User:Capsulecap/List of helpful Wikipedia resources
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This is a list of helpful Wikipedia resources containing articles related to getting started, learning about more specific topics, or important rules.
Getting started
[edit]These are guides and resources geared towards learning about
- Introduction: Tutorial on Wikipedia.
- Introduction to Wikipedia: Describes the Wikipedia community.
- Introduction to policies and guidelines: Information on the most important of policies on Wikipedia.
- Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup: A tutorial on the Source/Markup editor.
- Introduction to editing with VisualEditor: A tutorial on the visual/word processor-like editor.
- Introduction to navigating Wikipedia: A guide to help you get around Wikipedia.
- Introduction to the Manual of Style: An overview of the Wikipedia MoS.
- The conclusion to this tutorial.
- The Wikipedia Adventure: A fun tutorial for hands-on learners.
- Task Center: A long list of tasks a Wikipedian can do.
- The Five Pillars of Wikipedia: These are the five golden rules of Wikipedia. You'll do good if you follow them.
- Contributing to Wikipedia: Provides more detail on the contribution process.
- Help main page: This is the landing page for the help articles you can read if you need help.
- Your first article: Itching to write an article? Start here!
- Article development: Further information on writing articles.
- Manual of Style, simplified edition: An abridged version of the Manual of Style. Read this if you aren't sure what a good Wikipedia page should look like.
- The Teahouse: Still have questions? Visit the Teahouse!
Specific information
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Policies and rules
[edit]These are important rules to follow on Wikipedia for people and articles alike.
- Don’t vandalize Wikipedia
- Keep a neutral opinion
- Handle biographies of living people with care
- Don't use your own research on Wikipedia
- What Wikipedia is not
- Rules are not set in stone
- Be civil
- Wikipedia is not copyrighted, but make sure to follow copyright laws
- If nobody knows about it, it shouldn't be on Wikipedia
- Don't plagiarize
- Hoaxes are not allowed
- No, "Gdhdnvjftj," "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," and "Word word slaad is this" are not valid additions to a page.