Wikipedia:Tips

:Wikipedia in brief

:How popular is Wikipedia?

:Do not believe everything you read

:How reliable is Wikipedia?

:What the world knows about us

:How does Wikipedia stack up?

:Advice for parents

:Wikipedia etiquette = Wikiquette

:Copyrights? Copyleft

:Welcome to Wikipedia!

::"Where do I begin?"

::Help Wikipedia help you

::The Wikipedia Adventure!

:Flashback to Wikipedia's past

:Spreading the WikiLove

:Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia

:What did they say?

:How to use Wikipedia offline: xowa

:Explore Wikipedia's contents

:Digital audio support

:Spoken Wikipedia

:Screen readers for accessibility

:Wikipedia for your mobile...

:Mobile view sidebar from the desktop

:Browsing Mobile Wikipedia on your big screen

:Editing articles for web accessibility

:Souping up your Smartphone editing of Wikipedia

:Introduction to navigating Wikipedia

:Wikipedia's Quick directory

:To see everything on Wikipedia about a subject area...

:The Wikipedia Curriculum

:Wikipedia has 34 sections, called namespaces

::Namespace entry points

::How to see a list of the pages in a namespace

:Wikipedia's alphabetical index of articles

:When to use subpages

::Getting a subpage listing

::How to get a list of a page's subpages

:Wiki-exploration: beyond Wikipedia...

::Wikimedia links and shortcuts

::Linking to non-Wikimedia wikis

:Wikipedia Database reports

:Cannot find what you are looking for?

:How to easily recall a username

:Wikipedia industrial-powered search

:Highlight text on any website, then search Wikipedia for it with a single click

:Power search Wikipedia using AutoWikiBrowser

:Searching Wikipedia with regular expressions (regex)

:Search Wikipedia from any website

:Using Wikipedia's search box:

::Wikipedia Search box - basic

::Wikipedia Search box - advanced

::Wikipedia:Tip of the day/July 11

::To search a specific namespace, include the prefix in searches

::Title searches

:Searching Wikipedia with Google:

::How to search Wikipedia with Google

::How to provide a Google search in a link

::Wikipedia-specific searching with Google

::When and how to exclude Wikipedia from your Google search

::Another way to search Wikipedia with Google

:Firefox search tips:

::Wikipedia-specific searching within Firefox

::Wikipedia Search Box for Firefox

:Wikipedia toolbar for Firefox

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:Help for new contributors

:Where to look for help

::Go to the right desk

::Ask for help at Wikipedia's Help Desk

::Stop by the Reference Desk

::A comprehensive index for editors

::Getting real-time help via IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

:Come visit the Teahouse

:Visit the Village Pump for technical issues

:Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

::Ask intelligent questions

::Keep track of your questions

:Wikipedia's Manual of Style

:How to catch admin attention fast

:How to request help on your Talk page

:Where to post requests

:Please return the favor

:Create a user account

::Why create an account?

:The five pillars

:A plain & simple introduction

:A self-guided tutorial

:Please read department instructions

:Where to begin?

::Use the Article Wizard to easily create new articles

::Articles for Creation (AFC) process

::Avoiding common mistakes

::How to improve Wikipedia's reliability

::Speed up your learning curve...

::Are you lost?

::Now what? (Are you lost, and do not know what to do?)

::What is a Talk page?

:Article construction stages

:Article development

::Article quality assessments

::Accuracy, quality and peer review

::Good article nominations

::Featured article candidates

:Good article reassessment

:Referencing for beginners

:Please sign your name on talk pages

::How to customize your signature

::Custom signatures

::Advanced signatures

:How to move/rename a page

:How to add hidden editor notes in an article

:Watching for changes

::How to look at the changes to an article

::What are page history diffs?

::How to review user contributions

::Page history

:Where to write about current events

:What can be included in Wikipedia?

::Freedom of speech and profanity

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:Be neutral, like Wikipedia

::Be neutral when editing Wikipedia

:Look before you leap

::What writing style to use

::No copies of primary sources

::Not everything that is true is verifiable

::Avoid trademarks

::Avoid using neologisms

::Preventing markup glitches

:How to start a new article

::How to create a new page

:Article deletion process

:Tagging pages for problems

::Find articles for cleanup

::Copyright Cleanup

::CopyPatrol tool

:Basic copyediting

:SuggestBot is a fun way to pick pages to edit

:What is BRD? the BOLD, revert, discuss cycle

::The three revert rule

:List the things to do for an article

:Table of contents

:Article size

::Lead section size

:Cite your sources

::Where did that fact come from?

::Fixing bare URLs to prevent link rot

::Do not use forums or emails as sources

::Forums and emails are not acceptable sources

::If you have privileged access to web pages...

::Citation Requests

:Acronyms and initialisms

::S.W.A.T., T.I.M, & the U.S.D.A

:How do you pronounce that?

:Link to Wiktionary word definitions using Wikt:

:Introduction to tables

::How to make a table on a page

::Pretty tables

:Using Math

:Footnotes

:Please fill in edit summaries

::Please summarize your work using the Edit summary box

::Abbreviating edit summaries

::Automatic edit summary reminder

:Spell Checkers

:Fix double redirects

:Collaborations

===Tips on editing===

:Check your work before you save, using Preview

:Undoing edits

:Search and replace while editing an article

:Test-drive your edits using a sandbox

:Dates in Wikipedia articles

:Section editing

::Section edit button

::How to enable right-click section editing

:Double click editing

:Edit Wikipedia faster with AutoWikiBrowser

::Power-editing with AutoWikiBrowser

::Search & replace in thousands of articles with AWB

:A better wiki editor: WikEd

:Counting your edits

::Getting your edit count

::Editcountitis

:How to reduce or enlarge font sizes

From Wikipedia:Styletips:

: Ampersand

: Block quotes

: Case in expanded abbreviations

: Circa

: Currency symbols

: Current

: Dashes in article titles

: Dates (I)

: Dates (II)

: Downcase the generics

: Emphasizing a word

: Formatting titles of literature and art

: Gender-neutral language

: Hanging hyphens

: Hyphens can avoid ambiguity

: Including

: Instructional and presumptuous language

: Italics for emphasis

: No hyphen after -ly adverbs

: No initial the or a in article and section titles

: Number signs

: Overlinking

: Percentage ranges

: Pluralizing abbreviations

: Points and spaces in abbreviations

: Quotations within quotations

: Quotations: allowable typographical changes

: Seasons

: Subset terms

: The year 1995

: Unit symbols: figures

: Unit symbols: spacing

: US or U.S.?

: Within-text attribution

:How to make links to articles

::How to create a link to another article

::Linking articles: the internal link

:When not to use links

:How to make links look the way you want

::Create links faster using tricks

::Short link pipe trick

::Time-saving links: the "pipe trick"

::Time-saving links II

::How to use red links

::My link disappeared!

:Linking to a section of an article

::How to link to a section of an article

:Using Special:MyPage to make private links

:External links

::When to use external links

::Placing "External links" sections

:How to link to a category

::How to link to a category without categorizing the page

::Interwiki links and shortcuts

:Google search link

::How to provide a link to a specific Google Search

:Sister projects & interwiki linking

::How to link to word definitions

::Wikimedia links and shortcuts

::Placing interlanguage links

::Link articles to their foreign-language counterparts

::Linking to non-Wikimedia wikis

:Category tips

:How to add an article to a category

::Placing category tags

::Sorting entries in the categories

:Find uncategorized articles

:How to create a category

::How to create a subcategory

:How to plant a CategoryTree!

:Find stubs and expand them

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:Biographies

::Biography articles needing attention

:Portals

::Difference between wikiprojects and portals?

:Subject bar template

:Working on the Main Page

::Main page - Did you know

:Featured content

::Featured world of Wikipedia

:Articles about notable books

::Another way to read or share Wikipedia: Books

::World of fiction

:Using the Authority control template

:Beware of instruction creep

:Redirects

::Redirect synonymous topic names

:Fansites, forums, & other web page articles

::Band articles

:Editing projects for school and university classes

:General topics lists

:The topic list

:Why have lists when there are categories?

:List building

:Alphabetical list of articles

:Same titles, different meanings

:Formatting disambiguation pages

:Image processing tools

:Graphics Lab

:How to find legal photographs and graphics

::Permission requests

:Where to upload images and media files

::Uploading Free Images

::Tag your image uploads

::Cite the source on all image uploads

:Where on the page to put images

:: How to insert a picture into an article

::How to add a picture to an article

::Captions

:Brilliant pictures

:How to create reusable boilerplate

:What are templates used for?

::Using templates

::Placing templates

:Displaying one page within another = Transclusion

::How to transclude a page into the page you are editing

::Transclusion caveat

::Transclusion vs. Substitution

:Pick from a list of template parameter choices

:Your user page

:Are you jealous of others' user pages? (WP:UPDG)

:Calendar date display for your user pages

:Displaying Tip of the day on your user page

::Displaying tips on your user page

:Motto of the day...

:Your very own Wikipedia bookmark page

:User Sub Pages

:Userboxes

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:Help reduce the Wikipedia backlog

:Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement

:Translating content

:Join a WikiProject

::When is a Wikipedia project a WikiProject?

:Welcoming Committee

:Wikipedia needs pictures. How you can help...

:Wikipedia banners and buttons

:How to help prepare the Main page

:Giving editor awards

:Help test the MediaWiki software

::Running MediaWiki on your own computer

:Becoming an Administrator

:Writing articles for The Signpost

:Be forgiving to new users

:Love thy neighbor

:Talking to Wikipedians

::Explaining Wiki markup to other users

:How to send a message to other editors

::How to fix unsigned comments

:Thanks - send a notification

:Guestbooks

:Screenshots

:Posting on the Wikipedia Community Bulletin Board

::How to catch admin attention fast

:Try to see it my way!

::The fastest way to end a conflict: walk away

::Report problems on noticeboards

::In conflicts, reach consensus

::Mediation

:Centralizing project discussion

:Wikimedia-wide issues

:Wikimedia has mailing lists

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:Use your watchlist

::How to make your watchlist easier to read

::How to watch for pages that do not exist yet

:Preview tomorrow's Featured Article

:Join the Recent Changes Patrol

::How to enhance Recent changes

:What is Page curation?

:Intruder alert! Intruder alert! (Vandalism-level warning)

::Join the fight against vandalism

:How to change your username

:Customize appearance of dates

:Setting Wikipedia time to your time zone

:Super-customize your account with gadgets

:Troubleshooting Wikipedia's look and feel with skins

:How to adjust the height of your edit window

:How to enhance Recent changes

::Upgrade Recent Changes in my preferences

:User scripts

::User scripts examples

::Prove it with ProveIt

:Install your first javascript

::Speed up your learning curve...

:Automating tasks on Wikipedia

::Automatic page loader

:The semi-automated article peer-reviewer

:What are dummy edits good for?

:Breaking the 500-edit limit in "View History"

:Making the editbox more visually pleasing

:Shortcut for minor edit box

:Supercharge your browser

:Toolbar links to access the WP pages you use the most

:Article banner templates

:Templates for Age and Dates

:Archives for lengthy pages

:Search box bookmarklet for your browser

::Wikipedia search box focus

::Are your hands full? (Use search box as a small but convenient clipboard)

Shortcuts

:Shortcuts

:Navigate faster using Wikipedia shortcuts

:Work faster with keyboard shortcuts

:Keyboard shortcuts

Navigation

:Use your browser's toolbar to navigate Wikipedia

:Your customizable Wikipedia navigation hub

:Navigation popups

::Power tool: Navigation Popups

::Become clairvoyant with Navigation Popups

:How to skip scrolling and clicking

:Wikipedia:Tip of the day/November 16

:How to turn redirects green

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:Wikipedia's dozen most essential tips

:Wikipedia's top ten essential tips

:Wikipedia's top ten power tips

:Wikipedia's ten most powerful tips

:Six of one, half-a-dozen of the other

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;Tip of the day related

• Wikipedia:Tip of the day – main page
• Chronological list of tips
• Alphabetical list of tips
• Tip display template types
• Tip display template gallery

;Manual of Style related

• Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style – an overview of commonly used style guidelines.
• Wikipedia:Styletips – a list of advice for editors on writing style and formatting n a bullet-point format
• Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style – a quick introduction to the style guide for articles
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Reading schedule – a reading schedule designed to assist editors in becoming familiar with Manual of Style

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;General formatting

• Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a page that provides information on the basics needed to edit Wikipedia.
• Wikipedia:Writing better articles – guidance on how to improve articles
• Help:Cheatsheet – a page that provides the most commonly used wiki markup
• Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts – summaries of Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, and formatting standards in a bullet-point format

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