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NOTE: RationalWiki's department of National, International and Universal Security (NIUS) has rendered some abilities 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. NIUS has determined that reducing the abilities of such persons or bots also reduces the workload on hard pressed Editors, Sysops and Bureaucrats. Complaints may be addressed to anyone at all, 'cause nobody will do anything about it.

Contents 1 Useful links 1.1 About the site 1.2 Being überKewl 1.3 Miscellaneous 1.4 Editing articles 1.4.1 General 1.4.2 Specific subjects 2 Questions? 3 More help to add?

[edit] Useful links

• Topic index

[edit] About the site Newcomers' Guide Creating an account What is RationalWiki What's a Namespace? RationalWiki:Community Standards RationalWiki:DysLexicon (Our own special vocabulary.) RationalWiki:Blocking policy New to RationalWiki? List of RationalWiki sysops List of RationalWiki Bureaucrats [edit] Being überKewl How to work with userboxen How to make a cooler signature How to avoid boredom How to brag about your achievements Templates, what are they? A list of RationalWiki's templates How to make a day counter Using JavaScript to enhance your experience of the wiki Embedding video Automated talk page archiving How to capture screenshots [edit] Miscellaneous Getting around RationalWiki How to handle vandalism Putting articles on the Main Page What's a "watchlist"? A general guide for new sysops List of internal link shortcuts About bots Offsite, but a useful tutorial on using wiki markup that we haven't stolen written yet.

[edit] Editing articles 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). Here's a sandbox to play around in. [edit] General Goat What is a RationalWiki article? How to start a new article Manual of style How to edit politely How to avoid common mistakes Wikipedia's editors' help files The "Toolbar" [edit] Specific subjects What's an "edit summary?" Abbreviations used in them Page titling, renaming & moving About special words and symbols How to insert links How to link to specific page versions at wikis What is a Red Link? How to create redirects How to categorize articles How to format headers How to show or hide tables of contents How to use footnotes (references) About collapsible comments How to add images Image copyright notices A primer on colors All about lists How to make tables A template to help build side-by-side articles Formatting quotations Formatting poetry Making random choices

[edit] Questions?

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

[edit] 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. Click here to refresh the index if the new page does not appear on it.

"Help" pages for RationalWiki
Getting around
Newcomers' Guide	Navigation	Shortcuts	Wiki language	Namespaces
Writing articles
Writing a new article	Titling pages	Manual of style	Listing your creations	References	Categories
What is a RationalWiki article?
Editing
Edit summary	Summary abbreviations	Editing etiquette	Common mistakes	Toolbar	Watchlist
Wiki-fu
Headers and sections	TOC (table of contents)	Links	Link colors	Permanent links	Redirects
Lists	Tables	Comments	Images	Colors	Quotations
Poetry	Templates	Template list	Day counter	Side by side	Bots
Useful Scripts	Archiving	Screenshots	Random choice
Community
About RationalWiki	Community Standards	Why register?	Jargon	Signatures	Userboxen
Lurking	Bored	Image copyright	Cover story	Copying code	Blocking
Vandalism	Sysop guide	Bureaucrat guide
Index by query topic			Wikipedia help files