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Tip of the day...
Do you need administrator assistance?

Have you run across a problem that requires the attention of an Administrator?

The fastest way to catch the attention of administrators in general is to post an alert to the Administrators' noticeboard (A.N.). Administrators go there all the time to see what is up with Wikipedia; one of them will see your message and will take immediate appropriate action. Experienced editors hang out there too and sometimes will answer a question before an Admin gets to it.

Another option is to paste a {{admin help}} template (with the four curly braces) along with your question on to your Talk page and an Admin will stop by shortly.

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd2}}

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Style tips

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Watchdogging (monitoring) Wikipedia

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Tip of the moment...
Page history

If you want to compare the differences between two revisions of a page, click the history tab at the top of the page, then select two checkboxes to mark the revisions which you want to compare. Alternatively, click the (cur) link to see the differences between a revision and the current (most up-to-date) revision, or the (prev) link to see the differences between a revision and the previous one. You will see two columns of text next to each other, with any changes in red. You can also view the drafts on their own from that page, or change which versions you are comparing. Just be aware that changing templates and images are not recorded.

To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

See also

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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
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