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This page is a handy directory to various locations of interest in Wikipedia. Only dynamic pages should be listed here, no policy pages etc. For other useful directories, see the navigation bar above. Learning the wikiway Introduction to Wikipedia Why create an account? Introduction to policies and guidelines Your first article Help desk Wikipedia's help brigade. Ask any question about how to use Wikipedia. Volunteers are standing by. How to edit a page New contributors' help page Think of it as "Wikipedia for dummies" except we're too nice to call you that. Sandbox This is the page where you can experiment with wiki without risking the wrath of the regulars. Virtual classroom Wikischool of higher wikification. Share and compare your advanced wikiskills and wiki-knowhow. Anything goes. Bureaucracy These are the pages where people talk about the running of Wikipedia. Village pump Don't like how Wikipedia works? Feel overburdened by instruction creep? Thought up a brilliant new policy which will make all Wikipedians happy forever? Visit the village pump to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia. Requests for adminship Have you ever wanted to be a costumed superhero janitor? Well, through this page, you (or a nominee of your choice) can be the next best thing! Administrators are Wikipedians with a few extra tools. This is the page where admin candidates are nominated and voted on. (If you're considering becoming one, you should read Wikipedia:What adminship is not first.) Dispute resolution Ideally, Wikipedians get along with each other in the spirit of wikilove. But these are the places of interest to resolve conflicts when they happen. Requests for comment Visit this page to let other level-headed Wikipedians give their $0.02 worth of the situation. Requests for mediation A slightly more formal, and serious avenue for dispute resolution, visit this page if you feel the need to ask help from Wikipedia's mediators. Requests for arbitration This is the "highest court of the land". All disputes go here as a last resort, to be overseen by a carefully chosen select group of arbitrators. The best of Wikipedia Here are pages designed to recognize Wikipedia's best work. Peer review Feel that an article might be good enough for featured status? This is the first step, where Wikipedians with too much time on their hands come and nitpick flaws in your prized work. Featured content A showcase of the best that Wikipedia has to offer. A random selection of previously featured content, and a list of recent additions. Featured article candidates All potential featured articles must be nominated and reviewed, before they gain the distinction of being "featured" and get that nice little star on the top of the page. Featured list candidates As Featured Article Candidates is to articles, this is to lists. Featured picture candidates Found yourself an awesome picture? This is where Wikipedians vote on and recognize Wikipedia's best images. Featured portal candidates Do you know of a particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained portal? This is where to nominate it for featured recognition. Featured sound candidates Candidates for the best audio on Wikipedia. Featured topic candidates Candidates for the best collection of inter-related articles. Featured article review Here is where it all goes belly-up. Wikipedians nominate and vote on articles which may have to be stripped of their featured status. The worst of Wikipedia Here is where we handle bad articles and other rubbish. X for deletion When all else fails, delete the page from Wikipedia. Banning policy Blocking policy For what happens to editors who engage in vandalism Cleanup Ask for help to improve a bad article to encyclopedia quality Sock puppetry Spam Vandalism What to do when you see vandals do damage to Wikipedia For power users Places where Wikipedia's technophiles and computer geeks can find toys and techniques. Bots Need another pair of hands? Automate your edits. Scripts Javascripts for doing just about everything. Tips Tricks and techniques — fine tune your wikiskills. Tools Programs and components to turbo-charge your wiki-workstation. Wikilove and appreciation Barnstars Award these unique prizes to Wikipedians whom you feel have made great contributions. Kindness campaign This page is for encouraging niceness among Wikipedians. Wikipedia laughs Funny pages Department of Fun Various games, contests, and projects for our own amusement, not related to Wikipedia. Lamest edit wars Documents the most ridiculous edit disputes in Wikipedia. Silly things In the past, Wikipedia has been a victim of hilarious vandalism; the funniest was preserved here. Unusual articles A list of bizarre Wikipedia pages. Check out the entries on Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 and male pregnancy. See also Department directory Editor's index to Wikipedia A very useful index of the Wikipedia community, intended to help find anything not in the encyclopedia itself. An even more extensive directory than this one. List of shortcuts A directory of pages and their "abbreviated redirects".