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The following is a list of '''Wikipedia's directories and indexes'''.
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==[[WP:ADMINP|Administration pages]]==
===Protocols and conventions===
;[[Wikipedia:List of policies|List of policies]]
A descriptive list of official policies for "English Wikipedia".
<small>('''[[WP:POLICIES|Policies]]''' have wide acceptance among editors and describe standards that all users should normally follow.)</small>

;[[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|List of guidelines]]
A descriptive list of official guidelines for "English Wikipedia".
<small>(Editors should attempt to follow '''[[WP:GUIDES|guidelines]]''', though they are best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply.)</small>

;[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents|Manual of Style contents]]
A descriptive list of the pages which make up the style manual for "English Wikipedia".
<small>('''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|The MoS]]''' outlines Wikipedia's house style for articles.)</small>

===Assistance===
;[[Wikipedia:FAQ index|FAQs index]]
An index of Frequently Asked Questions by topics.

;[[Help:Directory|Help directory]]
A massive descriptive list of almost all of Wikipedia's informative, instructional and "how to" pages.

;[[Help:Menu/Site map|Help menu site map]]
An index of the pages that make up the '''[[Help:Menu|help menu]]'''.

;[[Wikipedia:Reader's index to Wikipedia|Reader's index]]
An index for ''readers'' of Wikipedia.

;[[Wikipedia:Requests|Requests directory]]
A descriptive list of the interactive services and assistance that can be requested on Wikipedia.
<small>(Pages where editors can ask questions and request assistance from people who are familiar with the policies and guidelines covered by each individual forum.)</small>

;[[Wikipedia:Tips|Tips library]]
Wikipedia's tips directory, where you can digest how to use Wikipedia in bite-sized morsels. See also '''[[Wikipedia:Styletips|Styletips]]''', for bite-size chunks from the Manual of Style.

;[[Wikipedia:Tools|Tools index]]
A listing of Wiki-tools intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality to Wikipedians.
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===Wikipedia community ===
; [[Wikipedia:Community portal|Community portal]]
The main directory for information on collaborations, on-going tasks, and news about English Wikipedia.

; [[Wikipedia:Dashboard|Dashboard]]
An index of the current discussions and requests taking place throughout English Wikipedia.

;[[Wikipedia:Department directory|Department directory]]
A directory of all the different divisions of Wikipedia.

; [[Wikipedia:Maintenance|Maintenance]]
A directory of maintenance departments alongside open tasks and backlogs.

;[[Wikipedia:Essay directory|Essay directory]]
A colossal descriptive list of Wikipedia namespace essays
<small>('''[[Wikipedia:Essays|Essays]]''' contain information, advice or opinions of one or more editors to aid or comment on the encyclopedia.)</small>

;[[Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia|Editor's index]]

An enormous index of the Wikipedia community, intended to help find anything not in the encyclopedia itself.
<small>(list hundreds of essays, guidelines, policies, help pages, and more.)</small>

;[[Wikipedia:Noticeboards#List of Wikipedia's noticeboards|Noticeboards directory]]
A descriptive list of Wikipedia's interactive noticeboards.

; [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory|WikiProjects directory]]
An index of WikiProjects by topics.
<small>('''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]]''' are groups of contributors who want to work together as a team to improve Wikipedia.)</small>
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===MediaWiki software===
;[[Help:Wiki markup|Wiki markup]]
A list of wiki markup – alongside implantation tips.
<small>(Also known as wikitext or wikicode, is the syntax and keywords used by Wikipedia to format a page.)</small>

;[[Wikipedia:Template messages|Templates]]
An index of templates used within Wikipedia.

;[[Help:HTML in wikitext|HTML in wikitext]]
A list of HTML elements, tags and their attributes used in Wikipedia.
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===Locations===
;[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia abbreviations|Abbreviations]]
A list of abbreviations commonly used on Wikipedia.

;[[Wikipedia:Edit summary legend|Edit summary legend]]
A list of commonly used edit summary abbreviations.
<small>(An edit summary is a brief explanation of an edit to a Wikipedia page.)</small>

;[[Wikipedia:Glossary|Glossary]]
A list of terms (slang) commonly used by editors during discussions. See also '''[[Help:Glossary|Reader's glossary]]'''.

;[[Wikipedia:List of shortcuts|List of shortcuts]]
A gigantic list of pages and their "abbreviated redirects".
<small>(A '''[[Wikipedia:Shortcut|shortcut]]''' is a specialized type of redirect that provides an abbreviated wikilink to a page or one of its sections.)</small>

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==[[Wikipedia:What is an article?|Encyclopedia proper]]==
===[[Wikipedia:Contents|Content]]===
The vast content (articles) of the encyclopedia has been organized into several different "table of contents" as seen below.<div class="hlist plainlinks selfreference" style="font-weight:bold;; padding:1em; text-align:left">
<h4>Types</h4>
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Overviews|Overviews]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines|Outlines]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Lists|Lists]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Portals|Portals]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries|Glossaries]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Categories|Categories]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Indices|Indices]]
<h4>[[Portal:Featured content|Featured]] and [[Wikipedia:Good articles|good]] content</h4>
*[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured articles]]
**<span style="font-size:90%">[[:Category:Good articles|Good articles]]</span>
*[[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured lists]]
* [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|Featured pictures]]
* [[Wikipedia:Featured topics|Featured topics]]
**<span style="font-size:90%">[[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topics]]</span>
<h4>Topics</h4>
* [[Wikipedia:Current events|Current events]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Reference|Reference]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Culture and the arts|Culture]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Geography and places|Geography]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Health and fitness|Health]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/History and events|History]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Mathematics and logic|Mathematics]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Natural and physical sciences|Nature]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/People and self|People]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Philosophy and thinking|Philosophy]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Religion and belief systems|Religion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Society and social sciences|Society]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Technology and applied sciences|Technology]]
<h4>Places, people, and times</h4>
* [[Outline of academic disciplines|Academic disciplines]]
* [[List of historical anniversaries|Anniversaries]]
** <span style="font-size:90%">[[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}|today]]</span>
* [[Lists of countries and territories|Countries and territories]]
** <span style="font-size:90%">[[Deaths in {{CURRENTYEAR}}|deaths this year]]</span>
* [[List of timelines|Timelines]]
** <span style="font-size:90%">[[List of centuries|centuries]]</span>
** <span style="font-size:90%">[[List of decades|decades]]</span>
<h4>Indices</h4>
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/A–Z index|A–Z index]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Categories|Categories]]
* [[List of Dewey Decimal classes|Dewey Decimal classes]]
* [[Library of Congress Classification]]
* [[Wikipedia:Spoken articles|Spoken articles]]
<h4>Content administration </h4>
*[[Wikipedia:Top 5000 pages|Top pages]]
*[[Wikipedia:Vital articles|Vital articles]]
*[[Special:NewPages|New pages]]
*[[Wikipedia:Requested articles|Requested content]]
**<span style="font-size:90%">[[Wikipedia:Most-wanted articles|Most-wanted]]</span>
*[[Wikipedia:Backlog|Article cleanup backlog]]

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