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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. For a list of the services and assistance that can be requested on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Requests. For an overview of community pages, see the Quick directory.
About Wikipedia Contributing to Wikipedia · Tutorial · Principles · Governance · Wikipedians · What Wikipedia is not · Glossary · Sandbox · Donations Account settings and maintenance · Where to ask questions	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 Contribution Team Feedback requests Missing articles Most wanted articles Article refinement Review new overhauls Verification needed Vital articles See also: Featured Pictures Requested pictures WikiProjects WikiProject directory WikiProject Council WikiProject guide Inactive project pages Improvement teams Active fixup projects Categorization projects Countering systemic bias Version development Version 1.0 Editorial Team Maintenance projects 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 backlogs Backlogs by month Copy edit (need) Elements of Style (more) Category:NPOV disputes Typos Updating needed WikiProject Wikify Article integration Navigation systems Basic topic lists WikiProject Outlines (Outline of Knowledge) Categories Bad category names Uncategorized pages Article linking Dead-end pages Link rot 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:3 Dispute resolution WP:DR Requests for comment WP:RFC Dispute resolution noticeboard WP:DRN Requests for mediation WP:RFM Requests for arbitration WP:RFAR Mentorship and editing restrictions   Main Page departments Main Page design discussions   Today's featured article (dept.) WP:TFA Picture of the day (dept.) WP:POTD Did you know (dept.) WP:DYK In the news (dept.) WP:ITN Selected anniversaries (dept.) WP:SA Main Page alternatives WP:MPA Noticeboards Administrators' noticeboard WP:AN Administrators' incident noticeboard WP:ANI Arbitration enforcement noticeboard WP:AE Biographies of living persons noticeboard WP:BLPN Bot owners' noticeboard WP:BON Conflict of interest noticeboard WP:COIN External links noticeboard WP:ELN Fringe theories noticeboard WP:FTN Neutral point of view noticeboard WP:NPOVN No original research noticeboard WP:NORN 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:PG      Policies WP:LOP      Guidelines WP:LGL Administration departments Administration index CAT:WP Requests for administrator attention WP:RAA Directory of administrators WP:LA Administrators' noticeboard WP:AN Administrator preparation WP:ARL Requests for adminship WP:RFA
Help departments Static help Main help portal WP:HELP Help menu WP:HMENU Help directory H:D General questions WP:Q Frequently asked questions WP:FAQ Shortcuts WP:CUTS Tip of the day WP:TIP User page design center 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/MA     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:HELPDESK Newcomers' help department WP:NCH Adopt-a-user WP:AAU Online Ambassadors/Mentors WP:OAM Copyright assistance WP:RFCA Media copyright questions WP:CQ Requests for administrator attention WP:RAA Village pump (technical) WP:VPT
News departments Community bulletin board WP:CBB The Signpost WP:POST Wikipedia in the 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:CP Report edit wars WP:AN3 Report improper usernames WP:UAA Report long-term abuse WP:LTA Report open proxies WP:OP Report sock puppets WP:SPI Report spam WT:WPSPAM Report vandalism WP:AIV 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 Editor assistance WP:ASSIST Meetup (Regional meetings) WP:MEET Reward board (wiki-trading) WP:REWARD Welcoming committee WP:WC Deletion departments Candidates for speedy deletion CAT:CSD Articles for deletion WP:AFD Categorized AfD discussions WP:AFDC Templates for discussion WP:TFD Files for discussion WP:FFD Categories for discussion WP:CFD Redirects for discussion WP:RFD Miscellany for deletion WP:MFD Deletion review WP:DRV Deletion log   Archived deletion discussions WP:ADD See also:   Deletion tools   Deletion policy WP:DP · WP:DEL Deletion guidelines for administrators WP:DGFA Fun departments 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

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Featured
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 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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