Wikipedia:Department directory

Wikipedia by department

Although Wikipedia has no formal organizational structure, the community has established many informative pages and divisions to help facilitate the needs of the encyclopedia and its editors. Many of the pages listed below are Wikipedia request departments, and need continuous attention from volunteers like you to answer or deal with requests. For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the dashboard. For other useful directories and indexes, see Wikipedia:Directory.

About Wikipedia

Introduction · Principles · Governance · Wikipedians
What Wikipedia is not · Contributing to Wikipedia · Donations
Account settings and maintenance · Where to ask questions

Editorial departments

Articles are contributed and edited directly by users. All Wikipedians belong to the editorial team.

Writing departments
Writing tools
Writing resources
Article translation

Article integration

Navigation systems

Basic topic lists

WikiProject Outlines (Outline of Knowledge)

Article linking

Dead-end pages
Link rot
Templates with red links
Article merging

Disambiguation

Disambig pages w/links

Meta fix-up

Stub sorting
Transwiki log cleanup

Main Page departments

Main Page design discussions
Today's featured article (dept.)	WP:TFA
Picture of the day (dept.)	WP:POTD
Did you know (dept.)	WP:DYK
In the news (dept.)	WP:ITN
Selected anniversaries (dept.)	WP:SA
Main Page alternatives	WP:MPA

Abuse response departments

Report copyright problems	WP:CP
Report edit wars	WP:AN3
Report improper usernames	WP:UAA
Report long-term abuse	WP:LTA
Report open proxies	WP:OP
Report sock puppets	WP:SPI
Report spam	WT:WPSPAM
Report vandalism	WP:AIV

Dispute resolution departments

Third opinion (to break article deadlocks)	WP:3
Dispute resolution	WP:DR
Requests for comment	WP:RFC
Dispute resolution noticeboard	WP:DRN
Requests for mediation	WP:RFM
Requests for arbitration	WP:RFAR
Mentorship and editing restrictions

Noticeboards

Administrators' noticeboard	WP:AN
Administrators' incident noticeboard	WP:ANI
Arbitration enforcement noticeboard	WP:AE
Biographies of living persons noticeboard	WP:BLPN
Bot owners' noticeboard	WP:BON
Conflict of interest noticeboard	WP:COIN
External links noticeboard	WP:ELN
Fringe theories noticeboard	WP:FTN
Neutral point of view noticeboard	WP:NPOVN
No original research noticeboard	WP:NORN
Reliable sources noticeboard	WP:RSN

Policy creation and revision

Village pump policy and proposal forum	WP:VPP
Most P&G revisions take place on policies' talk pages. To find specific policies and guidelines, see...
Policies and guidelines, an overview	WP:PG
Policies	WP:LOP
Guidelines	WP:LGL

Administration departments

Administration index	CAT:WP
Requests for administrator attention	WP:RAA
Directory of administrators	WP:LA
Administrators' noticeboard	WP:AN
Administrator preparation	WP:ARL
Requests for adminship	WP:RFA

Help departments

Static help

Main help portal	WP:HELP
Help menu	H:MENU
Help directory	H:D
Tutorial	WP:T
Frequently asked questions	WP:FAQ
Tips library	WP:TIPS
Tip of the day	WP:TIP
User page design center	WP:UPDC
Sandbox	WP:SB

Dynamic help

Request directory	WP:RQ
General questions	WP:Q

Help with building or operating Wikipedia (expect a reply)

Help Desk	WP:HD
Teahouse	H:TH
Adopt-a-user	WP:AAU
Online Ambassadors/Mentors	WP:OAM
Copyright assistance	WP:RFCA
Media copyright questions	WP:CQ
Requests for administrator attention	WP:RAA
Village pump (technical)	WP:VPT

Help with real-world issues / content (expect a reply)

Reference desk	WP:RD
Humanities	WP:RD/H
Science	WP:RD/S
Mathematics	WP:RD/MA
Computing	WP:RD/C
Language	WP:RD/L
Entertainment	WP:RD/E
Miscellaneous	WP:RD/M
Archives

Wikipedia community

Community portal	WP:COM
Dashboard	WP:W
Editor's index	WP:A-Z
Essay directory	WP:EDIR

News departments

Community bulletin board	WP:CBB
The Signpost	WP:POST
Wikipedia in the media
Milestones	WP:MILE
Press releases
Stats	WP:ST
Milestones (interwiki)
Regional notice boards	WP:RNB
Goings-on	WP:GO
Requests for comment	WP:RFC

Support groups and programs

Awards	WP:AWARDS
Barnstar pages	WP:AW
Other awards	WP:ORA
Awards by WikiProject	WP:WPPA
Birthday Committee	WP:BDC
Editor assistance	WP:ASSIST
Meetup (Regional meetings)	WP:MEET
Reward board (wiki-trading)	WP:REWARD
Welcoming committee	WP:WC

Deletion departments

Candidates for speedy deletion	CAT:CSD
Articles for deletion	WP:AFD
Categorized AfD discussions	WP:AFDC
Templates for discussion	WP:TFD
Files for discussion	WP:FFD
Categories for discussion	WP:CFD
Redirects for discussion	WP:RFD
Miscellany for deletion	WP:MFD
Deletion review	WP:DRV
Deletion log
Archived deletion discussions	WP:ADD
See also:
Deletion tools
Deletion policy	WP:DP · WP:DEL
Deletion guidelines for administrators	WP:DGFA

Fun departments

Department of Fun	WP:DF
Silly Things	WP:SILLY
Unusual articles	WP:UA
Unusual requests	WP:UR
Talk page highlights	WP:TPH
Lamest edit wars	WP:LAME
April Fools	WP:APRIL

Article assessment and review

Featured

Featured content	WP:FC
Featured articles	WP:FA
Featured lists	WP:FL
Featured pictures	WP:FP
Featured portals	WP:FPO
Featured topics	WP:FT

Featured article candidates	WP:FAC
Featured list candidates	WP:FLC
Featured picture candidates	WP:FPC
Featured portal candidates	WP:FPORTC
Featured article review	WP:FAR

Good article and peer review

Good articles	WP:GA
Good article nominations	WP:GAN
Good article reassessment	WP:GAR

Peer review	WP:PR

Related communities

Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other multilingual and free-content projects. Here are the links to their main community pages:

Wikiversity Open learning community	Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus	Wikiquote Collection of quotations
Wikinews Free-content news	Wikispecies Directory of species	Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals
Wikisource Free-content library	Commons Shared media repository	Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination