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Questions about using and contributing to Wikipedia
 Your question might already be answered in the Frequently Asked Questions, otherwise:


Some pages of helpful information to get you started:
  Introduction to Wikipedia
  The five pillars of Wikipedia
  Editing tutorial
  How to edit a page
  Manual of style
  The basics of Wikicode
  How to develop an article
  How to create an article
  Help pages
  What Wikipedia is not
 Some common sense Do's and Don'ts:
  Do be bold
  Do assume good faith
  Do be civil
  Do keep cool!
  Do maintain a neutral point of view
  Don't spam
  Don't infringe copyright
  Don't vandalize
  Don't get blocked

           

Tips
I. Use common sense, appropriate etiquette and assume good faith on the part of others.
Be bold with your additions in a fair and accurate manner, because perfection is not required. See Wikipedia:Editing policy for more information.
II. Before starting a new article! - Notability is a concern that must be adhered to. See Wikipedia:Notability for more information.
III. Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include references listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you have used to write or expand articles. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See: Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability for more information.
IV. Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary or thesaurus.
Stay on topic as many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See: Wikipedia:Writing better articles and Wikipedia:The perfect article for more information..
V. Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See: Wikipedia:Images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for more information.


Tools & sister projects

WikiProject Film automated pages
  • Article alerts - List of deletions, featured & good article candidates, requests for comments, peer reviews etc.
  • Article log - List of "Moved (renamed)" articles and recent assessments.
  • Cleanup listing - List of articles that have multiple maintenance/cleanup tags
  • Popular pages - Listing of the most viewed pages that should be improved (if need be) and watched over closely for vandalism.
Tools
  • Wikipedia:Tools - Contain various tools and tutorials intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality to Wikipedians.
  • Google book tool - Converts bare url's into {{cite book}} format.
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