Wikipedia:Village pump
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Welcome to the village pump. This set of pages is used to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia, and is divided into six village pump sections. Please use the table below to find the most appropriate section to post in, or post in the miscellaneous section. You can view all village pump sections at once here. The village pump is not a place to make lasting comments as inactive discussions are archived after seven days, and then permanently removed after a further seven days. Please sign and date your post (by typing ~~~~ or clicking the signature icon in the edit toolbar).
| Village pump sections | |||||
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| News post | watch To announce things that don't fit the Community bulletin board or Announcements |
Policy post | watch To discuss existing and proposed policies |
Technical post | watch To discuss technical issues. For wiki software bug reports use MediaZilla |
Proposals post | watch To discuss new proposals that are not policy related. See also: perennial proposals. |
Assistance post | watch To post requests for assistance not covered by the Help desk or the Reference desk |
Miscellaneous post | watch To post messages that do not fit into any other category |
| I want... | Where to go | |||||
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| To browse all village pump topics at once | Village pump (all) | |||||
| Help using Wikipedia | Help desk | |||||
| To find my way around Wikipedia | Department directory | |||||
| Specific facts (e.g. Who was the first Pope?) | Reference desk | |||||
| Constructive criticisms from others for a specific article | Peer review | |||||
| Help resolving a specific article edit dispute or making a user conduct dispute complaint | Requests for comment | |||||
| To comment on a specific article | Article's talk page | |||||
| To view other Wikimedia projects | Wikimedia Meta-wiki | |||||
| To know about citing Wikipedia in a bibliography | Citing Wikipedia | |||||
| To report sites that copy Wikipedia content | Mirrors and forks | |||||
[edit] Archiving
Discussions older than seven days (date of last made comment) are moved to a sub page of each section (called (section name)/Archive). These discussions will be kept archived for seven more days. During this period the discussion can be moved to a relevant talk page if appropriate. After fourteen days the discussion will be deleted from the archive and main pages. They will still be accessible via page history but will not be searchable. For discussions before July 1, 2004, see Wikipedia:Village pump archive.
