Despite the many thousands of instructional pages with information for editors (some would say because of the thousands of pages), you may want to ask other editors how to do something, or why something is the way it is. Before listing the places where you can ask questions, here are two caveats:
If you have a question about a specific article, it’s best to start by asking at the article’s talk/discussion page (see Article Talk (Discussion) Pages). If you don’t get any response within a day or two, then ask at one of the pages listed below.
If you have a question about a specific policy or guideline, ask at the talk page for that policy or guideline. For example, if you have a question about articles that are lists, and the relevant guideline is Wikipedia:Lists, then ask on the page Wikipedia talk:Lists.
Here are four places for editors to ask (more or less) general questions:
New contributors’ help page (shortcut: WP:NCHP)
Help desk (shortcut: WP:HD)
Village pump (technical) (shortcut: WP:VPT)
In addition, for specialized questions about images and other uploaded media that Wikipedia can use:
Wikipedia:Media copyright questions (shortcut: WP:MCQ)
Word to the Wise: Frequently Asked Errors
When you post a question at one of the four general help pages listed on page 451, you can make things easier for yourself and the editors who answer questions by doing the following:
Read the information at the top of the page. There may be a link there that’s more useful than asking a question. Or a good suggestion about asking your question somewhere else.
Start a new section for your question, using the “new section” tab.
If you have a question about a specific page, wikilink to it (put paired square brackets on either side of the page name).
Don’t post your email address or any other kind of personal information.
Don’t put spaces at the beginning of a line. You don’t need any indentation when you ask your question.
Sign your question by adding a couple of spaces and then four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your last line of text. (Don’t start a new line for your signature; just put it at the end of the last line of text.)
If you do all those things, you’ll come across as an editor who knows enough to ask questions right. And when you’ve gotten a good answer (or need to clarify your question), come back to the section and acknowledge the answer (click on the “edit” link for the section). Editors who answer questions particularly like to hear that their answers have been useful—or that you want to clarify so they can really give you the answer you need.
You can also post your question on your own user talk page (User Talk Page Postings). When you do, add the following template to the section of the page where the question is: {{helpme}}. That template adds the category Wikipedians looking for help to your user talk page, and then one or more editors who monitor that category will show up to answer your question.
Finally, if you’re an IRC user, you can connect at irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-en-help, the help channel for Wikipedians.
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