Wikipedia:Department directory

Wikipedia by department

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Editorial departments

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Articles are contributed and edited directly by users. All Wikipedians belong to the editorial team.

Writing departments
Writing tools
Writing resources
Article translation

Articles for creation
Article requests (Backlog)
Contribution Team
Feedback requests
Missing articles
Most wanted articles
Most wanted stubs

Expansion requests
Feedback requests
High traffic

Article refinement

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Review new overhauls
Verification needed
Vital articles
See also: Featured

Pictures

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Requested pictures

WikiProject directory
WikiProject Council
WikiProject guide

Improvement teams

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Active fixup projects
Categorization projects
Encyclopedic Standards
Countering systemic bias
Spotlight

Version development

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Version 1.0 Editorial Team

Pages needing attention (post requests)
Request admin attention

RC patrol
Cleaning up vandalism
Counter vandalism unit
Huggle anti-vandalism application
Lupin's Anti-Vandal Tool
Spam fighting team

Cleanup Taskforce Cleanup backlogs
Backlogs by month
Copy edit (need)
Elements of Style (more)
Category:NPOV disputes
Punctuation
Syntax Project
Typos
Updating needed
WikiProject Wikify

Article integration

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Basic topic lists
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WikiProject Lists of basic topics (Outline of Knowledge)

Categories
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Bad category names
Categories needed

Article linking
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Dead-end pages
Linkrot
Templates with red links
Article merging

Disambiguation
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Disambig pages w/links

Meta fix-up

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Stub sorting
Transwiki log cleanup

Dispute resolution departments

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Third opinion (to break article deadlocks) WP:3O
Resolving disputes WP:DR
Requests for comment WP:RFC
Requests for Informal Mediation WP:MEDCAB
Requests for mediation WP:RFM
Requests for arbitration WP:RFAR
Mentorship and probation  

Main Page departments

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Main Page design discussions  
Today's featured article (dept.) WP:TOFA
Picture of the day (dept.) WP:POTD
Did you know (dept.) WP:DYK
In the news (dept.) WP:ITND
Selected anniversaries (dept.) WP:SA
Main Page alternatives WP:MPA

Noticeboards

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Administrators' noticeboard WP:ANWP:ANB
Administrators' incident noticeboard WP:ANIWP:AIN
Arbitration enforcement noticeboard WP:AE
Biographies of living persons noticeboard WP:BLPNWP:BOLPN
Bot owners' noticeboard WP:BONWP:BOWN
Conflict of interest noticeboard WP:COIN
Content noticeboard WP:CNBWP:AWN
External links noticeboard WP:ELN
Fringe theories noticeboard WP:FTN
Neutral point of view noticeboard WP:NPOVNWP:POVN
No original research noticeboard WP:NORNWP:ORN
Notability noticeboard WP:N/N
Reliable sources noticeboard WP:RSN

Policy creation and revision

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Village pump policy and proposal forum WP:VPP
Most P&G revisions take place on policies' talk pages. To find specific policies and guidelines, see...  
     Policies and guidelines, an overview WP:RULES
     Policies WP:LOP
     Guidelines WP:GUIDELINES

Administration departments

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Administration index CAT:WPCAT:WIKI
Requests for administrator attention WP:RAA
Directory of administrators WP:DOAWP:LOA
Administrators' noticeboard WP:ANB
Administrator preparation WP:ARLWP:PREP
Requests for adminship RfA

Help departments

Static help

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Help menu WP:HELP
General questions WP:Q
Frequently asked questions WP:FAQ
Shortcuts WP:CUTSWP:WP
Tip of the day WP:TIP
User page design center WP:UPDWP:UPDC

Dynamic help (expect a reply)

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Help with real-world issues / content

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Reference desk WP:RD
    Humanities WP:RD/H
    Science WP:RD/S
    Mathematics                    WP:RD/Math
    Computing                    WP:RD/C
    Language WP:RD/L
    Entertainment WP:RD/E
    Miscellaneous WP:RD/M
    Archives  

Help with building or operating Wikipedia

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Help Desk WP:HD
Newcomers' help department WP:NUH
Adopt-a-user WP:ADOPT
Online Ambassadors/Mentors WP:OAM
Copyright assistance WP:RFCA
Media copyright questions WP:MCQ
Requests for administrator attention WP:RAA
User page help requests WP:UPHR
    Trading Spaces (user page swap) WP:UPHTS
Village pump (technical) WP:VPT

News departments

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Community bulletin board WP:CBB
The Signpost WP:POST
Wikipedia in the media WP:MEDIA
Milestones WP:MILE
Press releases
Stats WP:ST
Milestones (interwiki)
Regional notice boards WP:RNB
Goings-on WP:GO
Requests for comment WP:RFC

Abuse response departments

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Report copyright problems WP:RCRPWP:CP
Report edit wars WP:REWWP:AN3
Report improper usernames WP:RIUWP:UFAA
Report long term abuse WP:RLTAWP:LTA
Report open proxies WP:ROPWP:OP
Report sock puppets WP:SPI
Report spam WP:RSPAMWT:WPSPAM
Report vandalism WP:RVANWP:AIV
Report abuse to ISPs WP:ABUSEWP:AbRep

Community support groups and programs

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Awards WP:AWARDS
   Barnstar pages WP:AW
   Other awards WP:ORA
   Awards by WikiProject WP:WPPA
Birthday Committee WP:BDC
Bounty board (wiki-trading) WP:BOUNTY
Editor assistance WP:ASSIST
Meetup (Regional meetings) WP:MEET
Reward board (wiki-trading) WP:RBWP:REWARD
Welcoming committee WP:WC

Deletion departments

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Candidates for speedy deletion C:CSDCAT:CSD
Articles for deletion WP:AFD
Templates for deletion WP:TFD
Images and media for deletion WP:IFD
Categories for deletion WP:CFD
Stub types for deletion WP:SFD
Redirects for deletion WP:RFD
Miscellany for deletion WP:MDWP:MFD
Deletion review WP:DRV
Deletion log  
Archived delete debates WP:ADD
See also:  
   Deletion tools  
   Deletion policy WP:DPWP:DEL
   Deletion guidelines for administrators WP:DGFA

Fun departments

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Department of Fun WP:FUNWP:DOF
Silly Things WP:SILLY
Unusual articles WP:UNUSUAL
Unusual requests WP:UR
Talk page highlights WP:TPH
Lamest edit wars WP:LAME
April fools WP:APRIL

Article assessment and review

Featured content WP:FC
Featured articles WP:FA
Featured lists WP:FL
Featured pictures WP:FP
Featured portals WP:FPORT
Featured topics WP:FT
Featured sounds WP:FS
Featured article candidates WP:FAC
Featured list candidates WP:FLC
Featured picture candidates WP:FPC
Featured portal candidates WP:FPORTC
Featured article review WP:FAR

Good article and peer review

Good articles WP:GA
Good article nominations WP:GAN
Good article reassessment WP:GAR
Peer review WP:PR
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