Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas/Help

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 * Getting started is a page that lists some brief introductions on all the basics of Wikipedia.
 * If you place helpme on your talk page, an editor will visit you there!
 * Help Desk is the main place to ask a question and also where to turn when all else fails.
 * Requests is a page that lists all the services and assistance that can be requested on Wikipedia.
 * WikiProject Texas talk and/or Editor assistance/Requests is a place to ask for help regarding content issues and disputes.
 * Dispute resolution requests details the various different methods used at each of the various dispute resolution pages.
 * The Village Pump is the forum for discussion of more complex project-wide technical issues, policies, proposals, and operations of Wikipedia.
 * Media copyright questions covers the use of images and other media on Wikipedia.
 * Need help starting a new article? The article wizard will help you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia....Or
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 * The "Tips" page is a listing of all the "how to pages"  on using Wikipedia.
 * The "Tips" page is a listing of all the "how to pages"  on using Wikipedia.
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 * Before starting a new article!  - Notability is a  concern that must be adhered to. See  Notability for more information.
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 * Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include references listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you have used to write or expand articles. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See: Citing sources and Verifiability for more information.
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 * Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary or thesaurus. Stay on topic as many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See: Writing better articles and The perfect article for more information..
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 * Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See: Images and Picture tutorial for more information.
 * Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary or thesaurus. Stay on topic as many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See: Writing better articles and The perfect article for more information..
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 * Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See: Images and Picture tutorial for more information.
 * Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See: Images and Picture tutorial for more information.
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 * Tools & sister projects
 * Tools & sister projects

Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Texas
 * WPTEXAS automated pages
 * Article alerts - List of deletions, featured & good article candidates, requests for comments, peer reviews etc.
 * Article log - List of "Moved (renamed)" articles and recent assessments.
 * Unreferenced BLPs - Articles of living people with no references. See BLPs
 * Popular pages - Listing of the most viewed pages that should be improved (if need be) and watched over closely for vandalism.
 * Tools
 * Tools - Contain various tools and tutorials intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality to Wikipedians.
 * Reflinks - Adds title/dates/publisher/accessdates etc., to bare references automatically. (Interactive mode recommend)
 * Checklinks - External link verifier, that allows editing and replacement of dead links.
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links by click and pick.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
 * Google book tool - Converts bare url's  into  cite book format.
 * Watchlist