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Template:TOCright Help:Contents — this page is intended to list the main groups of pages on this WikiIndex wiki that are designed to help both contributors and visitors. Most of the pages visitors should find useful are in the 'Help' namespace (prefixed with 'Help:') and/or are in category:Help. Contributors will find help there too, but may also want the 'project' pages – see WikiIndex:Help.

Search (for a wiki)

A 'search' box is provided of every page of this wiki; either in the left sidebar, or at the top right – depending on which skin the user has selected;
In the Help:Navigation column at the left in the community section are links to search;
- Category:Wiki Lists is our main content, with hierarchical organisation in many categories;
- Category:Wiki People which is just one main category with few sub-categories;
- and Category:WikiLogo which is only one category; beware, 1.000+ logo pictures are loaded in just one page!
The 'advanced search' form is provided at Special:Search.

Help:Pages

This wiki is not an index with a linear structure like a 'Yellow Book' made from paper. It is a collection of article pages organized by use of categories – which are also pages themselves. You will find what you are looking far easier if you get an idea what kind of pages are there and how category pages are organized.

General-purpose pages

About WikiIndex – a fundamental overview of what we do – and do not do
Editing – basic wiki formatting
Guidelines
Glossary
Community portal
Help:Login / create account
- See also: WikiIndex:User preferences help
Shortcuts
Wikilinks – the specific 'blue links' you see many times on all pages on this wiki.

Getting started

What is a Wiki
Sandbox – where new users can experiment with the wiki's functionality
Creating new articles
- Add a Wiki
- Adding wiki logo
Categorizing articles
Needed pages
Renaming pages
Deleting pages

Still have questions?

Please read WikiIndex:FrequentlyAskedQuestions (FAQ), and leave your question if it is not covered there.

Other languages

ar – مساعدة:المحتويات, de – Hilfe:Inhalt, fr – Aide:Contenus, it – Aiuto:Contenuti, tr - Yardım:İçindekiler, zh – 帮助:目录

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-'''Help:Contents''' – this page is intended to list the main groups of pages that are designed to help both contributors and visitors. Most of the pages visitors should find useful are in the "Help" namespace ([http://www.wikiindex.com/index.php?title=Special:Allpages&namespace=12 prefixed with "Help:"]) and/or are in [[:Category:Help]].  Contributors will find help there too, but may also want the "project" pages – see [[WikiIndex:Help]].
+'''Help:Contents''' — this page is intended to list the main groups of pages on this [[WikiIndex]] wiki that are designed to help both contributors and visitors.  Most of the pages visitors should find useful are in the '{{tag|Help}}' [[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions|namespace]] ([http://www.wikiindex.com/index.php?title=Special:Allpages&namespace=12 prefixed with 'Help:']) and/or are in [[:category:Help]].  Contributors will find help there too, but may also want the 'project' pages – see [[WikiIndex:Help]].
-== Search (for a wiki) ==
+==Search (for a wiki)==
-* A search box is provided at the top right of every page.
+*A 'search' box is provided of every page of this [[wiki]]; either in the left sidebar, or at the top right – depending on which skin the [[user]] has selected;
-* In the [[Help:Navigation]] column at the left in the ''community'' section are links to search
+*In the [[Help:Navigation]] column at the left in the ''community'' section are links to search;
-** [[:Category:Wiki_Lists]] which is our main content with hierarchical organisation in many categories,
+**[[:Category:Wiki Lists]] is our main content, with hierarchical organisation in many categories;
-** [[:Category:Wiki_People]] which is just one main category with few sub-categories
+**[[:Category:Wiki People]] which is just one main category with few sub-categories;
-** and [[:Category:WikiLogo]] which is only one category. (beware, 1.000+ logo pictures are loaded in just one page!)
+**and [[:Category:WikiLogo]] which is only one category; beware, 1.000+ logo pictures are loaded in just one page!
-* Advanced search form is provided here: [[Special:Search]].
+*The 'advanced search' form is provided at [[Special:Search]].
-==[[Help:Pages|Pages]]==
+==[[Help:Pages]]==
+This wiki is not an index with a linear structure like a 'Yellow Book' made from paper.  It is a collection of article pages organized by use of [[Special:Categories|categories]] – which are also pages themselves.  You will find what you are looking far easier if you get an idea [[Help:Pages|what kind of pages are there]] and [[WikiIndex:How do categories work|how category pages are organized]].
-This Wiki is not an index with a linear structure like a 'Yellow Book' made from paper. It is a collection of pages organized by use of categories which are pages themselves. You will find what you are looking for easier if you get an idea [[Help:Pages|what kind of pages are there]] and [[WikiIndex:How do categories work|how this pages are organized]].
 ==General-purpose pages==
-*[[WikiIndex:About|About]] WikiIndex
+*[[WikiIndex:About|About]] WikiIndex – a fundamental overview of what we do – and do ''not'' do
 *[[Help:Editing|Editing]] – basic wiki formatting
 *[[WikiIndex:Guidelines|Guidelines]]
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 **See also: [[WikiIndex:User preferences help]]
 *[[Help:Shortcuts|Shortcuts]]
-*[[WikiIndex:Wiki Links|Wiki Links]]
+*[[WikiIndex:Wiki Links|Wikilinks]] – the specific 'blue links' you see many times on all pages on this wiki.
 ==Getting started==
 *[[WhatIsWiki|What is a Wiki]]
-*[[WikiIndex:Sandbox|Sandbox]] – where new users can experiment with the wiki's functionality.
+*[[WikiIndex:Sandbox|Sandbox]] – where new users can experiment with the wiki's functionality
-*[[WikiIndex:Creating New Articles|Creating New Articles]]
+*[[WikiIndex:Creating New Articles|Creating new articles]]
 **[[WikiIndex:Add a Wiki|Add a Wiki]]
-**[[Help:Logo|Adding WikiLogo]]
+**[[Help:Logo|Adding wiki logo]]
-*[[WikiIndex:Categorizing Articles|Categorizing Articles]]
+*[[WikiIndex:Categorizing Articles|Categorizing articles]]
 *[[Special:Wantedpages|Needed pages]]
-*[[WikiIndex:Renaming Pages|Renaming Pages]]
+*[[WikiIndex:Renaming Pages|Renaming pages]]
 *[[WikiIndex:Deleting pages|Deleting pages]]
 ==Still have questions?==
-*Please read [[WikiIndex:FrequentlyAskedQuestions]], and leave your question if it isn't covered there.
+*Please read [[WikiIndex:FrequentlyAskedQuestions]] (FAQ), and leave your question if it is not covered there.
 ==Other languages==
 '''ar''' – [[مساعدة:المحتويات]],  '''de''' – [[Hilfe:Inhalt]], '''fr''' – [[Aide:Contenus]], '''it''' – [[Aiuto:Contenuti]], '''tr''' - [[Yardım:İçindekiler]], '''zh''' – [[帮助:目录]]
-[[Category:Help|C]]
+[[Category:Help|Contents]]