Help:Reference
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This is an essential reference for new and old users alike. It will link to information essential to new editors, and to more advanced things for the more experienced editor.
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Where to start
Want to help out, but don't know what to edit first? These are ways of finding articles that need work
- Check the stub articles category. Stub articles are articles with very little or no information, and desperately need improving.
- The Articles to be expanded category contains articles that need further work.
- Check the Short pages page, which lists pages with little or no information. If it is blank, consider adding information, and or making it a stub article by using the {{stub}} template.
- Click the Random page link that is in the navigation menu on the left, until you find a page that you can add to.
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Reference
General reference.
- The list of available templates for use in articles: Template reference
- The interwiki list, how to use and request new/edits/deletes: Interwiki and the full list.
- Cheat sheets - a quick reference to various MediaWiki formatting commands.
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Things to watch
These are links pages that should be checked by as many people as often as possible, especially admins.
- The Recommend for deletion page. Used for articles, images and anything else that have been recommended for deletion: Vote for deletion.
- Keep an eye on articles on the Recent changes page - check for spam (spam may be hidden, so a quick view of the source is needed) and vandalism. Also watch new images for relevance, and suitability.
- Check the user list for new contributors, and welcome them.
