Wikipedia:Community Portal
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The Community Portal is the central place to find out what's happening on Wikipedia. Learn what tasks need to be done, what groups can be joined, and get or post news about recent events or current activities.
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Community bulletin boardPost your Wikipedia related news and announcements here! New portals, collaborations, and wikiprojects seeking contributors. New initiatives, proposals, discussions, or article drives, and current maintenance backlogs. |
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Notices
Maintenance
New pages seeking contributors
See alsoWikizine · In the media · News · Announcements · Press releases |
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CollaborationsTo improve the quality of articles which are short or lacking in detail, Wikipedia's community organizes collaborations to expand articles. |
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Collaboration of the weekHelp edit 20th century music, Wikipedia's current collaboration of the week! Please help to bring it up to featured article standard. The 20th Century saw a revolution in music as the radio gained popularity worldwide. Because music was no longer limited to concerts and clubs, it became possible for music artists to quickly gain fame nationwide and sometimes worldwide extremely quickly. The invention of the synthesizer in the late 1960s revolutionized music. 20th Century music was an experimentation in a new style and form and it challenged the accepted rules of music of the time period. You can still help with last week's article, Japanese robotics (see improvements), or help pick next week's article. Article Improvement DriveThe Article Improvement Drive works on a non-stub article that needs a lot of help before reaching featured-article standard. The subject of this week's article improvement drive is Ancient Egypt:
You can still help with last week's article, Mathematics, or help pick next week's article. Good Article Collaboration of the weekThe Good Article Collaboration of the week works to polish already good articles so they show the highest of standards. This week's improvement drive is Stuyvesant High School— Stuyvesant High School is one of New York City's specialized math- and science-based public high schools, run by the New York City Department of Education. The school was founded in 1904 on Manhattan's East Side, and for 65 years Stuyvesant admitted only boys. Since 1969 it has been a coeducational environment, and after moving to its Battery Park City building the facilities for girls were put on a par with those for boys. You can still help pick next week's article. Core Topics CollaborationThe Core Topics Collaboration of the Fortnight, coordinated by the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team, works to polish essential topics that would go in a release version of Wikipedia so they show the highest of standards. The current collaboration is Business. You can still help pick the next Core topic collaboration article. |
Collaborations by topic
Other collaborationsActive improvement teamsMaintenanceHelp clear up the backlog of articles to be wikified! Wikification is the process of making an article conform to the guide to layout and Manual of Style. This involves formatting, links, sections, and checking for other things such as copyright violations and references. If necessary, you may propose it for deletion. Wikification is an easy way to improve Wikipedia! WikiProjectsWikiProjects 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 translationWikipedia 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 major foreign languages). |
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Guidelines, Help, and ResourcesWikipedia has hundreds of departments staffed by a small army of volunteers. Here are some on the most general; for more specific departments, see the appropriate page. |
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Help
Editing
Policies and guidelinesWikipedia 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. Article standards
Working with others
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Tip of the dayWorking on the Main Page
Being the gateway to the encyclopedia - The Main Page is our most frequently visited page. The main page is always protected and can only be edited by admins, but most of the content is piped in each day from various departments, via templates. Anybody can edit the pages that feed into the templates (up until the day they are displayed on the Main Page), and we encourage you to help. Just remember to follow the guidelines, as the procedure for each template works differently. Read more: Wikipedia:Editing the main page
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