To assist in theadministration of the Wikipedia community and development of the encyclopedia, the community has established a wide range ofadministration pages. Many of the pages listed below are static in nature and provide information and guidance on certain aspects of maintaining the project. Other pages are related toWikipedia request departments and need continuous attention from volunteers like you to answer or deal with questions and requests. For a listing ofongoing discussions andcurrent requests, see thedashboard. For other useful directories and indexes, see thedirectory.
| Community portal | WP:COM |
| Dashboard | WP:- |
| Maintenance | WP:WM |
| Editor's index | WP:A-Z |
| Essay directory | WP:EDIR |
| Community bulletin board | WP:CBB |
| The Signpost | WP:POST |
| Wikipedia in the media | |
| Stats | WP:ST |
| Goings-on | WP:GO |
| 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:PG |
| Policies | WP:LOP |
| Guidelines | WP:LGL |
| Manual of Style | MOS:C |
| Request third opinion (outside input when only two editors are involved) | WP:3 |
| Request comment (outside input in general) | WP:RFC |
| Request dispute resolution (mediation when consensus hasn't been reached normally) | WP:DRN |
| Request mediation(closed down – historical reference) | WP:RFM |
| Request arbitration (enforceable action when all other venues have failed) | WP:RFAR |
| See also: | |
| Involuntary mentorship(not the norm) | |
| Editing restrictions (list of personal sanctions) |
| Main help portal | WP:HELP |
| Help menu | H:MENU |
| Help directory | H:D |
| Tutorial | WP:T |
| Frequently asked questions | WP:FAQ |
| Tips library | WP:TIPS |
| Tip of the day | WP:TIP |
| User page design guide | WP:UPDG |
| Sandbox | WP:SB |
| Request directory | WP:RQ |
| General questions | WP:Q |
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| Reference desk | WP:RD |
| Humanities | WP:RD/H |
| Science | WP:RD/S |
| Mathematics | WP:RD/MA |
| Computing | WP:RD/C |
| Language | WP:RD/L |
| Entertainment | WP:RD/E |
| Miscellaneous | WP:RD/M |
| Archives |
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| Administration index | CAT:WP |
| Requests for administrator attention | WP:RAA |
| Directory of administrators | WP:LA |
| Administrators' noticeboard | WP:AN |
| Administrator preparation | WP:ARL |
| Requests for adminship | WP:RFA |
| Requested moves | WP:RM |
| Move review | WP:MR |
| Featured content | WP:FC |
| Featured articles | WP:FA |
| Featured lists | WP:FL |
| Featured pictures | WP:FP |
| Featured portals | WP:FPO |
| Featured topics | WP:FT |
| 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 articles | WP:GA |
| Good article nominations | WP:GAN |
| Good article reassessment | WP:GAR |
| Peer review | WP:PR |
| Department of Fun | WP:DF |
| Silly Things | WP:SILLY |
| Unusual articles | WP:UA |
| Unusual requests | WP:UR |
| Talk page highlights | WP:TPH |
| Lamest edit wars | WP:LAME |
| April Fools | WP:APRIL |
Wikipedia is hosted by theWikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of othermultilingual andfree-contentprojects. Here are the links to theirmain community pages:
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