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This is the RationalWiki "Help Desk". If you have a technical question or problem, start a new section on the talk page. Good, complete answers to FAQs should be saved in sub-files and linked from here.

Note: Some abilities are not available to anonymous and/or new editors. This is because we (the mob) are mean and want to dilute the actions of potential wandals. Reducing the abilities of such persons or bots also reduces the workload on hard-pressed sysops. Complaints may be addressed to anyone at all, 'cause nobody will do anything about it.

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About this site   Newcomers' Guide   RationalWiki: What is RationalWiki? Our mission Registration: Creating an account Namespaces: What's a namespace? Community Standards DysLexicon: Our own special vocabulary Blocking policy Lurking: New to RationalWiki? Sysops: List of RationalWiki sysops Moderators: List of RationalWiki Moderators Being überKewl Userboxes: How to work with userboxes Signatures: How to make a cooler signature Bored? How to avoid boredom DPL: How to brag about your achievements Templates: What are templates? A list of RationalWiki's templates Day counter: How to make a day counter Scripts: Using JavaScript to enhance your experience of the wiki Videos: Embedding video Archiving: Automated talk page archiving Screenshots: How to capture screenshots Liquid threads: Using liquid threads Miscellaneous Getting around RationalWiki Contents Wandalism: How to handle vandalism Cover stories: "Cover stories" that appear on the Main Page Watchlist: What's a "watchlist"? Sysops? A general guide for new sysops Mods: About moderators Shortcuts: List of internal link shortcuts Bots: About bots Offsite, but a useful tutorial on using wiki markup that we haven't stolen written yet.

Editing articles How can I start editing? To edit an article click on the edit tab or, if there is one, click on the [edit] link at the side of the particular section header (this makes it easier to find when dealing with long articles or talk pages). Can I test my editing skills? Here's a sandbox to play around in. General Wikitext: Basic formatting Articles: What is a RationalWiki article? New articles: How to start a new article Manual of style Etiquette: How to edit politely Common mistakes: How to avoid common mistakes Wikipedia's editors' help files The "Toolbar" Un-english: Writing articles in languages other than English Drafts Sandboxes Specific subjects Articles for deletion (AFD): Proposing the deletion of an article Edit summary: What's an "edit summary?" Abbreviations used in them Titles: Page titling, renaming & moving Links: How to insert links Page versions: How to link to specific page versions at Wikis Red links: What is a Red Link? Redirects: How to create redirects Categories: How to categorize articles Headers: How to format headers Tables of content (TOC): How to show or hide tables of contents References: How to use footnotes (references/citations) Open access: Guide to open access journal articles Collapsing: About collapsible comments Images: How to add images Copyright: Image copyright notices SVG images Colors: A primer on colors Lists: All about lists Tables: How to make tables Side-by-Side Template: A template to help build side-by-side articles Quotes: Formatting quotations Poetry: Formatting poetry Randomizations: Making random choices Changing usernames: Renaming your account Magic words: How to become a wiki wizard! (or wikizard?)

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If you have any questions, please go to the talk page and create a new section.

More help to add?

If you add a page to this index please:

1. Put it in Category:Help
2. Add a link to it in Template:Helpnav
3. Add template {{Helpnav}} or {{Helpnav|1}}
4. Add template {{Help:Index/indexer|keyword=keyword}} for each keyword you would like the page to appear under in Help:Index. After that, edit the index and replace everything with {{subst:/preload}}, then save it.