Wikipedia:Department directory
To assist in the administration of the Wikipedia community and development of the encyclopedia, the community has established a wide range of administration pages. Many of the pages listed below are Wikipedia request departments, and need continuous attention from volunteers like you to answer or deal with requests. For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the dashboard. For other useful directories and indexes, see the directory.
Contents
- 1 About Wikipedia
- 2 Wikipedia community
- 3 Protocols and conventions
- 4 Abuse response
- 5 Dispute resolution
- 6 Noticeboards
- 7 Help related
- 8 Editorial departments
- 9 Content creation
- 10 WikiProjects and teams
- 11 Maintenance
- 12 Article integration
- 13 Administrators
- 14 Deletion
- 15 Featured content
- 16 Main Page
- 17 Support groups and programs
- 18 Fun related
- 19 Related communities
About Wikipedia
Wikipedia community
| Community portal | WP:COM |
| Dashboard | WP:DBOARD |
| Maintenance | WP:WM |
| Editor's index | WP:A-Z |
| Essay directory | WP:EDIR |
News
| Community bulletin board | WP:CBB |
| The Signpost | WP:POST |
| Wikipedia in the media | |
| Milestones | WP:MILE |
| Press releases | |
| Stats | WP:ST |
| Regional notice boards | WP:RNB |
| Goings-on | WP:GO |
| Requests for comment | WP:RFC |
Protocols and conventions
| 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:PG |
| Policies | WP:LOP |
| Guidelines | WP:LGL |
| Manual of Style | MOS:C |
Abuse response
Dispute resolution
Noticeboards
Static help
| Main help portal | WP:HELP |
| Help menu | H:MENU |
| Help directory | H:D |
| Tutorial | WP:T |
| Frequently asked questions | WP:FAQ |
| Tips library | WP:TIPS |
| Tip of the day | WP:TIP |
| User page design center | WP:UPDC |
| Sandbox | WP:SB |
Dynamic help
| Request directory | WP:RQ |
| General questions | WP:Q |
Help with building or operating Wikipedia
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Help with real-world issues / content
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| Reference desk | WP:RD |
| Humanities | WP:RD/H |
| Science | WP:RD/S |
| Mathematics | WP:RD/MA |
| Computing | WP:RD/C |
| Language | WP:RD/L |
| Entertainment | WP:RD/E |
| Miscellaneous | WP:RD/M |
| Archives |
Editorial departments
Articles are contributed and edited directly by users. All Wikipedians belong to the editorial team.
Administrators
Deletion
Featured content
| Featured content | WP:FC |
| Featured articles | WP:FA |
| Featured lists | WP:FL |
| Featured pictures | WP:FP |
| Featured portals | WP:FPO |
| Featured topics | WP:FT |
| Featured article candidates | WP:FAC |
| Featured list candidates | WP:FLC |
| Featured picture candidates | WP:FPC |
| Featured portal candidates | WP:FPORTC |
| Featured article review | WP:FAR |
| Good articles | WP:GA |
| Good article nominations | WP:GAN |
| Good article reassessment | WP:GAR |
| Peer review | WP:PR |
Main Page
Support groups and programs
| Awards | WP:AWARDS |
| Barnstar pages | WP:AW |
| Other awards | WP:ORA |
| Awards by WikiProject | WP:WPPA |
| Birthday Committee | WP:BDC |
| Editor assistance | WP:ASSIST |
| Meetup (Regional meetings) | WP:MEET |
| Reward board (wiki-trading) | WP:REWARD |
| Welcoming committee | WP:WC |
| Department of Fun | WP:DF |
| Silly Things | WP:SILLY |
| Unusual articles | WP:UA |
| Unusual requests | WP:UR |
| Talk page highlights | WP:TPH |
| Lamest edit wars | WP:LAME |
| April Fools | WP:APRIL |
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:
| Wikiversity Open learning community |
Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus |
Wikiquote Collection of quotations | |||
| Wikinews Free-content news |
Wikispecies Directory of species |
Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals | |||
| Wikisource Free-content library |
Wikidata Free knowledge base |
Wikivoyage Free travel guide | |||
| Commons Shared media repository |
MediaWiki Wiki software development |
Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination |