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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. See the navigation bar above for other useful directories.

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

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

Version 1.0 Editorial Team

Maintenance projects

Pages needing attention (post requests)
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 Taskforce Cleanup backlogs
Backlogs by month
Copy edit (need)
Elements of Style (more)
Category:NPOV disputes
Punctuation
Syntax Project
Typos
Updating needed
WikiProject Wikify

Article integration

Navigation systems

Basic topic lists

WikiProject Lists of basic topics

Article linking

Bad links
Dead-end pages
Linkrot
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: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
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
Content noticeboard	WP:AWN

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
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
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:SPI
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
Awards by WikiProject	WP:WPPA
Birthday Committee	WP:BDC
Bounty board (wiki-trading)	WP:BOUNTY
Editor assistance	WP:ASSIST
Meetup (Regional meetings)	WP:MEET
Reward board (wiki-trading)	WP:RB • WP:REWARD
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