Wikipedia:Help Project/Scope

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Scope

Pages already tagged for the project are listed in Category:Wikipedia Help Project.

Principal index pages

Wikipedia:Help index (descriptive directory)
Help:Contents
Help:Menu (old format used on the main Help:Contents page).
Help:Menu/Site map
Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia (270k, may take a while to render)
Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual
Wikipedia:Accessibility guideline

The Help: namespace.

Categories

Category:Wikipedia help and its subcategories. See full contents here:

To display all pages, subcategories and images click on the "►":
Help (2 C, 4 P) Wikipedia help (39 C, 62 P) Reader help (3 C, 26 P) Help:Contents Wikipedia:Directories and indexes Help:Directory Help:Menu

Overview template

Other navigation templates

V · t · e

Community portal

Plus the sidebar templates: {{Tutorials}} {{Reader help}} {{Wiki markup}} {{HelpTOC}} {{FAPath}} :

Other pages

Category:Wikipedia articles that are too technical a couple of syntax type help files included, but mostly articles.
User:ClueBot II/sandbox.js contains the text that is displayed and lists the pages served - this bot clears most of the help sandboxes and tutorial etc.

v t e Wikipedia help pages
*Visit the Teahouse* or the Help desk for an interactive Q & A forum. FAQs (?) Reference desks (?) Noticeboards (?) Cheatsheet (?) Directories (?)**
About Wikipedia (?)	Administration Purpose Principles Policies and guidelines What Wikipedia is not Disclaimer (parental advice) Making requests Who writes Wikipedia?
Help for readers (?)	FAQ Books Copyright Glossary Mobile access Navigation Other languages Searching Students Viewing media
Contributing to Wikipedia (?)	Advice for young editors Avoiding common mistakes Etiquette Simplified Manual of Style Simplified rule-set "Ignore all rules" "The rules are principles" Style-tips Tip of the day Your first article (article wizard)
Getting started (?)	Why create an account? Introductions by topic Graphics tutorials Picture tutorial IRC (live chat) tutorial VisualEditor user guide
Dos and don'ts (?)	Accessibility Biographies Biographies (living) Categorization Consensus Discussions Disambiguation Images Leads Links Lists References Tables Titles (of articles)
How-to pages and information pages (?)	Appealing blocks Article deletion Categories Citations/references Referencing for beginners Citation Style 1 Cite errors References and page numbers Convert Diff Editing Minor edit toolbar edit conflict Find sources Files Footnotes Image deletion Infoboxes Linking (link color) Logging in Merging New page review Page name Renaming pages Redirect Passwords Email confirmation Reverting Simple vandalism cleanup Talk pages (archiving simple archiving) User contributions WP search protocol
Coding (?)	Wiki markup Barcharts Calculations Characters Columns Elevation Hidden text HTML Lists Magic words Music symbols Sections Sounds Tables Templates Transclusion URL Visual files
Directories (?)	Abbreviations Contents (Encyclopedia proper) Departments Editor's index Essays FAQs Glossary Guidelines Manual of Style Policies Tasks Tips Tools
Missing Manual Ask for help on your talk page (?)

v t e Useful searches for editors and Help desk volunteers
Entire sites	Wikipedia Meta-Wiki MediaWiki.org WikiIndex
Wikipedia namespaces	Wikipedia: MediaWiki: Category: Help: Image: User: Template:
Wikipedia subpage trees	Help desk FAQ Signpost Template messages Village pump Village pump (policy) Village pump (technical) Village pump section archives