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Many of the pages listed below are request departments, and need continuous attention from volunteers like you to answer or deal with requests.

Information: About Wikipedia

Introduction • Sandbox • What Wikipedia is not • Wikipedians • Glossary • Donations

Account settings and maintenance • Getting in touch

Editorial departments

Articles are contributed and edited directly by users. All Wikipedians belong to the editorial team.

Writing departments

Editor review
Tools
Wikipedia:Translation

Article creation

Articles for creation
Article requests (Backlog)
Feedback requests
Missing articles
Most wanted articles
Most wanted stubs

Article expansion

Expansion requests
Feedback requests
High traffic

Article refinement

Review new overhauls
Verification needed
Vital articles
See also: Featured

Images / Pictures

Requested pictures

WikiProjects

WikiProjects are ongoing collaborations to improve articles having to do with a particular subject.
WikiProject directory
WikiProject Council
WikiProject guide

Active improvement teams

Active fixup projects
Categorization projects
Encyclopedic Standards
Countering systemic bias

Version development

WikiReaders
Version 1.0 Editorial Team

Trade / Barter

Editing for hire
Task trading

Maintenance projects

Pages needing attention (post requests)
Request admin attention

Vandalism / spam

RC patrol
Cleaning up vandalism
Counter vandalism unit
Lupin's Anti-Vandal Tool
VandalProof Tool
Spam fighting team

Article cleanup

Cleanup Taskforce Cleanup backlogs
Backlogs by month
Copy edit (need)
Elements of Style (more)
Neglected articles
Category:NPOV disputes
Punctuation
Syntax Project
Typos
Updating needed
WikiProject Wikify

Article integration

Navigation systems

Basic topic lists

WikiProject Lists of basic topics

Categories

Bad category names
Categories needed

Article linking

Bad links
Dead-end pages
Linkrot
Templates with red links
Article merging

Disambiguation

Disambig pages w/links

Images

Untagged Images Commons

Meta fix-up

Stub sorting
Untagged stubs
Transwiki log cleanup
User categorisation

Dispute resolution departments

Wikilove	WP:LOVE
Third opinion (to break article deadlocks)	WP:3O
Resolving disputes	WP:DR
Requests for comment	WP:RFC
Requests for mediation	WP:RFM
Requests for arbitration	WP:RFAR
Mentorship and probation

Main Page departments

Main Page design discussions
Today's featured article (dept.)	WP:TOFA
Picture of the day (dept.)	WP:POTD
Did you know (dept.)	WP:DYK
In the news (dept.)	WP:ITND
Selected anniversaries (dept.)	WP:SA
Main Page alternatives	WP:MPA

Noticeboards

Administrators' noticeboard	WP:AN • WP:ANB
Administrators' incident noticeboard	WP:ANI • WP:AIN
Arbitration enforcement noticeboard	WP:AE
Checkuser noticeboard	WP:RFCU/C/N
Bot owners' noticeboard	WP:BON • WP:BOWN
Conflict of interest noticeboard	WP:COIN
Biographies of living persons noticeboard	WP:BLPN • WP:BOLPN
Fiction noticeboard	WP:FRN • WP:FICT/N
Fringe theories noticeboard	WP:FTN
No original research noticeboard	WP:NORN • WP:ORN
Neutral point of view noticeboard	WP:NPOVN • WP:POVN
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:RULES
Policies	WP:LOP
Guidelines	WP:GUIDELINES

System administration departments

Administration index	CAT:WP • CAT:WIKI
Requests for administrator attention	WP:RAA
Directory of administrators	WP:DOA • WP:LOA
Administrators' noticeboard	WP:ANB
Administrator preparation	WP:ARL • WP:PREP
Admin coaching	WP:ADMINCOACH
Requests for adminship	RfA

Help departments

Static help

Help menu	WP:HELP
Frequently asked questions	WP:FAQ
Shortcuts	WP:CUTS • WP:WP
Tip of the day	WP:TIP
User Page Design Center	WP:UPD • 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/Math
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:HD
Newcomers' help department	WP:NUH
Adopt-a-User	WP:ADOPT
Admin coaching	WP:ADMINCOACH
Media copyright questions	WP:MCQ • WP:IMAGEHELP
Requests for administrator attention	WP:RAA
User page help requests	WP:UPHR
Trading Spaces (user page swap)	WP:UPHTS
Village pump (technical)	WP:VPT

News departments

Community bulletin board	WP:CBB
The Signpost	WP:POST
Wikipedia in the media	WP:MEDIA
Announcements	WP:ANN
Press releases
Stats	WP:ST
Milestones
Regional notice boards	WP:RNB
Public watchlist	WP:WATCH
Requests for comment	WP:RFC

Abuse response departments

Report copyright problems	WP:RCRP • WP:CP
Report edit wars	WP:REW • WP:AN3
Report improper usernames	WP:RIU • WP:UFAA
Report long term abuse	WP:RLTA • WP:LTA
Report open proxies	WP:ROP • WP:OP
Report sock puppets	WP:RSP • WP:SSP
Report spam	WP:RSPAM • WT:WPSPAM
Report vandalism	WP:RVAN • WP:AIV

Community support groups and programs

Awards	WP:AWARDS
Barnstar pages	WP:AW
Other awards	WP:ORA
WikiProject awards	WP:WPPA
Birthday Committee	WP:BDC
Bounty board (wiki-trading)	WP:BOUNTY
Department of Fun	WP:DoF • WP:FUN
Editor assistance	WP:ASSIST
Harmonious editing club	WP:HEC
Kindness Campaign	WP:KC
Meetup (Regional meetings)	WP:MEET
Reach out	WP:RO • WP:REACH
Reward board (wiki-trading)	WP:RB • WP:REWARD
Stress Alerts	WP:ALERT
Welcoming committee	WP:WC

Deletion departments

Candidates for speedy deletion	C:CSD • CAT:CSD
Articles for deletion	WP:AFD
Templates for deletion	WP:TFD
Images and media for deletion	WP:IFD
Categories for deletion	WP:CFD
Stub types for deletion	WP:SFD
Redirects for deletion	WP:RFD
Miscellany for deletion	WP:MD • WP:MFD
Deletion review	WP:DRV
Deletion log
Silly things	WP:) • WP:SILLY
Archived delete debates	WP:ADD
See also:
Deletion tools
Deletion policy	WP:DP • WP:DEL
Deletion guidelines for administrators	WP:DGFA

Featured status departments

Featured content	WP:FC
Featured articles	WP:FA
Featured lists	WP:FL
Featured pictures	WP:FP
Featured portals	WP:FPORT
Featured topics	WP:FT
Featured sounds	WP:FS

The first step: peer review	WP:PR
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

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		Commons Shared media repository		Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination