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<div style="font-size:130%;">'''Welcome to the WoWWiki Community Portal!'''</div>
 
 
 
You can help build [[WoWWiki]] into a better WoW information source and [[wiki]] community by [[WoWWiki:How to edit a page|editing]] and [[Help:Starting a new page|creating]] new [[WoWWiki:What is an article|articles]].
 
 
 
* If you [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]], you can track your changes, [[WoWWiki:Why create an account|and more]]!
 
* See [[Help:Contents|Help]] for assistance or to [[WoWWiki:Where to ask a question|ask a question]].
 
* The [[WoWWiki:Village pump|Village Pump]] has a variety of discussions about operations, policies, technical issues, and the concerns of other [[WoWWiki:WoWWikians|WoWWikians]].
 
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== Things to do ==
 
 
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=== General ideas ===
 
; Vote!
 
: Nominate and discuss [[WoWWiki:Featured article|featured articles]]!
 
: Take a look at the [[:Category:Votes in progress|votes in progress]]!
 
 
; Expand!
 
: Expand and categorise some [[:Category:Stubs|stubs]]!
 
: Fulfil some [[:Category:Image requests|image requests]]!
 
: Write a new article that's on the [[Special:Wantedpages|the wanted list]]!
 
 
; Edit and fix!
 
: Work on [[:Category:Merge_candidates|merge candidates]]!
 
: Some pages need to be [[:Category:Articles that need to be wikified|wikified]].
 
: Others have too many [[:Category:Articles with external links|external links]].
 
: Link pages from the [[WoWWiki:Orphanage|Orphanage]] back into the WoWWiki?
 
: ... or [[WoWWiki:Categories|categorizing]] some [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorized pages]]?
 
: Update [[:Category:Outdated_Articles|out-of-date articles]]!
 
: ... or update pages that need [[:Category:Articles_needing_TBC_updates|updating due to TBC]]!
 
 
; Or browse the entire [[:Category:Things to do|Things to do]] category!
 
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===WoWWiki projects===
 
 
A place for like minded people to work on areas of the wiki!<br/>
 
Read the proposal on '''[[WoWWiki:Projects]]'''!
 
 
;Individual projects
 
*[[User:DuTempete/Warlock project|Warlock project]], started by [[User:DuTempete|DuTempete]].
 
*[[User:Piumosso-Uldum/Mage project|Mage project]], started by [[User:Piumosso-Uldum|Piumosso-Uldum]].
 
*[[WoWWiki:Zone category project|Zone category project]], started by [[User:Jiyambi|Jiyambi]].
 
*[[WW:BR|Kill the evil categories]]
 
*[[WoWWiki:Linguistic Lore/ Pronunciation project|Linguistic Lore/ Pronunciation project]], started by [[User:Pblood|Pblood]].
 
 
;Other projects
 
* Convert all appropriate tables to "darktable" - see [[WW:MOS#Tables]] for guidelines.
 
* Fix article message boxes - see [[WW:MOS#Article message boxes]] for guidelines.
 
* Re- or un-categorise all [[:Category:Stubs/BC]] articles.
 
 
 
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''Missing the visitors wishlist?''
 
 
''Visit [[WoWWiki:Community Portal/Visitor's wishlist]].''
 
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== Community teams ==
 
If you are looking for a way to help the wiki, one good way is to contribute your time to the projects being worked on by [[WoWWiki:Community teams|community teams]].
 
 
Joining a team is always a great way to help out!
 
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;[[WoWWiki:Administrators|Administrators]]: The admins administer the wiki!
 
 
;[[WoWWiki:Help Team|Help Team]] ([[WoWWiki:Help Team/Join|join]]): This community team helps people use the wiki.
 
 
;[[WoWWiki:Watchdogs|Watchdogs]] ([[WoWWiki:Watchdogs/Join|join]]): The Watchdogs are a WoWWiki patrol team.
 
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;[[WoWWiki:Bookkeepers|Bookkeepers]] ([[WoWWiki:Bookkeepers/Join|join]]): The keepers of lore within WoWWiki, making sure it conforms to the material in the Warcraft world.
 
 
;[[WoWWiki:Article Council|Article Council]] ([[WoWWiki:Article Council/Join|join]]): The Article Council ensures consistency of information and styling across all pages.
 
 
;[[WoWWiki:Template Engineers|Template Engineers]] ([[WoWWiki:Template Engineers/Join|join]]): The Template Engineers focus on creating templates needed for WoWWiki and adding documentation for all Templates.
 
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==Help and info==
 
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; General info
 
: [[WoWWiki:About|About WoWWiki]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:FAQ|WoWWiki FAQ]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:WoWWikians|WoWWikians]]
 
 
; Questions and answers
 
: [[WoWWiki:Where to ask a question|Where to ask a question]]
 
: [[WoWWiki talk:Village pump|Village pump (wiki Q&amp;A area)]]
 
: [[WoWWiki talk:Village pump|Warcraft pump (Warcraft Q&amp;A area)]]
 
 
; Site administration
 
: [[WoWWiki:Administrators|Administrators]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Site support|Support and donations]]
 
: [[:Category:WoWWiki|All pages in the WoWWiki category]]
 
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; [[Help:Contents|General usage & editing help]]
 
: [[:Category:Help|Category-based access to help pages]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Where to ask a question|Where to ask a question]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Contact us|How to contact us]]
 
 
; General info
 
: [[WoWWiki:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
 
: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wiki Tutorial]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]]
 
: '''[[MetaWiki:Help:Introduction|Offsite Meta-Wiki Help]]'''
 
: [[WoWWiki:Manual of Style]]
 
 
; Common procedures
 
: [[WoWWiki:Delete|Deleting a page]] ([[WoWWiki:Policy/Deletion|Policy]])
 
: [[WoWWiki:Policy/Naming|Naming policies]]
 
: [[Help:Renaming (moving) a page|Rename (move) a page]]
 
 
; Account maintenance
 
: [[WoWWiki:Why create an account|Account benefits]]
 
: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide:_Setting_preferences User preferences]
 
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==Writing and reference resources==
 
{{Policies}}
 
{{Guidelines}}
 
; Policies, conventions and guidelines
 
: [[WoWWiki:Policy|Overview of policies]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Policy/Copyright|Copyright]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Policy/Editing|Editing]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Wikiquette|WoWWiki etiquette]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Be bold in updating pages|Be '''bold'''!]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Please do not bite the newcomers|Be nice to newcomers]]
 
 
; Resources
 
: [[Help:Editing quickref|Editing quickref]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
 
: [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]]
 
: [[WoWWiki:Templates|Templates]] ([[Special:Prefixindex/Template:|All]])
 
: [[Boilerplates]] ([[:Category:Boilerplates|All]]) &bull; [[WoWWiki:Bot requests|Bot requests]]
 
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==Ongoing votes and discussions==
 
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'''''All'' ongoing votes are listed in [[:Category:Votes in progress]].'''
 
 
If you like, you can add your own votes and summaries to the below list!
 
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To add your own vote summary, use:
 
 
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| [[Talk:Fish]]
 
| I'd like some input on whether fish are considered wetter than frogs!
 
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{{votesummary|[[WoWWiki:Crazy people]]|There's enough crazy people about that aren't getting the recognition they deserve for being .. well.. bonkers :-)}}
 
 
{{votesummary|[[WoWWiki:Policy/Item_Article_Standardization]]|It's time to standardize how item pages are created and settle on a way to go about it. Do you agree?}}
 
 
{{votesummary|[[WoWWiki talk:Policy/Naming/Personal articles]]|Should player character pages be moved to subpages of servers?}}
 
 
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'''Recent talk on the [[WoWWiki:village pump|village pump]]:'''
 
{{WoWWiki talk:Village pump/Summary}}
 
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