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<div style="text-align: center;"><big>'''[[File:Portal.svg]] [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome]] to the Community Portal''!'''''</big></div>

You can help build [[Wikipedia]] into a better [[encyclopedia]] and [[wiki]] community by [[Wikipedia:How to edit a  page|editing]] and [[Help:Starting a new page|creating]] new [[Wikipedia:What is an article|articles]]. If you [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]], you can track your changes [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|and more]].

See [[Help:Contents|Help]] for assistance or [[Wikipedia:Where to ask a question|ask a question]]. For community news, you can read, and write for, the ''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Wikipedia Signpost]]'' or see what's [[Wikipedia:Goings-on|going on]]. The [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]] has a variety of discussions about operations, policies, technical issues, and the concerns of other [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]].

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<div style="text-align: center;">'''Contents'''</div>

[[#To do|1 To do]]<br />
[[#Active collaborations|2 Active collaborations]]<br />
[[#Ongoing projects|3 Ongoing projects]]<br />
[[#About Wikipedia|4 About Wikipedia]]<br />
[[#Help|5 Help]]<br />
[[#Writing/Reference resources|6 Resources]]
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== To do ==
* Do you have a moment to respond to a [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment|request for comment]].
* Can you draw or take pictures?  Help make [[Wikipedia:Requested pictures|requested images]].
* Can you use [[Geographic information system|GIS]] tools?  Help make [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Requested and orphan maps|requested maps]].
* Can you code? Help make a [[Wikipedia:Bot requests|useful bot]] or update an [[Wikipedia:Maintenance#Reports|offline report]].
* Comment on the wisdom of [[Wikipedia talk:Bots|new bot proposals]].
* [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]] some articles.
* Offer your thoughts and ideas on [[:Category:Wikipedia proposals|proposed Wikipedia policies]].
* Can you speak another language?  There are articles which need [[Wikipedia:Translation into English|translation into English]].

Or...

{{opentask}}

Not sure where to report a certain type of problem with article content? If it exists, it's probably listed at [[Wikipedia:Maintenance]].

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== Active collaborations ==
In order to improve the quality of articles which are short or lacking in detail, Wikipedia's community take part in '''[[Wikipedia:Collaborations|collaborations]]''' to expand articles. The two main collaborations are:
* [[Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week|Collaboration of the week]]
: Currently working on '''[[Lee Smith (baseball)]]'''.
* [[Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive|Article improvement drive]]
: Currently working on '''[[NASA]]'''.

Other collaborations include:
*[[Wikipedia:African Collaboration of the Week|Africa]] ('''{{tl|Wikipedia:African Collaboration of the Week/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Biography Collaboration of the Week|Biography]] ('''{{tl|Wikipedia:Biography Collaboration of the Week/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Book Club|Book Club]] ('''{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Book_Club/current collaboration}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/CCOTW|Canada]] ('''{{Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/CCOTW/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Cinema Collaboration of the Week|Cinema]] ({{Wikipedia:Cinema Collaboration of the Week/current}})
*[[WP:CMCC|Comics]] ('''[[{{ComicsCollab article}}]]''')
*[[Wikipedia:Computer and video games improvement drive|Computer and video games]] ('''{{Wikipedia:Computer and video games improvement drive/current collaboration}}''')

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Collaboration of the fortnight|Cricket]] ('''{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Collaboration of the fortnight/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Article improvement drive|Football (soccer)]] ('''{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Article improvement drive/current collaboration}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Gaming Collaboration of the week|Gaming]] ('''{{Wikipedia:Gaming_Collaboration_of_the_week/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:HK wikipedians' notice board/HKCOTW|Hong Kong]] ('''{{Wikipedia:HK wikipedians' notice board/HKCOTW/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Indian wikipedians' notice board/INCOTW|India]] ('''{{Wikipedia:Indian_wikipedians'_notice_board/INCOTW/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Japanese Collaboration of the Week|Japan]] ({{Wikipedia:Japanese Collaboration of the Week/Current Japanese COTW}})
*[[Wikipedia:Latter Day Saint Collaboration of the fortnight|Latter Day Saint]] ('''{{Wikipedia:Latter Day Saint Collaboration of the fortnight/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Mathematics Collaboration of the Week|Mathematics]] ('''{{tl|Wikipedia:Mathematics Collaboration of the Week/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Medicine Collaboration of the Week|Medicine]] ('''{{Wikipedia:Medicine Collaboration of the Week/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Polish Wikipedians' notice board/PLCOTW|Poland]] ('''[[{{PLCOTW article}}]]''')
*[[Wikipedia:Science collaboration of the week|Science]] ({{tl|Wikipedia:Science_collaboration_of_the_week/current}})
*[[Wikipedia:Spanish Translation of the Week|Spanish Translation of the Week]] ('''[[Capernaum]]''', translated from [[:es:Cafarnaúm Cafarnaúm|Cafarnaúm Cafarnaúm]])
*[[Wikipedia:Texan Collaboration of the Month|Texas]] ('''{{TexanCOTM article}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:UK Wikipedians' notice board/UKCOTW|United Kingdom]] ('''[[{{UKCOTW article}}]]''')
*[[Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedians' notice board/USCOTW|United States]] ('''{{Wikipedia:U.S. Wikipedians' notice board/USCOTW/current}}''')
*[[Wikipedia:Unusual Collaboration of the fortnight|Unusual]] ('''{{Wikipedia:Unusual Collaboration of the fortnight/topic}}''')

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== Ongoing projects ==

{{MiniAWFP}}

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] are ongoing collaborations to improve articles having to do with a particular subject.  Hundreds exist; find one that interests you!  There are also many other fine projects listed below.

'''Active improvement teams:'''
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Featured Article Drive|Featured Article Drive]]
* [[Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce|Cleanup Taskforce]]
* [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Version 1.0 Editorial Team]]
* [[Wikipedia:Forum for Encyclopedic Standards|Forum for Encyclopedic Standards]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias]]

'''Community support groups'''
* [[Wikipedia:Association of Members' Advocates|Association of Members' Advocates]]
* [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|Esperanza]]
* [[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee|Welcoming committee]]

'''Ongoing tasks:'''
* [[Wikipedia:Maintenance|Maintenance]]
* [[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categorization]]
* [[Wikipedia:Transwiki log|Transwiki]]

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== About Wikipedia ==
[[:Category:Wikipedia|Category-based access to pages about Wikipedia]]

=== Community information ===
[[Wikipedia:About|About Wikipedia]] ·
[[Wikimedia|About Wiki'''media''']] ·
[[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Friends of Wikipedia|Friends of Wikipedia]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Babel|Babel]] ·
[http://wikimediafoundation.org/fundraising Donations] ·
[[:Category:Wikipedia culture|Culture]] ·
[[:Category:Wikipedia humor|Humor]] ·
[[:Category:Wikipedia games|Games]]

=== News ===
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[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost|Wikipedia Signpost]]<br>
Weekly WP News
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[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media|Wikipedia in the media]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Goings-on|Goings-on]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Announcements|Announcements]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Press releases|Press releases]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Statistics|Stats]] ·
[[m:Milestones|Milestones]]

=== Watchlists ===
[[Wikipedia:Watch|Public watchlists]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Regional notice boards|Regional notice boards]]

=== Featured content ===
[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured articles]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|Featured pictures]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured lists]]

=== Related communities ===
[[Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination|Other Wikipedia languages]]
{{Wikipediasister-list}}

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== [[:Category:Wikipedia help|Help]] ==

=== New user information ===
[[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome!]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Tutorial]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Help|Help]] ·
[[Wikipedia:New user log|New user log]]

=== Frequently asked questions ===
[[Wikipedia:FAQ|FAQ list]] and
[[Wikipedia:Overview FAQ|Overview]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Administration FAQ|Administration]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ|Contributing]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Editing FAQ|Editing]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Schools' FAQ|Schools]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Miscellaneous FAQ|Misc]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Problems FAQ|Problems]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Readers' FAQ|Readers']] ·
[[Wikipedia:Technical FAQ|Technical]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Glossary|Glossary]] ·
[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]]

=== Ways to communicate ===
[[Wikipedia:Contact us|Contact (overview)]] ·
'''[[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]]''' (<small>[[Wikipedia:Village pump (news)|News]], [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)|Policy]], [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)|Technical]], [[Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)|Proposals]], [[Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance)|Assistance]], [[Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)|Miscellaneous]]</small>) ·
[[Wikipedia:Talk page|Discussion pages]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Mailing lists|Mailing lists]] ·
[[m:IRC channels|IRC chat]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Instant Messaging Wikipedians|Instant Messaging]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Meetup|In person meetings]] ·
[[Wikipedia:User page|User pages]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Current surveys|Surveys]]

=== Common procedures ===
[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featuring an article]],
[[Wikipedia:Featured pictures candidates|pictures]] or [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|lists]]·
[[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Deleting a page]] (<small>[[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|full policy]]</small>) ·
[[Wikipedia:Requested moves|Moving a page]] (<small>[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming policies]]</small>) ·
[[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection|Protecting a page]] (<small>[[Wikipedia:Protection policy|full policy]]</small>) ·
[[Wikipedia:How to revert a page to an earlier version|Reverting a page]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|Administrator nominations]]

=== Help with MediaWiki ===
[[m:MediaWiki User's Guide|User's Guide]] ·
[[m:Help:Table|Table format]] ·
[[m:Help:Formula|TeX, math and formulae]] ·
[[m:Help:Images and other uploaded files|Images and embedding]]

=== Account maintenance ===
[[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|Account benefits]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Username|Choosing]] and [[Wikipedia:Changing username|Changing a username]] ·
[[m:MediaWiki User's Guide: Logging-in|Logging in]] ·
[[m:MediaWiki User's Guide: Setting preferences|User preferences]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit|Changing attribution for edits]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Account deletion|Account deletion]]

=== Technical information ===
[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki|The MediaWiki software]] ·
[[m:MediaWiki feature request and bug report discussion|Requests and bug reports]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Browser notes|Browser notes]] ·
[[m:User styles|User styles (customizing your display with CSS)]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Multimedia|Multimedia]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Bots|Bots]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Database download|SQL dumps]] ([[Wikipedia:TomeRaider database|TomeRaider format]]) ·
[http://download.wikimedia.org/ Database download] ·
[[Special:Export]] (Quite Large)

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== Writing/Reference resources ==

=== Policies, conventions and guidelines ===
[[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|Overview of policies]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view ('''NPOV''')]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyright]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Editing policy|Editing]] ·
'''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]''' (<small>[[Wikipedia:Guide to layout|Layout]], [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]], [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]], [[Wikipedia:Captions|Captions]]</small>) ·
[[Wikipedia:Image use policy|Image use]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia|Citing Wikipedia]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Libel|Libel]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Wikiquette|Wikipedia etiquette]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|Be '''bold'''!]]

=== How to resolve conflicts ===
[[Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot|Stay cool!]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Be nice to newcomers]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts|Alert others]] ·
[[Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance|Request assistance from a members' advocate]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Arbitration policy|Arbitration policy]]

=== Resources ===
[[Wikipedia:Ask a question|Ask a question]]·
[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]] <small>[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page#Wiki markup|(Wiki markup)]] </small> · <!-- this is already implicitly linked above, but it's important enough to merit mention here -->
[[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Basic topics|Basic topics]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Guide to improving articles|Improving articles]] ·
[[Wikipedia:How to write a great article|Writing a great article]] ·
[[Template:Article resources|Sources for articles]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Template messages|Templates]] ·
[[Wikipedia:List of images|Image list]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Tools|Tools]]

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