Wikipedia:Help Project/Templates

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Wikipedia Help

This article is within the scope of the Wikipedia Help Project, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's help documentation for readers and contributors. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. To browse help related resources see the Help Menu or Help Directory. Or ask for help on your talk page and a volunteer will visit you there.Wikipedia HelpWikipedia:Help ProjectTemplate:Wikipedia Help ProjectHelp ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

There is also a simple talk page header intended for initially used help pages: {{Talkpage of help}}.

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Templates for the top of administration help pages (not-articles) when appropriate (see WP:INFOPAGES for details). This usually means pages in the "Wikipedia:" and "Help:" namespaces, but sometimes information pages also exist as user subpages.

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Information page}} links talk edit	This is an information page. It is neither an encyclopedia article nor one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of consensus and vetting. Shortcut WP:SHORTWP:SHORT	Information pages top
{{Wikipedia how to}} links talk edit	This help page is a how-to guide. It explains concepts or processes used by the Wikipedia community. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of consensus. Shortcut WP:SHORTWP:SHORT	How-to pages top
{{supplement|pages=] page}}	This is an explanatory essay about the Wikipedia:Policy page. This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. no Explanatory essay about the Wikipedia:Policy page	Supplemental pages top

Templates for the bottom of related help pages {{Help navigation}} or {{Wikipedia technical help}} or {{Basic information}}

Related {{Wikipedia policies and guidelines}}

{{Manual of Style}}

{{Wikipedia essays}}

{{Wikipedia community}}

{{Wikipedia template messages}}

{{Wikipedia referencing}}

{{Wikipedia community}}

{{Wikipedia accounts}}

{{Useful links}}

{{Wikipedia Contents normal footer}}

{{Wikipedia template messages}}

{{Wikipedia principles}}

{{Main Page topics}}

{{Noticeboard links}}

{{Rule summaries}}

{{WikiProject Footer}}

{{Handling miscellanea}}

{{Wikipediholism}}

{{WikiFauna}}

{{List navbox}}

{{Administrators' guide}}

{{Citation metadata navbox}}

{{User toolbox}}

{{Help desk searches}}

{{RfA Navigation}}

{{Requests for permissions}}

{{Wikipedias}}

{{TWLJ}}

{{MediaWiki messages}}

Template for help categories: {{Help category}}

This category contains pages in the help namespace and help pages in the project namespace. It should not be used to categorise articles or pages in other namespaces.

Default editnotice for Help talk namespace: {{Editnotices/Namespace/Help talk}}

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The Helping Hand Barnstar Reason for award	{{The Helping Hand Barnstar}} is to be awarded to editors who frequently help new users.
The Guidance Barnstar Reason for award	The {{Guidance Barnstar}} is awarded to editors who help others locate valuable resources, information, or assistance.
The Instructor's Barnstar This Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have performed stellar work in the area of instruction & help for other editors. Reason for award	The {{Instructor's Barnstar}} is awarded to editors who perform stellar work in the area of instruction & help pages.