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It's nice to have you aboard. We're glad you wish to help develop this encyclopedia. We hope you enjoy participating in the Wikipedia community as much as we do. As a new contributor, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the sheer size and apparent complexity of this project. But don't worry, it will become easier and clearer as you go. If you feel you need assistance, experienced Wikipedians are available to help you learn the basics and get up to speed. We've included some resources below to help you get started. Good luck and have fun. -- The Wikipedia Welcoming Committee
In case you get stuck, the following people have volunteered to assist new contributors, to give a helping hand and help you learn the ropes: Even more volunteers are standing by to answer your questions on the following pages. You can usually expect an answer fairly quickly, often within just a few minutes: To learn more about the Welcoming Committee, see Wikipedia:Welcoming committee. User:5faizan/Welcome/box-footer User:5faizan/Welcome/box-header To understand Wikipedia, it is easiest to think of this website as having two types of pages: pages that are part of the encyclopedia itself, and pages of the community (used by contributors to help build and operate the encyclopedia). To find your way around the encyclopedia, either enter a term into the search box on the left side of the screen, or go to Wikipedia's table of contents. Wikipedia's community pages include instructions, help pages, policies, guidelines, discussion forums, places to make requests, pages to report problems, and user pages. These are all pages which we use to develop the encyclopedia and to communicate with each other in that mission. Some directories to help you find your way around the community are:
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User:The 5faizan/Welcome/box-footer User:5faizan/Welcome/box-header In Firefox, the search box has a little pull down menu to allow you to choose which search engine it uses. Several popular search engines come included, but not Wikipedia. However, Firefox provides a page on their website listing more search engines you can add to that menu, including Wikipedia's search. To add Wikipedia, simply go here and click on Wikipedia in the list provided, and you're done. To activate it, pull-down the menu at the search box and click on Wikipedia there. Now you have a second Wikipedia search box. Unlike the search box in Wikipedia's sidebar, which disappears off the screen when you scroll down to read a long page, the Firefox search box always remains on the screen, ready to assist. (Keep in mind, typing <Alt>-F also places the cursor in the Wikipedia search box.) Read more: Using external search engines User:5faizan/Welcome/box-header If you've made a mistake and wish to undo it, revert it. Here's how: click history at the top of the page you made the mistake on. Then click on the second entry in the history list that appears on your screen. Once there, click edit this page. Then save page. See more detailed instructions at Wikipedia:Reversion. There are two main styles of help on Wikipedia: self-help and assistance... Self-help involves reading the help and instruction pages around Wikipedia. Some very informative self-help pages are: For when you get stuck, confused, or befuddled, assistance is available on Wikipedia's "desk" and "request" pages - use these when self-help hasn't provided you with an answer:
Mostly anyone on these lists will help you as well:
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