Welcome to Dep. Garcia's Help Desk, here you can find information & useful links, aswell as how to seek help from other editors and what to do if it gets really bad! I hope you find this page useful, if you do, tell me on this article's talk page. If you dont find it useful, please still tell me, and tell me how you would like to see it improved. If you need help tell me on my talk page or scroll down to the section where it says Still need help? ask another editor! and that will give you more help on what to do.
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Welcome
editThe links you may be needing are listed below:
Useful links: General Help
editWikipedia's Help Desk Alot more detailed than this "Help Desk"
Wikipedia's New Contibutors' Help Page Often called "newbie help page"
What do certain wikipedia terms mean?
Department directory Wikipedia by department
Discuss certain matters at the Village Pump
Useful links: Article help
editIf your looking for Wikipedia's Deletion Policy Information Click here
How to edit an; Article; Userpage, etc...
How an article is laid out and presented
How to contribute to Wikipedia
Neutral Point of View & What Wikipedia is not
editWhat you cannot write in a wikipedia article
Adhere to a Neutral point of view in all articles. Point of View: Sometimes abbreivated as, "POV". NPOV means Neutral Point of View.
Page History, Edit Summary Information & Page moves
editWhat is, and how do I view the page history?
How to write an edit summary N.B. Please always provide an edit summary!
How to move a page Do not use the copy & paste method, the page move method is far better!
Research & sources in articles
editDo not include original research in articles Original research is a term used in Wikipedia to refer to material that has not been published by a reliable source.
But also make sure that the facts can be verified this means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source.
How to get the most out of a reliable source Sometimes it is better to have no information at all than to have information without a source
Citing Wikipedia How to cite a wikipedia article
Feedback Requests
editRequest to have another Wikipedian review your article Where articles you have created can be reviewed and you will be notified of any improvements that need to be done.
Useful links: Talk page help
editIf your looking for How to deal with Personal Attacks on talk pages, Click here
Always be polite, even if its a raging vandal
How to make subpages on your namespace
Signature Related
editHow to fix your signature How to make colourful signatures like mine: Dep. Garcia (Talk) (Help Desk)
Remember to sign your posts on talk pages
What you can and can't have as your username
Useful links: Reverting vandalism
editWhat to do if you see vandalism
Get your pages watched by others
Dealing with Vandalism
editHow to clean up vandalism yourself
How to deal with the vandal who won't stop
Do not insult the vandals As this will provoke them more
You can also use the "Vandalism" box on the right, for more help.
Useful links: Resolving disputes and personal attacks
editHow to resolve that dispute fairly
What to do if someone attacks you Not physically, but on talk pages & articles.
You can also use the "Dispute Resolution" box on the right, for more help.
Useful links: Questions & contacting Wikipedia
editAnd if the worst comes to the worst, you can always contact Wikipedia here
Useful links: Troubleshooting, tips & templates
editTo see the Tip of the Moment Click here
Troubleshoot that really annoying problem!
Find the templates you need to use
Wikipedia's Reference Desk for knowledge questions that you can't find the answer to in the encyclopedia. (e.g. Did Leonardo da Vinci build a working flying machine?)
Useful links: Multimedia help
editHow to upload and what to do with images
How to use images According to: Wikipedia Image Use Policy
How to insert pictures into articles
Copyright Issuses & Tags
editCertain issues about copyrighting
Get copyright tags for those images
Useful links: Account Settings help
editHave your account just how you want it
Information: About Wikipedia
editNeed to know how Wikipedia was formed? Find out here
Information about us - The Wikipedians
Who writes Wikipedia? This is the place to find out
Wikipedia even has its own article.
Information: Research
editHow to get the information you want, when you need it!
Need help looking up an article?
Information: Deletion Policy
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| Templates and modules |
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| Categories |
| Redirects |
| Miscellany |
| Speedy deletion |
| Proposed deletion |
If your looking for how to delete userpages, talk pages & subpages: see below
Why your article may be deleted
Discuss whether an article should be deleted
Why some pages are deleted "On sight"
Article that a that are being proposed for deletion
Help, my article got nominated for deletion!
Userpage Help
editHow to create & edit your user page
Various message to go on your userpage
Userspace Deletion
editTo Delete your Userpage & Talk Pages add: {{db-userreq}}
To Delete your subpages add: {{db-owner}}
Still need help? ask another editor!
editIf you still don't know what to do or your still stuck with "how to write your article in Neutral Point of View (NPOV)" ask another editor - he or she will help you along and make sure you have no other worries or problems.
Here's what you can do:
- Ask me on my talk page, since you may probably already know me, it will be easy for you to talk to me, and if you don't know me, dont worry I dont bite!
- Place {{helpme}} on your user talk page with your question underneath, and someone friendly will be along shortly to help you!
- Ask one of my recommended administrators:
- Glen S - My most recommended admin, gets things done quickly, accurately, very helpful & polite
Tip of the Moment
editTip of the moment...
 Where to write about current events
The current events portal is used to describe current world-wide events of note, not just in politics, but also in science, culture, technology, sports, entertainment and many other areas. The information in question should be added to any relevant articles as well. However, Wikipedia does not offer first-hand news reports on breaking stories (use Wikinews for that). Instead, the in the news section on our Main Page mentions and links to entries of timely interest that are (and this is crucial) nonetheless encyclopedia articles that have been updated to reflect an important current event. Non-Administrators can suggest items or changes to this Main Page section by editing the candidates page, from which administrators will update the live template from time to time. – – To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}
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