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<center><span style="font-size:25px;">'''Welcome to Xenopedia!'''</span></center>
   
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Welcome to the community portal! Feel free to leave a comment or a picture, and THANK YOU for visiting Xenopedia!
 
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*Everybody check out the [[:Category:Fan gallery|Fan gallery]]!----[[User:CadmiumX99|CadmiumX99]] 04:00, April 8, 2010 (UTC)
 
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The Xenopedia '''Community Portal''' is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the '''Talk''' button above.
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You can find out more general information about the wiki on the [[Xenopedia:About|About]] page.
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==New to Wikis?==
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* If you are new to wikis, you may want to read [[Help:Editing]].
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* A list of most help pages can be found on [[Help:Contents]] and in [[:Category:Help]].
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==How to Help Out==
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* If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, check out the current '''[[Xenopedia:Improvement Drive|Improvement Drive]]'''.
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* You could also try expanding the various '''[[:Category:Stubs|stub]]''' articles by adding content.
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* Another helpful activity would be to check the list of '''[[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]]''' for frequently linked-to articles that don't yet exist.
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* To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits, have a look at '''[[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]]'''.
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* You can find a list of useful templates in the '''[[:Category:Templates|Templates category]]''', the most common of which are documented in the '''[[Xenopedia:Templates|Templates article]]'''.
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* If you need help editing, you could start with '''[[Help:Editing]]''' or the '''[[Help:Tutorial 1|tutorial]]'''.
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==Want to Discuss Stuff?==
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* If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use the '''[[Help:Talk page|talk page]]''' for that article.
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* For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab on this page, or post in the Forum.
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==Things to Do==
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; Useful activities
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# Fix code in [[:Template:App]] (requires unlocking), or create a replacement template. Code can be played with in [[User:Mardus/Template:App sandbox|this user template sandbox]].
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# Improve layout, grammar and spelling.
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# Help expand some '''[[:Category:Stubs|article stubs]]'''.
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# '''[[Special:ShortPages|Locate]]''' and '''[[Template:Stub|mark]]''' pages that need expanding as [[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]].
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# Create links to some '''[[Special:LonelyPages|orphaned pages]]'''.
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# Upload and add some images! Visit '''[[Special:Upload]]'''. Add them to a category too, like <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[:Category:Images]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki>.
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# Write a new article that's on the '''[[Special:WantedPages|the wanted list]]'''!
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# Fix any '''[[Special:DoubleRedirects|double redirects]]''' by redirecting the first page to the third page.
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# Check for '''[[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]]''' and either mark them for deletion or find a more appropriate target.
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# Consider splitting up very '''[[Special:LongPages|long pages]]''' into different pages or subpages.
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# Create some links on '''[[Special:DeadendPages|dead end pages]]'''.
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* ''Add more...''
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; Other useful special pages
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*[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]
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*[[Special:DoubleRedirects]]
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*[[Special:ProblemReports]]
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*[[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]
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*[[Special:UncategorizedImages]]
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*[[Special:UncategorizedPages]]
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*[[Special:UnusedImages]]
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*[[Special:WantedCategories]]
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*'''Check out the full list of special pages at [[Special:SpecialPages]].'''
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==Some Other Interesting Pages==
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* Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit [[Special:Mycontributions|your contributions page]].
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* Find out more about the wiki on '''[[Special:WikiaStats]]''', '''[[Special:Statistics]]''' and '''[[Special:Version]]'''!
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* Know someone who would make a great rollback, admin, or bureaucrat? Nominate them at [[Xenopedia:Request for user rights]]!
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[[Category:Help|Community Portal]]
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Revision as of 13:53, 23 April 2015

CommunityPortalPic

Welcome to the Community Portal!


Welcome to Xenopedia!


The Xenopedia Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the Talk button above.

You can find out more general information about the wiki on the About page.

New to Wikis?

How to Help Out

  • If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, check out the current Improvement Drive.
  • You could also try expanding the various stub articles by adding content.
  • Another helpful activity would be to check the list of wanted pages for frequently linked-to articles that don't yet exist.
  • To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits, have a look at recent changes.
  • You can find a list of useful templates in the Templates category, the most common of which are documented in the Templates article.
  • If you need help editing, you could start with Help:Editing or the tutorial.

Want to Discuss Stuff?

  • If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use the talk page for that article.
  • For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab on this page, or post in the Forum.

Things to Do


Useful activities
  1. Fix code in Template:App (requires unlocking), or create a replacement template. Code can be played with in this user template sandbox.
  2. Improve layout, grammar and spelling.
  3. Help expand some article stubs.
  4. Locate and mark pages that need expanding as article stubs.
  5. Create links to some orphaned pages.
  6. Upload and add some images! Visit Special:Upload. Add them to a category too, like [[Category:Images]].
  7. Write a new article that's on the the wanted list!
  8. Fix any double redirects by redirecting the first page to the third page.
  9. Check for broken redirects and either mark them for deletion or find a more appropriate target.
  10. Consider splitting up very long pages into different pages or subpages.
  11. Create some links on dead end pages.
  • Add more...


Other useful special pages


Some Other Interesting Pages