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Misplaced Pages is a free content encyclopedia that is being written collaboratively worldwide in over 200 languages. The following articles contain useful tips and information about reading, authoring, and participating in the Misplaced Pages community.
You can edit pages right now. See Introduction to Misplaced Pages.
Using Misplaced Pages
- All about Misplaced Pages
- How to explore Misplaced Pages
- How to download Misplaced Pages content
- How to search for an article
- How to use talk (discussion) pages
- How to create talk archive subpages
- How to use the Recent Changes page
- How to use the Related Changes page
- How to log in
- How to do research using Misplaced Pages
- How to customise your Misplaced Pages experience
- How to play media files in Misplaced Pages
- How to change your signature
Warning: Misplaced Pages may contain false information or offensive content. Read our disclaimer for more information.
Modifying a Misplaced Pages page
- Tutorial
- How to edit a page, including markup details. You can experiment with editing pages in the sandbox. (You can also carry out editing experiments "in situ" by editing the page itself and using the "Show Preview" button. Be careful not to accidentally save the page though! If you do, then revert your changes.)
- How to start a new page
- How to name a page
- How to use categories
- How to use images (and the image use policy)
- How to use redirect pages
- How to use tables
- How to use templates (and the available templates)
- How to upload files to Misplaced Pages
- How to add boilerplate text
- How to create pages for topics with several different definitions
- How to move and merge a page
- How to delete pages/images/categories
- How to link together Misplaced Pages articles in different languages
- How to link words in articles to articles on sister projects
- How to revert a page to an earlier version
- How to edit an article so long that you can't edit
- How to edit with an external editor
- How to edit mathematical formulae using TeX
- How to produce graphics for pages
- How to protect/unprotect pages (sysops only)
- How to do a purge
Information and resources for contributors
- Category:Misplaced Pages style guidelines
- Category:Misplaced Pages how-to for a full list of help topics
- Who writes Misplaced Pages, essential information to understand when reading articles (for new readers)
- Simplified ruleset, essential information to understand when editing articles (for new editors)
- Category:Misplaced Pages
- Frequently asked questions
- Policies and guidelines for contributors
- Glossary of common Misplaced Pages terms
- How to write a great article
- Manual of style
- Contributing to articles outside your native language
- WikiProjects, writing and style guidelines for specific disciplines
- Resolving disputes
- Misplaced Pages:Press Kit, resources for press enquiries
Sources
- Citing sources: How | Why | What is a reliable source
- Category:Misplaced Pages resources for researchers
- Public domain resources
Asking questions
- Requests for administrator attention, to get help from an administrator.
- Reference desk, request an article or information you can't find. See also Requested articles.
- Help desk for users with questions about Misplaced Pages or editing.
- Each article has a Talk page — click on the article's discussion link — to read or take part in discussions about the article.
- General Complaints, for discussing problems with the way Misplaced Pages is designed and making suggestions for improvement.
- Village pump is the place for technical and policy issues.
- The Helping Hand Group is the place for requests for improvement or creation of Misplaced Pages tutorials or help files.
Getting in touch
- Contact us
- Misplaced Pages mailing lists
- Chat with other users on IRC
- Bug reports and feature requests
- Wikipedians
- Meta Misplaced Pages, a site that works alongside the main Misplaced Pages project. Here you can post essays and discussions about topics related to Misplaced Pages.
- Contingency page for when the main Misplaced Pages server is down
MediaWiki
- MediaWiki User's Guide (links to another website) For those who have installed the MediaWiki software that runs this site, and need help using it.