Wikipedia:General reading list

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This is a list of pages one might consider essential reading for becoming a well-grounded Wikipedian:

[edit] Beginner

Wikipedia:Contents - know your way around the encyclopedia! Wikipedia:Department directory - know your way around the community! Wikipedia:Intro - Hi! The very basics. Wikipedia:Tutorial - quick lessons to get you started. Simplified Ruleset - the basics on what to do and not to do in working on Wikipedia and working with other Wikipedians. Glossary of Wikipedia jargon - understand what others are talking about.

Contributing to Wikipedia - where to jump in and help. Wikipedia:How to copy-edit - Proofreading and copyediting Links - how it all hangs together. Cheatsheet - simplified wiki-markup code set. (Formatting text, headings, etc.) Deletion debates - the procedure for removing pages from Wikipedia. Vandalism - join the perpetual battle against those who would do Wikipedia harm.

[edit] Intermediate

How to edit a page - comprehensive wiki-markup instructions. Community Portal - keep up with current events on Wikipedia. Templates & Transclusion - what those mysterious double curly brackets are for! Patrol - Wikipedia's various patrols, for monitoring various page types for maintenance and general administration. Portal - what portals are and how to build them.

Wikiphilosophy - the various guiding principles behind editors' actions. Keyboard shortcuts - the fast way to operate. Policies and guidelines, List of policies, and List of guidelines - the complete rules. Tools & Tools by function - how to do things faster, including searching, editing, etc. Watch - public watch list: keep track of essential areas.

[edit] Advanced

Administrators - What they are, what they do, and how to become one. Administrators' reading list

Bots - Automated maintenance of Wikipedia.

[edit] See also

[edit] Beginner

• Help:Contents/Getting started - Another good place to begin.
• Help:Contents

[edit] Intermediate

• Virtual classroom - discussions and assignments for learning Wikipedia's operations better.
• Wikipedia:Editor review - check out the archive, which is loaded with feedback given to other editors. Learn from the mistakes of others and thereby avoid making the same mistakes yourself.

[edit] Advanced

• Wikipedia:Requests for adminship - when you are ready to become an admin, this is the place to apply (though it is better to have someone nominate you)