Template:Help me/doc
{{Documentation subpage}}
{{Template shortcut|Help}}
This is the {{Tlx|Help me}} message box.
If you need help, you can place this template on any talk page, preferably your own user talk page, and write your question below it. Then our helpers will be notified.
Here is an example of what you might put on your talk page—a brief heading, then the template, and then your question:
How does X work?
{{Help me}}
Your question.
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The four tildes "
After a {{tl|Help me}} request has been answered, you may add {{tl|Help me-helped}} in place of the Help me template.
Finding editors that require assistance
{{main|Category:Wikipedians looking for help}}
There are currently {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Wikipedians looking for help}} user(s) asking for help via the {{tl|Help me}} template:
{{category tree all|Wikipedians looking for help|hideroot=on|mode=all|header=|showcount=on}}
Technical details
{{caution
| This template is part of a notification system that involves a category, some bots and an IRC channel. Please do not modify this template without first discussing your suggested changes on the talk page, and first test your changes in the /sandbox and /testcases pages.
}}
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{{Help me/doc/See also}}
Category:Wikipedia help templates
Category:Wikipedia notification templates
Category:Wikipedia basic information
}}