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Welcome to the Wowpedia community portal!

The community portal is where the Wowpedia community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki.

You can help build Wowpedia into a better information source by editing and creating new articles.
If you create an account, you can track your changes, and more!
See Help for assistance or ask us a question.
The forums are where we discuss operations, policies, technical and content issues.
We also have a Discord server! Server info / Invite link
Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook!

You can find out more general information about the wiki on the About the wiki page.

Need help, want something changed or want to debate about something? In the community portal you will find exactly what you need!
Add this page to your watchlist and stay on top of things!

Discussion on Wowpedia

Latest forum threads

Topic	Last edit	Last author
Dancing	07:04, 13 March 2024	Sarahlogic
New Wowpedia Name	06:25, 31 December 2023	Surafbrov
Vote to Leave Fandom	06:25, 31 December 2023	Surafbrov
Adding source to Lethan	13:53, 27 November 2023	Carana
Moving Locations	20:49, 10 October 2023	PeterWind

Search the forums

Got something to say? Here's what to do!

If it's something not related to the content of a specific article, please visit our forums.

If it's specific to an article, please visit the talk page of that article.

These are normally in the form [[Talk:ARTICLE]]

If you want to send a message to an individual user, please use their talk page.

These are in the form [[User talk:USERNAME]]

When discussing stuff please remember the following

Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~).
Put new text under old text.
If you're new to the wiki, please take a look at our Talk page guidelines.
Be specific about what you are discussing.
Be polite, assume good faith, and be welcoming

Things to do

If you are looking for a way to help the wiki, one good way is to contribute your time to the projects being worked on by users of Wowpedia.

Wowpedia projects are a place for like minded people to work on areas of the wiki!
Find out more on Wowpedia:Projects!

Some individual projects

Mini projects

Convert all appropriate tables to "darktable" - see WP:MOS#Tables for guidelines.
Fix article message boxes - see WP:MOS#Article message boxes for guidelines.
Clean up the Newbie guides - especially formatting, naming and combined format.

Got a project of your own? [Add it here!]

Vote!: Nominate and discuss featured articles!; Take a look at the votes in progress!
Expand!: Expand and categorize some stubs!; Fulfill some image requests!; Write a new article that's on the the wanted list!
Edit and fix!: Work on merge candidates!; Some pages need to be cleaned up.; Link pages from Special:Lonelypages back into Wowpedia.; ... or categorizing some uncategorized pages?; Update out-of-date articles!; Fix some misspellings.

Or browse the entire Things to do category!

Wowpedia guidelines and policies

Wowpedia guidelines

Be bold!

Resources: Editing quickref; How to edit a page; Special pages; Templates (All); Wowpedia:Boilerplates (All) • Bot requests; Wowpedia administrators

Wowpedia policies

Player character pages

Policy status and phases

Selected essays: Don't bite the noobs; The perfect article; The wiki spirit

General wiki help

General info: About Wowpedia; Wowpedia FAQ; Wowpedians

Questions and answers: Where to ask a question; Wowpedia forums

Site administration: Administrators; How to contact us; All pages in the Wowpedia category

General info: General usage & editing help; Category-based access to help pages; How to edit a page; Wowpedia:Manual of Style

Common procedures: Deleting a page (Policy); Naming policies; Moving (renaming) a page

Wowpedia account maintenance: Account benefits; Help:Preferences

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+<h3>Welcome to the Wowpedia community portal!</h3>
+The community portal is where the Wowpedia community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki.
+* '''You''' can help build [[Project:About the wiki|Wowpedia]] into a better information source by [[Project:How to edit a  page|editing]] and [[Help:Starting a new page|creating]] new [[Project:Article|articles]].
+* If you [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]], you can track your changes, [[Project:Why create an account|and more]]!
+* See '''[[Help:Contents|Help]]''' for assistance or '''[[Project:Where to ask a question|ask us a question]]'''.
+* The '''[[Forum:Index|forums]]''' are where we discuss operations, policies, technical and content issues.
+* We also have a Discord server! '''[[Project:Discord|Server info]]''' / '''[https://discord.gg/gnGQcAk Invite link]'''
+* [https://twitter.com/wowpedia Follow us on Twitter] and [https://facebook.com/wowpedia Like us on Facebook]!
+You can find out more general information about the wiki on the '''[[Project:About the wiki|About the wiki]]''' page.
+</div>
+<div style="text-align: center; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Need help, want something changed or want to debate about something? In the community portal you will find exactly what you need!<br>
+{{fullurl|Project:Community portal|action{{=}}watch|text=Add this page}} to your [[Special:Watchlist|watchlist]] and stay on top of things!</div>
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+|-
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+;Got something to say? Here's what to do!
+* If it's something not related to the content of a specific article, please '''[[Forum:Index|visit our forums]]'''.
-You can help build [[WoWWiki]] into a better WoW information source and [[wiki]] community by [[WoWWiki:How to edit a  page|editing]] and [[Help:Starting a new page|creating]] new [[WoWWiki:What is an article|articles]].
+*If it's specific to an article, please visit the talk page of that article.
+:These are normally in the form <code><nowiki>[[Talk:ARTICLE]]</nowiki></code>
+*If you want to send a message to an individual user, please use their talk page.
-* If you [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]], you can track your changes, [[WoWWiki:Why create an account|and more]]!
+:These are in the form <code><nowiki>[[User talk:USERNAME]]</nowiki></code>
-* See [[Help:Contents|Help]] for assistance or to [[WoWWiki:Where to ask a question|ask a question]].
+| valign="top" |
-* The [[WoWWiki:Village pump|Village Pump]] has a variety of discussions about operations, policies, technical issues, and the concerns of other [[WoWWiki:WoWWikians|WoWWikians]].
+;When discussing stuff please remember the following:
+* '''[[Wowpedia:Signature|Please sign and date your posts]]''' by typing four tildes  (<code>&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;</code>).
+* '''Put new text under old text.'''
+* If you're new to the wiki, please take a look at our '''[[Wowpedia:Talk page guidelines|Talk page guidelines]]'''.
+* Be specific about what you are discussing.
+* [[Wowpedia:Wikiquette|Be polite]], [[Wowpedia:Assume good faith|assume good faith]], and [[Wowpedia:Don't bite the noobs|be welcoming]]
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+</div>
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+<h3>Things to do</h3>
+{| class="mpcontentbox-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
+|-
+| valign="top" style="padding-right:1em;" |
+If you are looking for a way to help the wiki, one good way is to contribute your time to the projects being worked on by users of Wowpedia.
+Wowpedia projects are a place for like minded people to work on areas of the wiki!<br/>
-{{editingtip}}
+Find out more on '''[[Wowpedia:Projects]]'''!
+;Some individual projects
+*[[Wowpedia:Warcraft III units cleanup project|Warcraft III units cleanup project]]
+*[[Wowpedia:Online sources|Online sources project]]
+*[[Wowpedia:Bot requests|Kill the evil categories]].
+;Mini projects
-== Things to do ==
+* Convert all appropriate tables to "darktable" - see [[WP:MOS#Tables]] for guidelines.
+* Fix article message boxes - see [[WP:MOS#Article message boxes]] for guidelines.
+* Clean up the [[Newbie guide]]s - especially formatting, naming and combined format.
+; Got a project of your own? <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:80%;">&#x5b;[{{fullurl:Project:Community portal|action=edit}} Add it here!]&#x5d;</span>
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-=== General ideas ===
 ; Vote!
-: Nominate and discuss [[WoWWiki:Featured article|featured articles]]!
+: Nominate and discuss [[Project:Featured article|featured articles]]!
 : Take a look at the [[:Category:Votes in progress|votes in progress]]!
 ; Expand!
-: Expand and categorise some [[:Category:Stubs|stubs]]!
+: Expand and categorize some [[:Category:Stubs|stubs]]!
-: Fulfil some [[:Category:Image requests|image requests]]!
+: Fulfill some [[:Category:Image requests|image requests]]!
 : Write a new article that's on the [[Special:Wantedpages|the wanted list]]!
 ; Edit and fix!
 : Work on [[:Category:Merge_candidates|merge candidates]]!
-: Some pages need to be [[:Category:Articles that need to be wikified|wikified]].
+: Some pages need to be [[:Category:Articles to clean up|cleaned up]].
+: Link pages from [[Special:Lonelypages]] back into Wowpedia.
-: Others have too many [[:Category:Articles with external links|external links]].
+: ... or [[Wowpedia:Categories|categorizing]] some [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorized pages]]?
-: Link pages from the [[WoWWiki:Orphanage|Orphanage]] back into the WoWWiki?
+: Update [[:Category:Outdated articles|out-of-date articles]]!
-: ... or [[WoWWiki:Categories|categorizing]] some [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|uncategorized pages]]?
+: Fix some [[Wowpedia:List of common misspellings|misspellings]].
-: Update [[:Category:Outdated_Articles|out-of-date articles]]!
-: ... or update pages that need [[:Category:Articles_needing_TBC_updates|updating due to TBC]]!
 ; Or browse the entire [[:Category:Things to do|Things to do]] category!
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-===WoWWiki projects===
-A place for like minded people to work on areas of the wiki!<br/>
-Read the proposal on '''[[WoWWiki:Projects]]'''!
-;Individual projects
-*[[User:DuTempete/Warlock project|Warlock project]], started by [[User:DuTempete|DuTempete]].
-*[[User:Piumosso-Uldum/Mage project|Mage project]], started by [[User:Piumosso-Uldum|Piumosso-Uldum]].
-*[[WoWWiki:Zone category project|Zone category project]], started by [[User:Jiyambi|Jiyambi]].
-*[[WW:BR|Kill the evil categories]]
-*[[WoWWiki:Linguistic Lore/ Pronunciation project|Linguistic Lore/ Pronunciation project]], started by [[User:Pblood|Pblood]].
-;Other projects
-* Convert all appropriate tables to "darktable" - see [[WW:MOS#Tables]] for guidelines.
-* Fix article message boxes - see [[WW:MOS#Article message boxes]] for guidelines.
-* Re- or un-categorise all [[:Category:Stubs/BC]] articles.
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-''Missing the visitors wishlist?''
-''Visit [[WoWWiki:Community Portal/Visitor's wishlist]].''
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-== Community teams ==
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-If you are looking for a way to help the wiki, one good way is to contribute your time to the projects being worked on by [[WoWWiki:Community teams|community teams]].
+|-
+| valign="top" |
+;[[Wowpedia:Guidelines|Wowpedia guidelines]]
+:[[Wowpedia:AddOn pages|AddOn pages]]
-Joining a team is always a great way to help out!
+:[[Wowpedia:How to edit API pages|API pages]]
-{| style="width:100%"
+:[[Wowpedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]
-|- valign="top"
+:[[Wowpedia:Archival|Archival]]
-| width="50%" |
+:[[Wowpedia:Be bold in updating pages|Be '''bold'''!]]
-;[[WoWWiki:Administrators|Administrators]]: The admins administer the wiki!
+:[[Wowpedia:Citation|Citation]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Fan fiction guidelines|Fan fiction]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Image guidelines|Images]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Signature|Signatures]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Subpages|Subpages]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Talk page guidelines|Talk pages]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Text removal guidelines|Text removal]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Wikiquette|Wikiquette]]
+; Resources
-;[[WoWWiki:Help Team|Help Team]] ([[WoWWiki:Help Team/Join|join]]): This community team helps people use the wiki.
+: [[Help:Editing quickref|Editing quickref]]
+: [[Wowpedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
+: [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]]
+: [[Wowpedia:Templates|Templates]] ([[Special:Prefixindex/Template:|All]])
+: [[Wowpedia:Boilerplates]] ([[:Category:Boilerplates|All]]) &bull; [[Wowpedia:Bot requests|Bot requests]]
+: [[Wowpedia:Administrators|Wowpedia administrators]]
+| valign="top" |
+;[[Wowpedia:Policies|Wowpedia policies]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Category policy|Category policy]]
-;[[WoWWiki:Watchdogs|Watchdogs]] ([[WoWWiki:Watchdogs/Join|join]]): The Watchdogs are a WoWWiki patrol team.
+:[[Wowpedia:Copyright policy|Copyright policy]]
-|
+:[[Wowpedia:Deletion policy|Deletion policy]]
-;[[WoWWiki:Bookkeepers|Bookkeepers]] ([[WoWWiki:Bookkeepers/Join|join]]): The keepers of lore within WoWWiki, making sure it conforms to the material in the Warcraft world.
+:<span style="font-size:90%;">&ndash; [[Wowpedia:Speedy deletion policy|Speedy&nbsp;deletion]]</span>
+:[[Wowpedia:DNP policy|DNP policy]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Editing policy|Editing policy]]
+:[[Wowpedia:External links|External links]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Naming policy|Naming policy]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Neutrality policy|Neutrality policy]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Personal article policy|Personal articles]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Player character page policy|Player character pages]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Stub policy|Stub policy]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Three revert rule|Three revert rule]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Vandalism policy|Vandalism policy]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Voting policy|Voting policy]]
+:[[Wowpedia:Policy status phases|'''Policy status and phases''']]
-;[[WoWWiki:Article Council|Article Council]] ([[WoWWiki:Article Council/Join|join]]): The Article Council ensures consistency of information and styling across all pages.
+; Selected [[:Category:Wowpedia essays|essays]]
-;[[WoWWiki:Template Engineers|Template Engineers]] ([[WoWWiki:Template Engineers/Join|join]]): The Template Engineers focus on creating templates needed for WoWWiki and adding documentation for all Templates.
+:[[Wowpedia:Don't bite the noobs|Don't bite the noobs]]
+:[[Wowpedia:The perfect article|The perfect article]]
+:[[Wowpedia:The wiki spirit|The wiki spirit]]
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+|-
-|- valign="top"
-| width="50%" |
+| valign="top" |
 ; General info
-: [[WoWWiki:About|About WoWWiki]]
+: [[Project:About the wiki|About Wowpedia]]
-: [[WoWWiki:FAQ|WoWWiki FAQ]]
+: [[Wowpedia:FAQ|Wowpedia FAQ]]
-: [[WoWWiki:WoWWikians|WoWWikians]]
+: [[Wowpedia:Wowpedians|Wowpedians]]
 ; Questions and answers
-: [[WoWWiki:Where to ask a question|Where to ask a question]]
+: [[Wowpedia:Where to ask a question|Where to ask a question]]
+: [[Forum:Index|Wowpedia forums]]
-: [[WoWWiki talk:Village pump|Village pump (wiki Q&amp;A area)]]
-: [[WoWWiki talk:Village pump|Warcraft pump (Warcraft Q&amp;A area)]]
 ; Site administration
-: [[WoWWiki:Administrators|Administrators]]
+: [[Wowpedia:Administrators|Administrators]]
-: [[WoWWiki:Site support|Support and donations]]
+: [[Wowpedia:Contact us|How to contact us]]
-: [[:Category:WoWWiki|All pages in the WoWWiki category]]
+: [[:Category:Wowpedia|All pages in the Wowpedia category]]
+| valign="top" |
+; General info
-; Account maintenance
+: [[Help:Contents|General usage & editing help]]
-: [[WoWWiki:Why create an account|Account benefits]]
-: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide:_Setting_preferences User preferences]
-|
-; [[Help:Contents|General usage & editing help]]
 : [[:Category:Help|Category-based access to help pages]]
-: [[WoWWiki:Where to ask a question|Where to ask a question]]
+: [[Wowpedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
-: [[WoWWiki:Contact us|How to contact us]]
+: [[Wowpedia:Manual of Style]]
+; Common procedures
-; General info
-: [[WoWWiki:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
+: [[Help:Deleting pages|Deleting a page]] ([[Wowpedia:Deletion policy|Policy]])
+: [[Wowpedia:Naming policy|Naming policies]]
-: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wiki Tutorial]]
+: [[Help:Moving a page|Moving (renaming) a page]]
-: [[WoWWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]]
-: '''[[MetaWiki:Help:Introduction|Offsite Meta-Wiki Help]]'''
-: [[WoWWiki:Manual of Style]]
+; Wowpedia account maintenance
-; Common procedures
+: [[Wowpedia:Why create an account|Account benefits]]
-: [[WoWWiki:Delete|Deleting a page]] ([[WoWWiki:Policy/Deletion|Policy]])
+: [[Help:Preferences]]
-: [[WoWWiki:Policy/Naming|Naming policies]]
-: [[Help:Renaming (moving) a page|Rename (move) a page]]
 |}
+</div>
-==Writing and reference resources==
+[[Category:{{SITENAME}}]]
-{{Policies}}
+__NOTOC__
-{{Guidelines}}
-; Policies, conventions and guidelines
-: [[WoWWiki:Policy|Overview of policies]]
-:  [[WoWWiki:Policy/Copyright|Copyright]]
-:  [[WoWWiki:Policy/Editing|Editing]]
-:  [[WoWWiki:Wikiquette|WoWWiki etiquette]]
-:  [[WoWWiki:Be bold in updating pages|Be '''bold'''!]]
-:  [[WoWWiki:Please do not bite the newcomers|Be nice to newcomers]]
-; Resources
-: [[Help:Editing quickref|Editing quickref]]
-:  [[WoWWiki:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
-:  [[Special:Specialpages|Special pages]]
-:  [[WoWWiki:Templates|Templates]] ([[Special:Prefixindex/Template:|All]])
-:  [[Boilerplates]] ([[:Category:Boilerplates|All]]) &bull; [[WoWWiki:Bot requests|Bot requests]]
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-==Ongoing votes and discussions==
-{| style="width:100%"
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-'''''All'' ongoing votes are listed in [[:Category:Votes in progress]].'''
-If you like, you can add your own votes and summaries to the below list!
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-  | [[Talk:Fish]]
-  | I'd like some input on whether fish are considered wetter than frogs!
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-{{votesummary|[[WoWWiki:Crazy people]]|There's enough crazy people about that aren't getting the recognition they deserve for being .. well.. bonkers :-)}}
-{{votesummary|[[WoWWiki:Policy/Item_Article_Standardization]]|It's time to standardize how item pages are created and settle on a way to go about it. Do you agree?}}
-{{votesummary|[[WoWWiki talk:Policy/Naming/Personal articles]]|Should player character pages be moved to subpages of servers?}}
+[[es:Portal:Comunidad]]
-|
-'''Recent talk on the [[WoWWiki:village pump|village pump]]:'''
-{{WoWWiki talk:Village pump/Summary}}
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