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There have been many attempts to bring sense to the Help System, but in isolation and faced with the complexity of the task no general structure has yet been agreed upon. Several areas or set of pages have developed well and there are several projects that work on a subsets of Help effectively.

In September and October 2009, this project added its banner to many of the help pages, with a view to bringing all the releventrelevant discussions and editors into contact with each another.

== Header bars ==

<nowiki>{{WP helpHelp pages (header bar)}}</nowiki>

{{WP help pages (header bar)}}

{{Help pages header}}

== Nav Box ==

===AccessibleShort Nav Box===

For new users to follow a predefined course, and intermediate editors access to commonly used help pages for reference

{{Wikipedia:Help_Project/Overview/Accessible_Nav_Box}}

===Complete Nav Box===

To see how much info we can get in it for intermediate/experienced editors without it going BANG! - I.e advanced topics only accesssedaccessed once in a blue moon

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|group1 = Indexes

|list1 = {{nowrap begin}}

* [[Wikipedia:FAQ Index]]{{·w}}
* [[Wikipedia:Quick directory]]{{·w}}
* [[Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia|Editor's index]]{{·w}}
* [[Help:Contents]]

{{nowrap end}}

|group2 = [[Help:Contents/Getting started|Getting started]] |list2 = {{nowrap begin}}

[[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]]{{·w}}[[Help:Contents/Browsing Wikipedia|Browsing Wikipedia]]{{-w}} [[Wikipedia:Glossary|Glossary of Wikipedia terms]]{{·w}} [[Wikipedia:Advice for parents|Advice for parents]]{{·w}} [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview]]{{·w}}[[Wikipedia:Five pillars|The Five Pillars]]

{{nowrap end}}

|group3 = Browsing WikiPedia |list3 = {{nowrap begin}}

[[Wikipedia:Searching|Search for an article]]{{·w}}[[Wikipedia:Basic navigation|Find articles and site functions]]{{·w}} [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers]]

{{nowrap end}}

|group4 = Communicating |list4 = {{nowrap begin}}

[[Help:Contents/Communication]] {{-w}}

[[Wikipedia:Questions|Where to ask questions]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Contact us|Contact us]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines|Talk pages]]{{-w}}

[[Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem|Article problem]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Help desk|Help desk]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:New contributors' help page|New contributors' help page]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests|Editor assistance/Requests]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Reference desk|Reference desk]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]]{{·w}}

{{nowrap end}}

|group5 = Tutorials |list5 = {{nowrap begin}}

[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]] {{-w}}

[[Wikipedia:tutorial|Tutorial]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Article wizard 2.0]] {{-w}}

{{nowrap end}}

|group6 = Editing basics |list6 = {{nowrap begin}}

[[Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia|Overview]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing to Wikipedia]]{{·w}}

[[Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Consensus|Consensus]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet]]{{·w}}

|group2 = [[Help:Contents/AccountGetting settingsstarted|Getting andstarted]] maintenance|Accountlist2 settings and= maintenance]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]]

[[Help:Preferences|Change your preferences]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:Contents/Browsing Wikipedia|Browsing Wikipedia]]

[[Wikipedia:Customisation#User name and signatures|Change your signature]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Glossary|Glossary of Wikipedia terms]]

* [[Wikipedia:Advice for parents|Advice for parents]]

* [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview]]

* [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|The Five Pillars]]

|group3 = Browsing WikiPedia |list3 =

[[Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:FAQ/ContributingSearching|Search for an article]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:Wikipedia:Basic Thenavigation|Find Missingarticles Manual|Theand Missingsite Manualfunctions]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers]]

[[Help:Contents/The Wikipedia community|The Wikipedia community]]{{·w}}

{{nowrap end}}

|group4 = Communicating |list4 =

|group7 = Editing reference |list7 = {{nowrap begin}}

* [[Help:Link|How to make linksContents/Communication]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Questions|Where to ask questions]]

[[Help:Contents/Links|Links and references]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:ExternalContact linksus|ExternalContact linksus]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:CitingVillage sourcespump|CitingVillage sourcespump]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines|Talk pages]]

* [[Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem|Article problem]]

* [[Wikipedia:Help desk|Help desk]]

* [[Wikipedia:Editor assistance/Requests|Editor assistance/Requests]]

* [[Wikipedia:Reference desk|Reference desk]]

* [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]]

|group5 = Tutorials |list5 =

[[Help:Contents/Resources and lists|Resources and lists]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]]

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types|Types of stub]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Template messagestutorial|Common TemplatesTutorial]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Article wizard 2.0]]

|group6 = Editing basics |list6 =

[[Wikipedia:Cleanup resources|Cleanup resources]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia|Overview]]

[[Wikipedia:Deletion discussions|Deleting pages]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:DisputeContributing resolutionto Wikipedia|DisputeContributing resolutionto Wikipedia]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]]

[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback]] {{-w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Peer_reviewConsensus|Consensus]] {{-w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_reviewManual of Style|Manual of Style]] {{-w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet]]

{{nowrap end}}

* [[Help:Contents/Account settings and maintenance|Account settings and maintenance]]

* [[Help:Preferences|Change your preferences]]

* [[Wikipedia:Customisation#User name and signatures|Change your signature]]

* [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing]]

* [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Contributing]]

* [[Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual|The Missing Manual]]

* [[Help:Contents/The Wikipedia community|The Wikipedia community]]

|group8group7 = ImagesEditing and filesreference |list8list7 = {{nowrap begin}}

* [[Help:Link|How to make links]]

[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:Contents/Images and mediaLinks|ImagesLinks and mediareferences]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:UploadingExternal imageslinks|UploadExternal imageslinks]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]]

[[Help:Files]]{{-w}}

* [[Help:Contents/Resources and lists|Resources and lists]]

[[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|Copyright tags]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:CreationWikiProject andStub usagesorting/Stub of media filestypes|OtherTypes of mediastub]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Template messages|Common Templates]]

{{nowrap end}}

* [[Wikipedia:Cleanup resources|Cleanup resources]]

* [[Wikipedia:Deletion discussions|Deleting pages]]

* [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]]

* [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_feedback]]

* [[Wikipedia:Peer_review]]

* [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review]]

|group8 = Images and files |list8 =

|group9 = Tracking changes |list9 = {{nowrap begin}}

* [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]]

[[Help:Contents/Tracking changes|Keeping track of changes]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:Contents/Images and media|Images and media]]

[[Help:Page history|Page history]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Uploading images|Upload images]]

[[Help:User contributions|User contributions]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:Files]]

[[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|Copyright tags]]

{{nowrap end}}

* [[Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files|Other media]]

|group9 = Tracking changes |list9 =

|group10 = Technical information |list10 = {{nowrap begin}}

* [[Help:Contents/TechnicalTracking informationchanges|TechnicalKeeping track of informationchanges]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:Page history|Page history]]

[[Wikipedia:Tools|Tools]]{{·w}}

* [[Help:User contributions|User contributions]]

[[Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical]]{{·w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]]

[[MediaWiki]] software{{·w}}

[[Wikipedia:Text editor support]]{{·w}}

|group10 = Technical information |list10 =

[[Wikipedia:Media help|Media files on Wikipedia]] {{-w}}

* [[Help:Contents/Technical information|Technical information]]

[[Wikipedia:Media help (Ogg)|Audio and video]] {{-w}}

* [[Wikipedia:Media help (MIDI)Tools|MIDITools]]{{-w}}

* [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical]]

{{nowrap end}}

* [[MediaWiki]] software

* [[Wikipedia:Text editor support]]

* [[Wikipedia:Media help|Media files on Wikipedia]]

* [[Wikipedia:Media help (Ogg)|Audio and video]]

* [[Wikipedia:Media help (MIDI)|MIDI]]

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