User:RichardF/Main Page/Community/CP

 Community Portal Welcome to the Community Portal. This is the place to find out what is happening on Wikipedia. Learn what tasks need to be done, what groups there are to join, and get or post news about recent events or current activities taking place on Wikipedia.

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Things to do

 * Respond to a request for comment, Wikiquette alert or provide a third opinion.
 * Adopt a basic topic list, to help develop and maintain a table of contents to a major subject on Wikipedia.
 * Give a requested editor review.
 * Can you draw or take pictures? Make a requested image.
 * Peer review or give feedback on some articles.
 * Make recommendations on articles listed at Good article review.
 * Respond to the Reward board or Bounty board.
 * Are you good at photo editing? Then try cleaning up some of these images, or helping out at the Graphics Lab.
 * Can you use GIS tools? Help make requested maps.
 * Can you communicate in another language? There are articles that need translation into English. You can also proofread a translation.
 * Let SuggestBot suggest pages for you to improve.
 * Update pages with old (ref or note template) citations to the new references format.
 * Patrol new pages and help improving new articles.
 * Frequent IRC user, or a wikignome? Visit WikiProject Spotlight to join in on their latest collaboration.

Fix-up projects

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Not sure where to report a certain type of problem with article content? If it exists, it's probably listed at Maintenance.
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WikiProjects
WikiProjects are ongoing team efforts to improve articles having to do with a particular subject, and to manage the logistics of that topic. Hundreds exist—examine the master list to find one that interests you. They are separate from, though may work with, Collaborations.

Language translation
Wikipedia is not just in English. Versions exist in many different languages. To fill in some of the English Wikipedia's gaps, we translate articles from other languages into English. You can view a list of articles that need translation from any language, or, in a few cases, by only one language (this is only available for the more popular languages).
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Help

 * Wikipedia help – Browse help pages
 * Where to ask questions

Editing

 * The Manual of Style guidelines and tutorial
 * How to edit a page
 * A basic editing Cheatsheet
 * Contributing
 * How to write a great article
 * Where to find information for articles
 * A list of template messages
 * What special pages are
 * Tools for editing
 * Request newspapers or magazines

Policies and guidelines
Wikipedia has many established policies, guidelines, conventions, and traditions. This is a very brief sampling of some of the most important; for more information, see the main policies and guidelines page. Policies and guidelines apply both to articles and how to work with fellow editors. For easy access, the shortcuts to the pages are also listed.

Working with others

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Resources
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