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Resources and lists

1 Categories
2 Lists
3 Stubs
4 Infoboxes
5 Templates
6 Wikiprojects & article series
7 Shortcuts & "magic words"
8 Other resources
9 Administration
- 9.1 Administrators
10 Copyright
11 New user greetings
12 Essays

List of wiki markup

Categories [edit]

General information
Resource	Description
Wikipedia:Categorization	Introduction to categorization.
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (categories)	Discusses naming conventions for categories.
Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates	Discusses the three different ways to group and organize articles.
WikiProject Categories-related pages
/uncategorized	Taskforce page for categorizing and patrolling for uncategorized articles.
Category:Wikipedia categorization	Category page listing our project pages.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/Current subprojects	WikiProject Categories subprojects.
Category:WikiProjects	Category page containing list of WikiProjects and helpful resources.
Category:Category needed	Category containing articles that need categorization.
Category:Uncategorized pages	Category containing pages that need categorization.
Special:UncategorizedPages	Special page for uncategorized pages.
Uncategorized Categories	Special page for uncategorized categories.
Advanced resources
Wikimedia stats:Category Overview Index	Dumps of the category tree.
Wikipedia:Database_reports#Categories	Page containing generated reports about categories.
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion	Where deletion, merging, and renaming of categories is discussed.
Miscellaneous
Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting	Similar WikiProject for stubs.
Portal:Contents	Browse Wikipedia's contents.
Portal:Contents/Overviews	Browse Wikipedia's contents overviews.

Lists [edit]

General

Help

Help:List
Help:Table. External links section has free HTML-to-wiki converters.
User:Hyacinth/How to use tables
Wikipedia:When to use tables
Help:Sorting. All about automatic sorting of table rows.

Rejected proposals

Essays

Wikipedia:Lists in Wikipedia
Wikipedia:Listcruft
Wikipedia:Write the Article First - one solution to cruft-y red links in lists
Creating A Better List - A User Essay
Wikipedia:Lists within articles

List of "magic words" - Magic words can be used to automate text or change the display of pages.

Other resources [edit]

Cleanup resources

List of Resources for researchers

Public domain resources

Wikipedia:Free online resources

Wikipedia:Free or semi-free non-Public-Domain information resources

Wikipedia:Public domain image resources

Wikipedia:Free sound resources

WikiProject Resource Exchange

Web Browser tools - Tools for your Web browser

Web colors

Administration [edit]

Mailing lists

List of protected pages

Links to disambiguating pages

List of controversial issues

Administrators [edit]

List of administrators

Requests for administrator attention

Copyright [edit]

Sample letters requesting content be made available to Wikipedia

Sample letters for violations of Wikipedia's licence (GFDL)

New user greetings [edit]

Standard user greeting

Welcome templates

Essays [edit]

Essays about Wikipedia

Essays on building Wikipedia

Philosophy	Articles must be written Avoid vague introductions Be a reliable source Cohesion Concede lost arguments 8 simple rules for editing our encyclopedia Explanationism Here to build an encyclopedia Not editing because of Wikipedia restriction Paradoxes Paraphrasing POV and OR from editors, sources, and fields Product, process, policy Purpose Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia Tendentious editing The role of policies in collaborative anarchy The rules are principles Trifecta Wikipedia in brief Wikipedia is an encyclopedia Wikipedia is a community Wikipedia should not have users

Construction	100K featured articles A navbox on every page Advanced article editing Advanced table formatting Advanced template coding Advanced text formatting Alternatives to the "Expand" template Amnesia test An unfinished house is a real problem Autosizing images Avoid mission statements Bare URLs Be neutral in form Beef up that first revision Cherrypicking Citation overkill Concept cloud Creating controversial content Dictionaries as sources Don't demolish the house while it's still being built Don't hope the house will build itself Don't leave giant breaks between sections Don't panic Editing on mobile devices Editors are not mindreaders Encourage the newcomers Endorsements (commercial) Featured articles may have problems Give an article a chance How to run an edit-a-thon Inaccuracies in Wikipedia namespace Link rot Minors and persons judged incompetent Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography Not everything needs a navbox Not everything needs a WikiProject Nothing is in stone Permastub Potential, not just current state Put a little effort into it Pruning article revisions Publicists Restoring part of a reverted edit Robotic editing Sham consensus Temporary versions of articles The world will not end tomorrow There is a deadline There is no deadline The deadline is now What an article should not include Wikipedia is a volunteer service Wikipedia is a work in progress Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion Write the article first Writing better articles

Deletion	Adjectives in your recommendations AfD is not a war zone Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions Arguments to make in deletion discussions Avoid repeated arguments Before commenting in a deletion discussion Content removal Delete the junk Does deletion help Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument Follow the leader How to save an article proposed for deletion I just don't like it Immunity Liar Liar Pants on Fire Nothing Overzealous deletion Relisting can be abusive Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole Why was the page I created deleted? What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion

Essays on Wikipedia civility

The basics	How to be civil Compromise Accepting other users Enjoy yourself Thank you Apologizing Truce Divisiveness Encouraging newcomers

Philosophy	An uncivil environment is a poor environment Be the glue Civility warnings Deletion as revenge Forgive and forget It's not the end of the world Nobody cares Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals Shadowless Fists of Death! Staying cool when the editing gets hot The grey zone The last word The rules of polite discourse There is no common sense Wikipedia is not about winning Writing for the opponent

Dos	Assume good faith Assume the assumption of good faith Assume no clue Assume clue Avoid personal remarks Avoid the word "vandal" Call a spade a spade Candor Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass Deny recognition Encourage full discussions Get over it How to lose Just drop it Mind your own business Discussing cruft Keep it down to earth

Don'ts	Don't give a fuck Don't be inconsiderate Please do not bite the newcomers Don't call a spade a spade Don't call the kettle black Don't take the bait Do not insult the vandals Don't come down like a ton of bricks Don't be ashamed Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid Don't spite your face Don't call things cruft No angry mastodons Don't be an ostrich Don't eat the troll's food Don't template the regulars Don't be a fanatic Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack Don't fight fire with fire Don't be prejudiced Don't remind others of past misdeeds Don't throw your toys out of the pram

Wiki relations	WikiLove WikiHate WikiCrime WikiBullying WikiPeace WikiLawyering WikiHarassment

Essays on Notability

Notability

Humorous essays

Humorous material	Assume bad faith Assume good wraith Assume stupidity Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith Avoid using preview button Avoid using wikilinks BOLD, revert, revert, revert Boston Tea Party Barnstaritis Don't-give-a-Fuckism Edits Per Day Hotties are always notable Go ahead, vandalize Lamest edit wars Newcomers are delicious, so go ahead and bite them Please bite the newbies How many Wikipedians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Watchlistitis

Inactive historical references	Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Unblock Emails

About essays

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