সাহায্য নির্দেশিকা  এই পাতাটি উইকিপিডিয়া কিভাবে এবং তথ্য পাতাসমূহ, নামস্থান, উইকিপিডিয়ার একটি  বর্ণনামূলক নির্দেশিকা। উইকিপিডিয়ায় নতুন? আগ্রহী সম্পাদকের জন্য পরিচিতি দেখুন। যদি আপনার সম্পাদকের সাহায্য প্রয়োজন হবে, তবে সাহায্য চাই দেখুন। অন্যান্য প্রয়োজনীয় তালিকা ও নির্দেশিকার জন্য, নির্দেশিকা দেখুন।  উইকিপিডিয়া সম্পর্কে  উইকিপিডিয়া বৃত্তান্ত -  general introduction for visitors to Wikipedia.  প্রশাসন - discuses both the non-human administrative structure of Wikipedia, as well as its human components. প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন - the most common questions about Wikipedia. পাঠকের প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন -  concerns and questions readers may have. মা-বাবার জন্য পরামর্শ -  information for parents and legal guardians.  উইকিপিডিয়ার সাথে যোগাযোগ - how to get in touch with Wikipedia directly. সাধারণ দাবিত্যাগ - there is no guarantee of validity and reliability. বিষয়বস্তু দাবিত্যাগ - Wikipedia is not censored. আইনগত দাবিত্যাগ -  Wikipedia does not give legal opinions.  চিকিৎসা দাবিত্যাগ - Wikipedia does not give medical advice. ঝুঁকি দাবিত্যাগ -  use Wikipedia at your own risk. নীতিমালা ও নির্দেশাবলী -   community standards set forth by  উইকিপিডিয়ান. পঞ্চস্তম্ভ - fundamental principles by which Wikipedia operates. Statement of principles - by founder জিমি ওয়েলস and Wikipedians. সংক্ষেপে উইকিপিডিয়া - Wikipedia aims to be neutral, verifiable and factual. Researching - Wikipedia can be a great tool for learning, however.. উইকিপিডিয়া কী নয় -  there are certain things that Wikipedia is not. কোথা‍য় প্রশ্ন করবেন - find the right place to ask a question. কোথায় অনুরোধ করবেন - find the right place to make a request. কারা উইকিপিডিয়া লিখেছেন? - You do!.. Just do it!.. সাহসী হোন !  অবদানকারীর তথ্য  উইকিপিডিয়ায় অবদান - the main page that provides information, links, videos and other resources on the basics needed to comprehend, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia. মূল বিষয়বস্তু নীতি - Wikipedia's content is governed by three principal core content policies. সরলীকৃত নীতিবিন্যাস - some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices. সরলীকৃত রচনাশৈলী নির্দেশনা - the basics about commonly used style guidelines. উইকিপিডিয়ায় স্বাগতম - portal style page to get you started.  কিভাবে শুরু করবেন -  small listing of pages dealing with the basics.  নতুন অবদানকারীর সাহায্য পাতা - what would you like to do? অতিসাধারণ ভুল -  a few common mistakes y'all should try to avoid. সহজ-সরল সংক্ষিপ্ত বিবরণ - all about this amazing project Wikipedia. নবাগতদের জন্য প্রথম পাঠ - blunt introduction intended to help newcomers. Learning the ropes - highlights the resources to help you help Wikipedia. Ask for help - small listing of pages dealing with how and where to get help. Help hub - a page that has links to useful directories. কেন অ্যাকাউন্ট তৈরি করবেন? - don't need to be registered to edit, however it does provide additional features. ব্যবহারকারী নামের নীতি - do not choose names which may be offensive, misleading, disruptive, or promotional. কিভাবে লগইন করবেন -  If you are not logged in your edits are labelled in page history with your IP address. আপনার প্রথম নিবন্ধ- guide to starting your first encyclopedia article. Annotated article –  is a well-constructed sample article, with annotations. নিবন্ধ উইজার্ড - will walk you through the process of submitting a new article. Creation and usage of media files - only logged in users can upload files. আপলোড উইজার্ড - will walk you through the process of submitting media. প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন -  common questions  about using and contributing. Editorial oversight and control- we have tens of thousands of  editors, from expert scholars to casual readers. How to help - what anyone can do to contribute. More instructional material -  provides links to instructional material useful for  users. **Trifecta - ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.  Things you may not know about Wikipedia -  insights specifically targeted at people who have limited experience. Tip of the day -  provides "very useful" advice daily on how to use or develop Wikipedia more effectively. See also Wikipedia:Tips, the complete library of tips arranged by subject.  User page design center -  where you will find all the resources for developing your user page. Enjoy!  প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন  প্রশ্ন সূচী - questions about using and contributing. প্রশাসন -  answers some questions related to Administrators. নিবন্ধের বিষয় - what to do about a specific articles. বিষয়শ্রেণী - about using Wikipedia's categories.  অবদান  - answers to questions commonly asked by contributors.  কপিরাইট -  four most commonly asked questions about copyright.  সম্পাদনা - answers the most common questions about editing.  ডাউনলোড ও সংযুক্তি - how do I download and use Wikipedia content.  আইআরসি চ্যাট -  about "chat rooms" -  real-time discussions.  সংগঠন - editing without displaying a conflict of interest.  সমস্যা - solving problems you may encounter when browsing or editing.  পাঠক - addresses concerns and questions readers may have.  বিদ্যালয় - questions teachers, librarians and administrators might have.  কারিগরী - answers some questions related to the technical workings. (অন্যান্য) - questions that do not fit into any of the others above. উইকিপিডিয়ায় কিভাবে  Help:help - explains how to find and navigate the help pages. বই - explains how to make and download  Wikipedia books. বিষয়শ্রণী - explains how to edit categories. Copyright - explains how to deal with copyright concerns. Diff - explains how to view the  difference between two versions of a page সম্পাদনা - explains the basics of editing.  Edit toolbar - explains the basics about how to use the toolbar. Edit conflict - explains how to deal with an edit conflict. Find sources - explains how to find references.  Files -  explains how to manage media. পাদটীকা - explains how to add notes and references. Nesting footnotes - explains how to include a note or reference within a note or reference. Glossary - quick overview of terms. Infobox - explains the basics about how to use infoboxes. ইংরেজি শব্দের প্রতিবর্ণীকরণ - explains how  the International Phonetic Alphabet system works. List - explains how to add lists. সংযোগ - explains how to add internal links. Link color - explains how to add color to link text. লগইন - explains how to access your account. Magic words - explains how words surrounded by brackets or underscores function. Media -  explains the basics of seeing media. একীকরণ -  explains how to consolidate articles. Mobile access - explains how to access Wikipedia from mobile devices. Navigation - explains how to get around Wikipedia. Other languages -  explains how to deal with other languages. Page name - explains how to deal with page titles. Redirect -  explains how to direct pages to the proper place. References - explains how to make those complicated sources work. Citation Style - explains some of the different reference styles. Cite errors -  explains how to deal errors in references. Rename -  explains how to change your user name. Password -  explains how to change your personal password. Reverting - explains how to roll back edits. অনুসন্ধান -  explains how to use Wikipedia more effectively. Section - explains how to edit just portions of a page. আলাপ পাতা - explains the basics of what to do on talk pages. Students -  explains the basics for students. URLs - explains how to add and deal with external links. ব্যবহারকারীর অবদান - explains how to view editors additions. Watching pages - explains how to track pages.  প্রযুক্তিগত সহায়তা  Multilingual support  Special Characters  Entering  Browser notes  Troubleshooting  Bypass cache  Mobile access  Printing  Keyboard shortcuts  Editing  Edit toolbar  CharInsert  Edit conflict  Reverting  VisualEditor  User guide  User access levels  Software notices  Editnotice  IRC  Tutorial  Create a page  Page history  Page information  Page name  Introduction   বিশেষ পাতাসমূহ    Special page help  Searching  Advanced search  Linksearch  Logging in  Reset passwords  Notifications/Echo  FAQ  Moving a page  Fixing cut-and-paste moves  Watching pages  User contributions  Emailing users  Random pages  Logs  What links here  Related changes  Recent changes  Pending changes  Page Curation  Page import  Edit filter  Tags  লিংক ও পার্থক্য  URLs  Links  Permanent link  Interwikimedia links  Interlanguage links  Link color  Pipe trick  Colon trick  Magic links  Diffs  Simplest diff guide  Simple diff and link guide  Complete diff and link guide   মিডিয়া ফাইলগুলি: ছবি, ভিডিও এবং শব্দসমূহ * Media help  Options to hide an image  Uploading images  Introduction  Files  Creation and usage  Moving files to Commons  Visual file markup  Images  Preparing images for upload  Picture tutorial  Extended image syntax  Gallery tag  Graphics tutorials  Basic bitmap image editing  How to improve image quality  Graphics Lab resources  Sound file markup  SVG help  অন্যান্য গ্রাফিক্স   Family trees  Graphs and charts  How to create  To scale charts  Barcharts  Math formula  Math symbols  Rendering math  LaTeX symbols  Musical scores  Musical symbols  Timeline  EasyTimeline syntax  WikiHiero syntax   Namespaces  Namespace structure  Main/Article  Talk namespaces  Archiving  User  User page design  Project/Wikipedia  File  MediaWiki  Bug reports and feature requests  System message  Template  Help  Category  Portal  Book  Draft  Education Program  TimedText  Module/Lua  Topic/Flow  Special  Media   Customisation and tools *Customisation  Preferences  Skins  Customizing watchlists  Hide pages  Gadgets  Beta Features  User scripts  Guide  Techniques  IRC Scripts  User styles  Tools  Navigation shortcuts  Browser tools  Alternative browsing  Editing tools  Optimum tool set  Cleaning up vandalism tools  Citation tools  Wikimedia Labs   Automating editing  Bots  Creating  Twinkle  FurMe  NPWatcher  HotCat  WPCleaner  igloo  AutoWikiBrowser  Navigation popups  STiki  AfC helper script  Huggle   Navigation  Administrators  Templates  Referencing  Citation metadata  Accessibility  Bots  User scripts  Coding (Wiki markup)   Wiki markup - explains the coding used by text, links, & talk pages Cheat-sheet -  basic coding used by Wikipedia, Barchart  - explains how to make charts. Calculations - explains how to make complicated calculations.  Characters -  explains how to add special characters. Citations quick! - simplistic  examples of  two preferred ways of doing footnotes (reference). Citation templates - list of reference templates. Columns  - explains how to make columns.  HTML - explains how use HTML in text. Musical symbols - explains the basic coding of music symbols.  Sound files - explains the basic coding sound files.  Tables  - explains the basic coding for making tables. Wiki-table - more advanced coding information on tables. Templates -  explains the basic for templates. Documentation -  explains the basic of how to properly document template information.    Visual files - explains the basic of coding for visual media.  Wiki tools -  various tools and tutorials intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality.   HTML and CSS  HTML in wikitext  Markup validation  Span tags  Cascading Style Sheets  Catalogue of CSS classes  Useful styles  Classes used in microformats  Ambox classes  Common.js and common.css  Templates and Lua  Templates  Template messages  Citation templates  Transclusion  Labeled section  Substitution  Advanced template coding  Template limits  Template sandbox and test cases  Template documentation  Purge  Lua help  Lua project  To do  Resources  Guide to Scribbling  Tutorials Main tutorial - will help anyone become a Wikipedia contributor. Editing - almost every page has an "Edit" tab. Formatting - the basics on coding. Links - the basics on internal links. Sources - the basics on adding references. Talk pages - the basics on how  to communicate with others. Policies - there are some things to keep in mind when editing Wikipedia. Registration - registering a username is optional, but encouraged.  Graphics - the basics on how to use graphics.  Images - the basics on how to use images.  IRC (live chat) - to access the freenode IRC servers, you'll first need to.  VisualEditor user guide -  a  guide that  gives illustrated, step-by-step instructions about  VisualEditor  features.  Introductions Wiki Markup Main introduction -  quick overview of what Wikipedia is all about. Exploring - finding your way around Wikipedia. Editing - the basic pages on how to contribute to Wikipedia.  Images - introduction to adding images to Wikipedia.  Manual of Style - introduction to the style guide for articles.  Media - how to add media to Wikipedia.   Navigating  - Wikipedia is a big place.  Policies -  how to apply policies and guidelines.  Sourcing - why references are so important.  Tables - how an where tables are used and how to make them.  Talk pages - how to communicate within Wikipedia.  Visual editor Editing with VisualEditor  -  a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary  Referencing with VisualEditor -  a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.  Uploading images with VisualEditor -  a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.  Training modules Training for students - four-part orientation intended for students doing Wikipedia assignments for class. Training for educators - four-part orientation for professors and other educators running assignments for class. Training for Wikipedia Ambassadors - four-part orientation for Campus and Online Ambassadors.  MediaWiki training - learn about editing and formatting content using MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikipedia.  The Wikipedia Adventure - Wikipedia is not a game, but learning it should still be fun.  Built-in tours  Help Guided tours - providing tooltip-like tours of the Wikipedia experience. Wikipedia GettingStarted -  feature, which provides a "getting started" page to newly registered Wikipedians. Immediately after creating an account, users see the page Special:GettingStarted, which invites them to try out editing by improving one of the pages presented.   The Missing Manual    The Missing Manual  - comprehensive   how-to guide (book) that explains everything about contributing for novice to expert editors. Introduction -  originally written in 2008 by John Broughto, the Manual has since been expanded and updated by many others. Part I -  Editing and Creating Articles First edit - explains what you see when you look at an article in Wikipedia's editing window and how to practice. Sourcing - you will need to learn some technical matters. Account setup & personal space - having an account actually protects your privacy better than editing anonymously. Creating articles - get a much better sense of what articles in Wikipedia should be like. Page history & reverting - as an editor you're likely to want to see what other editors do to articles you've edited. Monitoring changes - experienced editors monitor articles they've edited. Vandalism & spam - explains in detail what you, a Wikipedia editor, can do in terms of spotting and fixing vandalism and spam. Part II - Collaborating with Other Editors Communicating with others - you will need to know how to use the pages where editors interact and collaborate with each other. WikiProjects - many editors at Wikipedia work together in groups, formal or informal. Content disputes - if you find yourself involved in a content dispute... Incivility - shows you helpful ways to respond to incivility and personal attacks directed against you or other editors. Helping others - shows you all the places and ways you can lend other editors a hand. Part III - Formatting and Illustrating Articles Sections - shows you how to effectively use sections in an article. Lists & tables - shows you how to create and edit both lists and tables. Images - shows you how to place an image in an article, after you or someone else has uploaded it. Part IV - Building a Stronger Encyclopedia Naming, redirects & disambiguation -  helping people to navigate Wikipedia. Categorizing - adding categories to articles is easy. Better articles - serve as a detailed checklist for improving articles. Deletions -  some editors abuse the privilege, creating nonsense articles, attack articles, or promotional articles. Part V - Customizing Wikipedia Personal preferences -  "My Preferences" is where you can change a number of settings that control how pages look and function. JavaScript - you can customize Wikipedia in ways that make your editing easier with scripts. Part VI - Appendices Wikipedia Pages - when you're registered, and logged into Wikipedia, you'll see links in a number of places. Reader’s guide - background on what Wikipedia is and how to get the most out. Learning more - shows you the myriad places you can go, both inside and outside Wikipedia.  Interactive assistance (help forums)  Questions about Wikipedia Replying to help requests - contains guidelines for users who respond to questions  about how to use or edit posed by other users.   Help desk - the "main page" for asking questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia.  Teahouse - a "very friendly place" for new editors to become accustomed to and ask questions about editing.  Editor help - a "far less busy place" where editors will get comprehensive assistance about on going problems related to editing.  General knowledge questions Replying to general knowledge questions - contains guidelines for users who respond to general knowledge questions posed by other users.  Note: legal or medical responses are prohibited. See Wikipedia's  Legal disclaimer and Medical disclaimer. Reference desks - you can ask questions about any topic at the specific pages listed below.  Computing - to ask about computing, information technology, electronics, software and hardware. Entertainment - to ask about sports, popular culture, movies, music, video games, and TV shows. Humanities - to ask about history, politics, literature, religion, philosophy, law, finance, economics, art, and society. Language - to ask about spelling, grammar, word etymology, language usage, and  translations. Mathematics - to ask about mathematics, geometry, probability, and statistics. Science - to ask about biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, geology, engineering and technology. (Miscellaneous) - to ask about anything that is not listed above. Specific help and mediation  Noticeboards -  Wikipedia noticeboards are pages where editors can ask questions and request assistance from people who are familiar with the policies and guidelines covered by each individual board. Administrators - for posting information and issues that affect administrators. Edit warring -  for reporting active edit warriors and recent violations of the three-revert rule. Incidents - for reporting and discussing incidents that require the intervention of administrators and experienced editors. Vandalism -  for reporting about obvious and persistent vandals and spammers. Dispute resolution - provides a central compilation of the boards listed below to help resolves conflicts. Third opinion - for disputes between two editors to receive an outside opinion. Requests for comment  - the place to go to get outside input on issues from a broad amount of users. Dispute resolution noticeboard - used as a "first step" in solving content issues. Formal mediation - provides formal mediation to assist in the resolution of content disputes. Arbitration - the "last resort" for conduct issues when all other avenues are exhausted, issues binding rulings. Conflict of interest  - for determining whether a specific editor has a conflict of interest.  External links - reporting possible breaches of the  external links policy. Neutrality - for reporting issues regarding whether article content is compliant with the Neutral Point of View policy. Original research - for requesting input on possible problems of original research. Sources -  for posting questions regarding whether particular sources are reliable in context. Page moves -  a process for requesting the retitling of an article, template, or project page.  Technical issues Village pump  - main directory divided into five boards by topic (as seen below), to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia. Policy - to discuss changes to existing and proposed policies. Proposals - to discuss new proposals that are not policy-related. Technical - to discuss technical issues. For wiki software bug reports, use Bugzilla Idea lab - to discuss ideas before proposing them to the community and attempt to find solutions to common issues. (Miscellaneous) - to post messages that do not fit into any other categories  listed above.  Other ways to get help Special services - a section on the Request departments page that lists the alternative ways of getting help as seen below. Place  (including the curly brackets) "then your question" on your talk page, a volunteer  will visit you there! If you require personal administrator assistance in regards to blocking, deleting, protecting, personal harassment or legal threats you can place  (including the curly brackets) "then your concerns" on your talk page, an administrator will visit you there! Adopt-a-User – is where you can find experienced Wikipedians that "adopt" new users and mentor them. Co-op – a mentorship space where you can work with an experienced Wikipedian to learn about and improve Wikipedia. Join the #wikipedia-en-help IRC channel for real-time chat. New to IRC? Read the disclaimer or connect instantly! Contact Wikipedia - is a page that describes how and where to contact Wikipedia directly for a variety of reasons.  Community standards and advice   Policies & guidelines - describes how  policies and guidelines should normally be developed and maintained. List of policies and guidelines - lists the main  community standards for "English Wikipedia". List of policies – a comprehensive descriptive list  of policies. List of guidelines  a  comprehensive descriptive list  of guidelines. Simplified rule-set - essay about some  basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices. Expectations & norms of the community - essay about some social norms that editors are expected to follow. Eight rules for editing -  essay stating if  you start out by following these simple rules, the rest should come naturally. Ten rules for editing - essay that  provides tips to make editing smoother. How-to and information pages - about pages that contain technical and factual information or supplement guidelines and policies in greater detail.  Essays-  Although essays are not policy or guidelines many are worthy of considerations. Advice pages –  guideline about advice pages written by WikiProjects. Difference between policies, guidelines & essays - essay about what is called a "policy", "guideline" or "essay". Essays are not policy - essay about how  it is not a good idea to quote essays as if they were community standards. The value of essays - essays are not policy or guidelines, but many are worthy of consideration. Essays in a nutshell - summarizes the gist of user written essays on Wikipedia. Accessibility -  guideline primarily intended to assist those with disabilities, it can be helpful for all readers. Accessibility dos and don'ts - regardless of disability, all should be able to read, navigate, and contribute easily. Alternative text for images -  allows the content and function of an image to be understood by text-only readers. Article deletion -  policy about how articles and other Wikipedia pages can be removed from general view.  How to delete a page - essay with an easy explanation of how to ask for an article to be deleted. Guide to deletion  - essay with step by step instructions for nominating articles for deletions. Arguments to avoid during  deletions - essay about what not to say or talk about during a deletion. Save an article proposed for deletion -  essay about how to familiarize yourself with the deletion process. Why was the page I created deleted? - essay about the reasons and the  "several" options available to you. Deletion essays - summarizes the gist of user written essays about deletions. Biographies of living persons (BLP) - guideline about how bios on living persons must be written with great care. Libel - policy about how it is the responsibility of all to ensure that material posted is not defamatory. Avoiding harm - essay that contains the ideas behind the  philosophy that formed the  BLP. Blocking -  policy behind how  administrators technically prevent users from editing. Appealing blocks - essay about how to appeal a block. Unblock request - you can use the  template on your talk page to request an unblock -  however if  you have had talk page access removed see Unblock request. Child protection - policy about the behavior and actions of adult editors with regards to children. Offensive material - guideline about how articles may contain offensive words and images, but only for a good reason. Protecting children's privacy - essay about how all users, including children, are permitted to edit anonymously. Guidance for younger editors - essay on advice for  young editors about what they  should be aware of. Citing sources - guideline that contains information on how to place and format citations (references). Verification methods - essay about several common methods that Wikipedia editors use to make their articles verifiable. Referencing for beginners - essay that shows you how to use the most popular system for providing inline citations. Conflict of interest - guideline about how it is best to not  edit Wikipedia to promote your own interests. Conflict of interest guide - essay for  editors who want to write and edit articles about a subject they are affiliated with. Best practices for editors with close associations - essay about having a close association with a topic. Paid editing - essay that provides advice on what to do, when it comes to Paid Editing & Wikipedia. Consensus - the primary way decisions are made, its accepted as the best method to achieve our goals. BOLD, revert, discuss cycle (BRD) - is a method for reaching consensus. Consensus and discussion essays - summarizes the gist of user written essays on consensus.  Copyrights - policy that states permission is granted to copy, distribute or modify text under CC BY-SA 3.0  Close paraphrasing -  essay that states all should  summarize in their own words, instead of closely paraphrasing. Donating published work -  essay for editors who would like to grant permission to use their own previously published work. Spotting possible copyright violations -  essay about  spotting copyright violations that are copy-and-pastes. Requesting copyright permission - essay  about editors who would like to get permission to use other people's work.   Editing policy - Be bold in updating articles in a fair and accurate manner, because  perfection is not required. Article development –  lists the ways in which you can help an article grow. Article writing essays - summarizes the gist of user written essays on article building. Edit warring - don't use edits to fight with other editors -  there is a bright line known as the three-revert rule (3RR).  Disruptive editing - disruptive editors may be blocked or banned indefinitely. Editorial discretion - essay about the proper inclusion of relevant and well-sourced content.  Etiquette -  principles of decorum, also referred to as "Wikiquette", how to work with others on Wikipedia. Civility -   Wikipedia's basic conduct expectations. Assume good faith - unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, assume people  are trying to help not harm  Wikipedia. No personal attacks -  comment on content, not on the contributors. Harassment - unwanted contact, intimidation, threats or posting personal information is strictly prohibited. Don't bite the newcomers - it's very unlikely for a newcomer to be familiar with the community standards. IPs are human too - essay about how  unregistered users input is just as important in building consensus. Honesty - essay about how truthfulness is  expected in all processes, including content discussion. Civility essays - list of essays that   summarizes the gist of user written essays on civility. Ignore all rules (IAR) - policy that states if a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it. The rules are principles - essay on how  policies & guidelines exist as rough approximations of their underlying principles. Reasonability Rule - essay about how anything unreasonable that is being done shouldn't be done at all. What "Ignore all rules" means - essay on how it is acceptable to use  common sense as you go about editing. Image use policy - policies towards images, like  content and copyright issues—applicable to "English Wikipedia". Image deletion -  a how to guide for nominating images for  deletion. Image dos and don'ts - images can make Wikipedia more informative, however..    Manual of Style (MOS) - main guideline page that describes communal consensus on layouts and presentation. Manual of Style contents - descriptive directory of all the  pages which make up the  Manual of Style. Simplified Manual of Style - essay about the basics commonly used style guidelines. Styletips – a list of advice pages for editors on writing style and formatting. Better articles - essay about guidance on how to make articles better. Perfect article - essay with a point by point guidance on what makes a great article. Neutrality (NPOV) - policy about how articles should represent the views of  main scholars and specialists on topics. NPOV tutorial - essay on how to  realize you may have a bias you're not aware of. Be neutral in form - essay about how some editing methods may lead to disputes over points of views. Describing points of view - essays that describes the best way to handle a neutral point of view. Neutral point of view essays - summarizes the gist of  essays on NPOV. No original research (OR) - policy about how  all material must be attributable to a reliable, published source. Examples of original research -  some examples of original research.  Notability -  guideline that outlines how suitable a topic may be for  its own article or list. Fringe theories - guideline about how articles should not make a fringe theory appear more notable than it is. Notability essays - list of essays that  summarizes the gist of user written essays on notability. User rights - ability to perform certain actions in Wikipedia depends on his/her user access level. On privacy, confidentiality and discretion - essay about how your rights to privacy may not extend as far as you believe.  Verifiability (RS) -  policy stating how readers must be able to check that articles  are not fabricated or embellished. Identifying reliable sources - guideline that discusses how to identify reliable references. Cherrypicking -  essay about how to include contradictory and significant qualifying information from the same source. Common knowledge - essay about how often  people don't actually know what you consider basic knowledge. Independent sources -  essay that gives the opinion of some editors on why independent sourcing is required. Potentially unreliable sources - essay that gives general advice on what is and isn't a reliable source. Verifiability and reliable sources essays - summarizes the gist of user written essays on good references.   Understandability - guideline about how all should strive to make each part of every article as understandable as possible to the widest audience of reader.  Words to watch - guideline about how certain expressions should be used with care.   Vandalism - if you see vandalism in an article, the simplest thing to do is just to remove it.   Directories  Directory - the main list of "Wikipedia" and "Help" namespace directories and indexes  Abbreviations - a list of all the abbreviations used on Wikipedia  Departments  - a list of all the different divisions of Wikipedia.   Editor's index - a list of all the pages  to help people who edit pages.  Essays -  a list of pages that contain advice or opinions from  one or more Wikipedia contributors.  FAQ - a list of frequently asked questions by topic.     Glossary - a list of terms (slang) commonly used by editors.  Guidelines - a descriptive list of official guidelines for "English Wikipedia"  Manual of Style - a descriptive list of the  pages which make up the  Manual of Style.  Policies - a descriptive list of official policies for "English Wikipedia"  Quick directory - a small list of key pages with emphasis on interaction between members of the community.  Shortcuts - a list of abbreviated redirects and the pages they lead to.  Tips - a list of "tips" created by users at Tip of the day project.  Help contents by topic   Help menu - main menu-style help page (old format used on the Help:Contents  page). Navigating Wikipedia - a list of help pages for reading the encyclopedia and navigating the site. Joining Wikipedia - a list of basic introductions about how to get started. Editing Wikipedia  - a list of general help pages for editors. Links and references - a list of page to help with creating links or dealing with references. Images and media - a list of pages dealing with using images, videos and sound files. Tracking changes - a list of pages about tracking the evolution of a page or how to follow a user. Policies and guidelines - a list of community standards. Communication - a list of pages about contacting another user or keeping yourself informed. The Wikipedia community - a list of pages about resources for editors. Resources and lists - a list of pages about tips and tools for registered users. Account settings and maintenance - a list of  pages about tips and tools for registered users  Technical information - a  list of pages about tools for "advanced users" and troubleshooting information. Site map - the "big page" of all the help pages from above.  Further reading (external links)  The Bookshelf - A vast collection of high-quality, freely licensed, user-generated informational material about Wikipedia  Mission statement - The Wikimedia Foundation  Wikimedia values - The six values of the Wikimedia Foundation  In a nutshell, what is Wikipedia? And what is the Wikimedia Foundation? - The Wikimedia Foundation  Wikimedia founding principles - Principles generally supported by all of the Wikimedia communitiesNote - publications below may contain out of dated information or images.''  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