Wikipedia:Tips

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Tip of the day...
Flashback to Wikipedia's past

Nostalgia is a link to what Wikipedia looked like back in 2001 when we had only 19,000 articles.

The English Wikipedia now has over 7,257,754 articles. (purge server to refresh number). The five-millionth article, Persoonia terminalis, about a rare shrub, was written by an editor in Australia just after midnight on November 1, 2015.

To view an archived version of Wikipedia between 2001 and now, see the Wayback Machine.

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Tip of the moment...
Do you need a mentor?

There is a mentorship module on the newcomer home page, that pairs each newcomer with an experienced user and provides a simple way to post questions on their mentor's talk page.

To activate the newcomer home page feature, do this:

1) Go to Special:Preferences
2) Click the User profile tab
3) Scroll down to Newcomer editor features
4) Check the box Display newcomer homepage
5) Click Save at the bottom of the page

A link to the newcomer home page will appear at the top your user page and user talk page. The mentor box is on that home page. Have fun!

When your mentor isn't available...

We have over 100 "help" pages, which are listed here: {{Wikipedia help pages}}.
To ask a question or request help concerning Wikipedia, visit Questions.
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See also

Help desk
Tip of the day related
Wikipedia:Tip of the day – main page
Chronological list of tips
Alphabetical list of tips
Tip display template types
Tip display template gallery
Manual of Style related
Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style – an overview of commonly used style guidelines.
Wikipedia:Styletips – a list of advice for editors on writing style and formatting n a bullet-point format
Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style – a quick introduction to the style guide for articles
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Reading schedule – a reading schedule designed to assist editors in becoming familiar with Manual of Style
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General formatting
Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a page that provides information on the basics needed to edit Wikipedia.
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – guidance on how to improve articles
Help:Cheatsheet – a page that provides the most commonly used wiki markup
Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts – summaries of Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, and formatting standards in a bullet-point format