category page containing list of WikiProjects and helpful resources.
Category:Category needed	Category containing articles that need categorization.
Category:Uncategorized pages	Category containing pages that need categorization.
Special:UncategorizedPages	Special page for uncategorized pages.
Uncategorized Categories	Special page for uncategorized categories.
Advanced resources
Wikimedia stats:Category Overview Index	Dumps of the category tree.
Wikipedia:Database_reports#Categories	Page containing generated reports about categories.
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion	Where deletion, merging, and renaming of categories is discussed.
Miscellaneous
Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting	Similar WikiProject for stubs.
Portal:Contents	Browse Wikipedia's contents.
Portal:Contents/Overviews	Browse Wikipedia's contents overviews.

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Help:List
Help:Table. External links section has free HTML-to-wiki converters.
User:Hyacinth/How to use tables
Wikipedia:When to use tables
Help:Sorting. All about automatic sorting of table rows.

Rejected proposals

Essays

Wikipedia:Lists in Wikipedia
Wikipedia:Listcruft
Wikipedia:Write the Article First - one solution to cruft-y red links in lists
Creating A Better List - A User Essay
Wikipedia:Lists within articles

List of "magic words" - Magic words can be used to automate text or change the display of pages.

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Cleanup resources

List of Resources for researchers

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Wikipedia:Free online resources

Wikipedia:Free or semi-free non-Public-Domain information resources

Wikipedia:Public domain image resources

Wikipedia:Free sound resources

WikiProject Resource Exchange

Web Browser tools - Tools for your Web browser

Web colors

[edit] Administration

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List of controversial issues

[edit] Administrators

List of administrators

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[edit] Copyright

Sample letters requesting content be made available to Wikipedia

Sample letters for violations of Wikipedia's licence (GFDL)

[edit] New user greetings

Standard user greeting

Welcome templates

[edit] Essays

v d e Essays on Wikipedia civility

The basics	How to be civil Compromise Accepting other users Duty Enjoy yourself Honor system Thank you Apology Truce Forgive and forget No vested contributors Staying cool when the editing gets hot Overzealous deletion Content removal Divisiveness

Philosophy	An uncivil environment is a poor environment How many legs does a horse have? You can't squeeze blood from a turnip Wikipedia is not about winning The Last Word The grey zone You are probably not a lexicologist or a lexicographer Writing for the opponent There is no common sense Not everyone who disagrees with you is a vandal Walls of text Nobody cares Witchhunt Shadowless Fists of Death! You don't own Wikipedia

Dos	Adopt a quiet role Assume good faith Assume the assumption of good faith Assume no clue Assume clue Avoid personal remarks Avoid rancor Avoid the word "vandal" Award barnstars Call a spade a spade Candor Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass Deny recognition Encourage full discussions In praise of 1RR Revert only when necessary Get over it How to lose Mind your own business Discussing cruft Keep it down to earth Revert, block, ignore

Don'ts	Arguments to avoid in edit wars Don't be inconsiderate Please do not bite the newcomers Don't call a spade a spade Don't call the kettle black Don't take the bait Do not insult the vandals Just drop it Don't edit war over the colour of templates Don't be ashamed Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid Don't feed the divas Don't stuff beans up your nose Don't spite your face Don't revert due to "no consensus" Don't call things cruft No angry mastodons Don't be an ostrich Don't template the regulars Don't be a fanatic Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack Don't fight fire with fire Don't be prejudiced Don't remind others of past misdeeds

Wiki relations	WikiLove WikiHate WikiCrime WikiBullying WikiPeace WikiLawyering WikiHarassment We live in Wikiville

About essays	The value of essays The difference between policies, guidelines and essays Essays are not policy Don't cite essays as if they were policy Quote your own essay

Essays

v d e Essays on building Wikipedia

Philosophy	Articles must be written Be a reliable source Cohesion Concede lost arguments 8 simple rules for editing our encyclopedia Explanationism Here to build an encyclopedia Paradoxes Product, process, policy Purpose The role of policies in collaborative anarchy Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia Trifecta Wikipedia in brief Wikipedia is an encyclopedia Avoid vague introductions

Inclusion	Alternative outlets Articles with a single source Avoid template creep Bare notability Bombardment But it's true! Citation overkill Clones Coatrack Discriminate vs indiscriminate information Every snowflake is unique Existence ≠ Notability Explanationism Google searches and numbers High Schools Inaccuracy Inclusion is not an indicator of notability Independent sources Inherent notability Insignificant Masking the lack of notability Make stubs No amount of editing can overcome a lack of notability No big loss No one cares about your garage band No one really cares Notability/Historical/Arguments Notability is not a matter of opinion Notability means impact Obscurity ≠ Lack of notability Offline sources Notability sub-pages One sentence does not an article make Other stuff exists Perennial websites Pokémon test Run-of-the-mill Solutions are mixtures and nothing else Subjective importance Third-party sources Trivial mentions cannot verify notability Video links What notability is not Wikipedia is not here to tell the world about your noble cause

Construction	100K featured articles A navbox on every page Alternatives to the "Expand" template Amnesia test An unfinished house is a real problem Avoid mission statements Bare URLs Be neutral in form Beef up that first revision Concept cloud Don't demolish the house while it's still being built Don't hope the house will build itself Don't leave giant breaks between sections Don't panic Editing on iPhones, iPads, etc. Editors are not mindreaders Featured articles may have problems Give an article a chance Inaccuracies in Wikipedia namespace Link rot Not everything needs a navbox Not everything needs a WikiProject Nothing is in stone Over explained Permastub Potential, not just current state Put a little effort into it Pruning article revisions Restoring part of a reverted edit Robotic editing Temporary versions of articles The world will not end tomorrow There is a deadline There is no deadline Wikipedia is a volunteer service Wikipedia is a work in progress Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion Write the article first Writing better articles

Deletion	Adjectives in your recommendations AfD is not a war zone Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions Arguments to make in deletion discussions Avoid repeated arguments Before commenting in a deletion discussion But there must be sources! Content removal Delete the junk Does deletion help Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument Follow the leader How to save an article proposed for deletion I just don't like it Immunity Liar Liar Pants on Fire Nothing Overzealous deletion Relisting can be abusive Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole Why was my page deleted? What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion

About essays	Value of essays Difference between policies, guidelines and essays Essays are not policy Don't cite essays as if they were policy Finding an essay Quote your own essay

Essays

v d e Humorous essays

Humorous material	Assume bad faith · Assume good wraith · Assume stupidity · Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith · Avoid using preview button · Avoid using wikilinks · BOLD, revert, revert, revert · Boston Tea Party · Barnstaritis · Don't-give-a-Fuckism · Edits Per Day · Hotties are always notable · Go ahead, vandalize · Lamest edit wars · Newcomers are delicious, so go ahead and bite them · Please bite the newbies

Inactive historical references	Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Unblock Emails

About essays	The value of essays · The difference between policies, guidelines and essays · Essays are not policy · Don't cite essays as if they were policy · Quote your own essay

Essays

Essays on Notability

Alternative outlets · Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions · Articles with a single source · Bare notability · Bombardment · Every snowflake is unique · Existence ≠ Notability · Inclusion is not an indicator of notability · Inherent notability · Insignificant · No one cares about your garage band · No one really cares · Notability/Historical/Arguments · Notability sub-pages · Wikipedia:Other stuff exists · Pokémon test · Run-of-the-mill · What notability is not

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