উইকিপিডিয়ায় অবদান - the main page that provides information, links, videos and other resources on the basics needed to comprehend, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia.
মূল বিষয়বস্তু নীতি - Wikipedia's content is governed by three principal core content policies.
Editorial oversight and control- we have tens of thousands of editors, from expert scholars to casual readers.
How to help - what anyone can do to contribute.
More instructional material - provides links to instructional material useful for users. **Trifecta - ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.
Things you may not know about Wikipedia - insights specifically targeted at people who have limited experience.
Tip of the day - provides "very useful" advice daily on how to use or develop Wikipedia more effectively.
See also Wikipedia:Tips, the complete library of tips arranged by subject.
User page design center - where you will find all the resources for developing your user page. Enjoy!
Tables - how an where tables are used and how to make them.
Talk pages - how to communicate within Wikipedia.
Visual editor
Editing with VisualEditor - a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary
Referencing with VisualEditor - a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.
Uploading images with VisualEditor - a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.
Training modules
Training for students - four-part orientation intended for students doing Wikipedia assignments for class.
Training for educators - four-part orientation for professors and other educators running assignments for class.
Training for Wikipedia Ambassadors - four-part orientation for Campus and Online Ambassadors.
MediaWiki training - learn about editing and formatting content using MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia Adventure - Wikipedia is not a game, but learning it should still be fun.
Built-in tours
Help Guided tours - providing tooltip-like tours of the Wikipedia experience.
Wikipedia GettingStarted - feature, which provides a "getting started" page to newly registered Wikipedians. Immediately after creating an account, users see the page Special:GettingStarted, which invites them to try out editing by improving one of the pages presented.
Reference desks - you can ask questions about any topic at the specific pages listed below.
Computing - to ask about computing, information technology, electronics, software and hardware.
Entertainment - to ask about sports, popular culture, movies, music, video games, and TV shows.
Humanities - to ask about history, politics, literature, religion, philosophy, law, finance, economics, art, and society.
Language - to ask about spelling, grammar, word etymology, language usage, and translations.
Mathematics - to ask about mathematics, geometry, probability, and statistics.
Science - to ask about biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, geology, engineering and technology.
(Miscellaneous) - to ask about anything that is not listed above.
Specific help and mediation
Noticeboards - Wikipedia noticeboards are pages where editors can ask questions and request assistance from people who are familiar with the policies and guidelines covered by each individual board.
Administrators - for posting information and issues that affect administrators.
Incidents - for reporting and discussing incidents that require the intervention of administrators and experienced editors.
Vandalism - for reporting about obvious and persistent vandals and spammers.
Dispute resolution - provides a central compilation of the boards listed below to help resolves conflicts.
Third opinion - for disputes between two editors to receive an outside opinion.
Requests for comment - the place to go to get outside input on issues from a broad amount of users.
Dispute resolution noticeboard - used as a "first step" in solving content issues.
Formal mediation - provides formal mediation to assist in the resolution of content disputes.
Arbitration - the "last resort" for conduct issues when all other avenues are exhausted, issues binding rulings.
Conflict of interest - for determining whether a specific editor has a conflict of interest.
External links - reporting possible breaches of the external links policy.
Neutrality - for reporting issues regarding whether article content is compliant with the Neutral Point of View policy.
Original research - for requesting input on possible problems of original research.
Sources - for posting questions regarding whether particular sources are reliable in context.
Page moves - a process for requesting the retitling of an article, template, or project page.
Technical issues
Village pump - main directory divided into five boards by topic (as seen below), to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia.
Policy - to discuss changes to existing and proposed policies.
Proposals - to discuss new proposals that are not policy-related.
Technical - to discuss technical issues. For wiki software bug reports, use Bugzilla
Idea lab - to discuss ideas before proposing them to the community and attempt to find solutions to common issues.
(Miscellaneous) - to post messages that do not fit into any other categories listed above.
Other ways to get help
Special services - a section on the Request departments page that lists the alternative ways of getting help as seen below.
Place {{Help me}} (including the curly brackets) "then your question" on your talk page, a volunteer will visit you there!
If you require personal administrator assistance in regards to blocking, deleting, protecting, personal harassment or legal threats you can place {{Admin help}} (including the curly brackets) "then your concerns" on your talk page, an administrator will visit you there!
Adopt-a-User – is where you can find experienced Wikipedians that "adopt" new users and mentor them.
Co-op – a mentorship space where you can work with an experienced Wikipedian to learn about and improve Wikipedia.
Unblock request - you can use the {{unblock}} template on your talk page to request an unblock - however if you have had talk page access removed see Unblock request.
Child protection - policy about the behavior and actions of adult editors with regards to children.
Offensive material - guideline about how articles may contain offensive words and images, but only for a good reason.
Protecting children's privacy - essay about how all users, including children, are permitted to edit anonymously.
Guidance for younger editors - essay on advice for young editors about what they should be aware of.
Citing sources - guideline that contains information on how to place and format citations (references).
Verification methods - essay about several common methods that Wikipedia editors use to make their articles verifiable.
Referencing for beginners - essay that shows you how to use the most popular system for providing inline citations.
Conflict of interest - guideline about how it is best to not edit Wikipedia to promote your own interests.
Conflict of interest guide - essay for editors who want to write and edit articles about a subject they are affiliated with.
Best practices for editors with close associations - essay about having a close association with a topic.
Paid editing - essay that provides advice on what to do, when it comes to Paid Editing & Wikipedia.
Consensus - the primary way decisions are made, its accepted as the best method to achieve our goals.
BOLD, revert, discuss cycle (BRD) - is a method for reaching consensus.
Consensus and discussion essays - summarizes the gist of user written essays on consensus.
Copyrights - policy that states permission is granted to copy, distribute or modify text under CC BY-SA 3.0
Close paraphrasing - essay that states all should summarize in their own words, instead of closely paraphrasing.
Donating published work - essay for editors who would like to grant permission to use their own previously published work.
Spotting possible copyright violations - essay about spotting copyright violations that are copy-and-pastes.
Requesting copyright permission - essay about editors who would like to get permission to use other people's work.
Cherrypicking - essay about how to include contradictory and significant qualifying information from the same source.
Common knowledge - essay about how often people don't actually know what you consider basic knowledge.
Independent sources - essay that gives the opinion of some editors on why independent sourcing is required.
Potentially unreliable sources - essay that gives general advice on what is and isn't a reliable source.
Verifiability and reliable sources essays - summarizes the gist of user written essays on good references.
Understandability - guideline about how all should strive to make each part of every article as understandable as possible to the widest audience of reader.
Words to watch - guideline about how certain expressions should be used with care.
Vandalism - if you see vandalism in an article, the simplest thing to do is just to remove it.
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