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class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="//donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_si.wikipedia.org&uselang=si" class=""><span>පරිත්‍යාග</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8_%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%A7&returnto=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94%3A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA&returntoquery=printable%3Dyes" title="ඔබ ගිණුමක් තනා පිවිසෙන්නේ නම් මැනවි; කෙසේ වුවත්, එය අනිවාර්ය නොවේ." class=""><span>ගිණුමක් තනන්න</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B6%BA&returnto=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94%3A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA&returntoquery=printable%3Dyes" title="අඩවියට පිවිසීමට ඔබව දිරිගැන්වේ. එහෙත් පිවිසීම අනිවාර්ය නොවේ. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>පිවිසෙන්න</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="More options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="පුද්ගලික මෙවලම්" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">පුද්ගලික මෙවලම්</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="//donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_si.wikipedia.org&uselang=si"><span>පරිත්‍යාග</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8_%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%A7&returnto=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94%3A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA&returntoquery=printable%3Dyes" title="ඔබ ගිණුමක් තනා පිවිසෙන්නේ නම් මැනවි; කෙසේ වුවත්, එය අනිවාර්ය නොවේ."><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>ගිණුමක් තනන්න</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B6%BA&returnto=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94%3A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA&returntoquery=printable%3Dyes" title="අඩවියට පිවිසීමට ඔබව දිරිගැන්වේ. එහෙත් පිවිසීම අනිවාර්ය නොවේ. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>පිවිසෙන්න</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BA" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>දායකත්වයන්</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="මෙම අන්තර්ජාල ලිපිනයෙන් කර ඇති සංස්කරණයන් පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡාව [n]" accesskey="n"><span>සාකච්ඡාව</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">Beginning</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-විකිපීඩියා_පිළිබඳ" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#විකිපීඩියා_පිළිබඳ"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>විකිපීඩියා පිළිබඳ</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-විකිපීඩියා_පිළිබඳ-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Contributor_information" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Contributor_information"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Contributor information</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Contributor_information-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Frequently_asked_questions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Frequently_asked_questions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Frequently asked questions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Frequently_asked_questions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tutorials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tutorials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Tutorials</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tutorials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Introductions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Introductions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Introductions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Introductions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Introductions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Introductions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Wiki_Markup" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wiki_Markup"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Wiki Markup</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wiki_Markup-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Visual_editor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Visual_editor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Visual editor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Visual_editor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Training_modules" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Training_modules"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Training modules</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Training_modules-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Built-in_tours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Built-in_tours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Built-in tours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Built-in_tours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Missing_Manual" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Missing_Manual"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>The Missing Manual</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-The_Missing_Manual-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle The Missing Manual subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-The_Missing_Manual-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Part_I_-_Editing_and_Creating_Articles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Part_I_-_Editing_and_Creating_Articles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span><span>Part I - Editing and Creating Articles</span></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Part_I_-_Editing_and_Creating_Articles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Part_II_-_Collaborating_with_Other_Editors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Part_II_-_Collaborating_with_Other_Editors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span><span>Part II - Collaborating with Other Editors</span></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Part_II_-_Collaborating_with_Other_Editors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Part_III_-_Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Part_III_-_Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span><span>Part III - Formatting and Illustrating Articles</span></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Part_III_-_Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Part_IV_-_Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Part_IV_-_Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span><span>Part IV - Building a Stronger Encyclopedia</span></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Part_IV_-_Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Part_V_-_Customizing_Wikipedia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Part_V_-_Customizing_Wikipedia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span><span>Part V - Customizing Wikipedia</span></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Part_V_-_Customizing_Wikipedia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Part_VI_-_Appendices" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Part_VI_-_Appendices"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span><span>Part VI - Appendices</span></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Part_VI_-_Appendices-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_to_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_to_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>How to pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_to_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coding_(Wiki_markup)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coding_(Wiki_markup)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Coding (Wiki markup)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coding_(Wiki_markup)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Interactive assistance (help forums)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Interactive assistance (help forums) subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Questions_about_Wikipedia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Questions_about_Wikipedia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Questions about Wikipedia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Questions_about_Wikipedia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_knowledge_questions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_knowledge_questions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF:%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="সাহায্য:নির্দেশিকা – බෙංගාලි" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সাহায্য:নির্দেশিকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="බෙංගාලි" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Directory" title="Help:Directory – ඉංග්‍රීසි" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Help:Directory" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="ඉංග්‍රීසි" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7:%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7" title="راهنما:فهرست/فهرست راهنما – පර්සියානු" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="راهنما:فهرست/فهرست راهنما" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="පර්සියානු" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%84%EC%9B%80%EB%A7%90:%EB%94%94%EB%A0%89%ED%86%A0%EB%A6%AC" title="도움말:디렉토리 – කොරියානු" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="도움말:디렉토리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="කොරියානු" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF:%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="सहाय्य:यादी – මරාති" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सहाय्य:यादी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="මරාති" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjelp:Katalog" title="Hjelp:Katalog – නෝර්වීජියානු බොක්මල්" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hjelp:Katalog" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="නෝර්වීජියානු බොක්මල්" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%AF:%DA%8A%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A%DA%AA%D9%BD%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="مدد:ڊائريڪٽري – සින්ධි" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="مدد:ڊائريڪٽري" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="සින්ධි" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%89:%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A" title="วิธีใช้:สารบบ – තායි" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วิธีใช้:สารบบ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="තායි" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard%C4%B1m:Dizin" title="Yardım:Dizin – තුර්කි" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Yardım:Dizin" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="තුර්කි" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q8614755#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="අන්තර්භාෂාමය සබැඳි සංස්කරණය කරන්න" class="wbc-editpage">සබැඳි සංස්කරණය කරන්න</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div 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title="විකිපීඩියා:උදවු කවුළුව">උදවු කවුළුව</a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%86%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AD_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%85%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:ආශ්‍රිත කවුළුව">ආශ්‍රිත කවුළුව</a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">·</span> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B0%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA" title="විකිපීඩියා:නිබන්ධනය">නිබන්ධනය</a> </p> </big></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Crystal_Clear_app_help_index.png/30px-Crystal_Clear_app_help_index.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB/%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%A0%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA" title="විකිපීඩියා:නිවිප්‍ර/සමාලෝචනය">නිවිප්‍ර</a> - විකිපීඩියාව පිළිබඳ වඩාත් පොදු ගැටළු.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A8%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A" title="විකිපීඩියා:නිවිප්‍ර/පාඨකයන්">පාඨකයන්ගේ නිවිප්‍ර</a> - පාඨකයන්ට තිබිය හැකි අපැහැදිලිතාවයන් සහ ගැටළු.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7_%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%99%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A" title="විකිපීඩියා:දෙමව්පියන්ට උපදෙස්"> දෙමව්පියන්ට උපදෙස්</a> - දෙමව්පියන්ට සහ නෛතික භාරකරුවන්ට තොරතුරු.</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B4_%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B0_%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:අප හා සම්බන්ධ වන්න (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">විකිපීඩියා හා සම්බන්ධ වන්න</a></b> - විකිපීඩියාව සමග සෘජු ලෙසින් සම්බන්ධ විය හැකි අයුරු.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%94_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A0%E0%B6%B1" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:පොදු වියාචන">පොදු වියාචන</a></b> - වලංගුතාවය සහ විශ්වසනීයත්වය පිළිබඳ සහතිකයක් නොමැත. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%AD_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A0%E0%B6%B1" title="විකිපීඩියා:අන්තර්ගත වියාචන">අන්තර්ගත වියාචන</a> - විකිපීඩියාව වාරණය කර නොමැත.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%9B%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A0%E0%B6%B1" title="විකිපීඩියා:නෛතික වියාචන">නෛතික වියාචන</a> - විකිපීඩියාව විසින් නෛතික මතයන් දෙනු නොලබයි.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BA_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A0%E0%B6%B1" title="විකිපීඩියා:වෛද්‍යමය වියාචන">වෛද්‍යමය වියාචන</a> - විකිපීඩියාව විසින් වෛද්‍යමය උපදෙස් දෙනු නොලබයි.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%85%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A0%E0%B6%B1" title="විකිපීඩියා:අවදානම් වියාචන">අවදානම් වියාචන</a> - අවදානම ඔබ විසින්ම දරාගනිමින් විකිපීඩියාව භාවිතා කරන්න.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%84_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%81%E0%B6%B1" title="විකිපීඩියා:ප්‍රතිපත්ති සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශන"> ප්‍රතිපත්ති සහ මාර්ගෝපදේශන</a></b> - <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="විකිපීඩියා ප්‍රජාව">විකිපීඩියානුවන්</a></i> විසින්ම සකස් කරන ලද ප්‍රජා ප්‍රමිතීන්.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B7" title="විකිපීඩියා:පංචස්තම්භ">ප්‍රතිපත්ති</a></b> - විකිපීඩියාව ක්‍රියාත්මක වීමට ඉවහල් වන මූලික ප්‍රතිපත්ති. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales/Statement_of_principles" class="extiw" title="en:User:Jimbo Wales/Statement of principles">ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනය</a> - ආරම්භක <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%93_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A" title="ජිමී වේල්ස්">ජිමී වේල්ස්</a></i> සහ විකිපීඩියානුවන් විසින්.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Wikipedia_in_brief&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Wikipedia in brief (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia in brief</a> - Wikipedia aims to be neutral, 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basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Simplified_Manual_of_Style" title="විකිපීඩියා:Simplified Manual of Style">Simplified Manual of Style</a> - the basics about commonly used style guidelines.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Welcoming_committee/Welcome_to_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia">Welcome to Wikipedia</a></b> - portal style page to get you started. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Getting_started" title="උදවු:Getting started">Getting started</a> - small listing of pages dealing with the basics.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:New_contributors%27_help_page" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:New contributors' help page">New contributors' help page</a> - what would you like to do?</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Avoiding_common_mistakes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Avoiding common mistakes (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Common mistakes</a> - a few common mistakes <tt><i>y'all</i></tt> should try to avoid.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Plain_and_simple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Plain and simple (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Plain and simple overview</a> - all about this amazing project Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:A_Primer_for_newcomers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:A Primer for newcomers (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Primer for newcomers</a> - blunt introduction intended to help newcomers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Learning_the_ropes" title="විකිපීඩියා:Learning the ropes">Learning the ropes</a> - highlights the resources to help you help Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Ask_for_help&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Ask for help (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Ask for help</a> - small listing of pages dealing with how and where to get help.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Help_hub&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Help hub (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Help hub</a> - a page that has links to useful directories.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Why_create_an_account%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Why create an account?">Why create an account</a></b> - don't need to be registered to edit, however it does provide additional features. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Username" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Username">Choosing a username</a> - do not choose names which may be offensive, misleading, disruptive, or promotional.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Logging_in" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Logging in">How to log in</a> - If you are not logged in your edits are labelled in page history with your IP address.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Your_first_article" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Your first article">Your first article</a></b> - guide to starting your first encyclopedia article. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Annotated_article&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Annotated article (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Annotated article</a> – is a well-constructed sample article, with annotations. <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Article_wizard" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Article wizard">Article wizard</a></b> - will walk you through the process of submitting a new article. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Creation_and_usage_of_media_files&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Creation and usage of media files (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Creation and usage of media files</a> - only logged in users can upload files. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:File_Upload_Wizard" title="විකිපීඩියා:File Upload Wizard">Upload Wizard</a> - will walk you through the process of submitting media.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a></b> - common questions about using and contributing. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Editorial_oversight_and_control&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Editorial oversight and control (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Editorial oversight and control</a>- we have tens of thousands of editors, from expert scholars to casual readers.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:How_to_help&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:How to help (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">How to help</a> - what anyone can do to contribute.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Instructional_material&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Instructional material (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">More instructional material</a> - provides links to instructional material useful for users. **<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Trifecta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Trifecta (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Trifecta</a> - ultra fast overview of foundational principles related to policies and guidelines.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Ten_things_you_may_not_know_about_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Things you may not know about Wikipedia</a> - insights specifically targeted at people who have limited experience.</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tip_of_the_day&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tip of the day (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Tip of the day</a></b> - provides "very useful" advice daily on how to use or develop Wikipedia more effectively. <ul><li>See also <b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tips (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia:Tips</a></b>, the complete library of tips arranged by subject.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:User_page_design_center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:User page design center (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">User page design center</a> - where you will find all the resources for developing your user page. <b>Enjoy!</b></li></ul> <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Frequently_asked_questions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Frequently_asked_questions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Frequently_asked_questions"></span>Frequently asked questions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Frequently_asked_questions"></span></h3></div> <div style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"> <table style="background:transparent; width:50%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:transparent; font-size:125%"> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form" action="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-inputbox-input mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="Wikipedia's FAQs" size="25" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="Wikipedia:FAQ" name="prefix"/><br/><input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> </th></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Wikipedia_books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ_index&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ index (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">FAQ main page</a></b> - questions about using and contributing. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Administration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Administration (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Administration</a> - answers some questions related to Administrators.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Article_subjects&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Article subjects (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Article subjects</a> - what to do about a specific articles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Categories" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Categories">Categories</a> - about using Wikipedia's categories.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Contributing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Contributing (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Contributing</a> - answers to questions commonly asked by contributors.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Copyright&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Copyright (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Copyright</a> - four most commonly asked questions about copyright.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Editing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Editing (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Editing</a> - answers the most common questions about editing.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Forking&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Forking (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Forking</a> - how do I download and use Wikipedia content.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:IRC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:IRC (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">IRC (live chat)</a> - about "chat rooms" - real-time discussions.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Organizations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Organizations (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Organizations</a> - editing without displaying a conflict of interest.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Problems&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Problems (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Problems</a> - solving problems you may encounter when browsing or editing.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Readers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Readers (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Readers</a> - addresses concerns and questions readers may have.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Schools&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Schools (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Schools</a> - questions teachers, librarians and administrators might have.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Technical&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Technical (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Technical</a> - answers some questions related to the technical workings.</li> <li>(<a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Miscellaneous&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Miscellaneous (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Miscellaneous</a>) - questions that do not fit into any of the others above.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tutorials" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tutorials"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tutorials"></span>Tutorials<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tutorials"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tutorial" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tutorial">Main tutorial</a></b> - will help anyone become a Wikipedia contributor. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tutorial/Editing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tutorial/Editing (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Editing</a> - almost every page has an "Edit" tab.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tutorial/Formatting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tutorial/Formatting (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Formatting</a> - the basics on coding.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tutorial/Wikipedia_links&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tutorial/Wikipedia links (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Links</a> - the basics on internal links.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tutorial/Citing_sources&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tutorial/Citing sources (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Sources</a> - the basics on adding references.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tutorial/Talk_pages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tutorial/Talk pages (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Talk pages</a> - the basics on how to communicate with others.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tutorial/Keep_in_mind&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tutorial/Keep in mind (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Policies</a> - there are some things to keep in mind when editing Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tutorial/Registration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tutorial/Registration (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Registration</a> - registering a username is optional, but encouraged.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Graphics_tutorials&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Graphics tutorials (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Graphics</a> - the basics on how to use graphics.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Picture_tutorial&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Picture tutorial (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Images</a> - the basics on how to use images.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:IRC/Tutorial&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:IRC/Tutorial (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">IRC (live chat)</a> - to access the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:IRC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:IRC (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">freenode IRC servers</a></i>, you'll first need to.</li> <li><b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:VisualEditor/User_guide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:VisualEditor/User guide (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">VisualEditor user guide</a></b> - a guide that gives illustrated, step-by-step instructions about <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:VisualEditor" title="විකිපීඩියා:VisualEditor">VisualEditor</a> features.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Introductions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Introductions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Introductions"></span>Introductions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Introductions"></span></h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wiki_Markup" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wiki_Markup-Introductions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wiki_Markup-Introductions"></span>Wiki Markup<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wiki_Markup-Introductions"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Introduction" title="විකිපීඩියා:Introduction">Main introduction</a></b> - quick overview of what Wikipedia is all about. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Introduction_3" title="විකිපීඩියා:Introduction 3">Exploring</a> - finding your way around Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Introduction_2" title="විකිපීඩියා:Introduction 2">Editing</a> - the basic pages on how to contribute to Wikipedia.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_uploading_images/1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Introduction to uploading images/1 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Images</a> - introduction to adding images to Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_the_Manual_of_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Introduction to the Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> - introduction to the style guide for articles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Media_help" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Media help">Media</a> - how to add media to Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_navigating_Wikipedia/1" title="උදවු:Introduction to navigating Wikipedia/1">Navigating</a> - Wikipedia is a big place.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Introduction to policies and guidelines">Policies</a> - how to apply policies and guidelines.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_referencing/1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Introduction to referencing/1 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Sourcing</a> - why references are so important.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Table/Introduction_to_tables&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Table/Introduction to tables (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Tables</a> - how an where tables are used and how to make them.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Introduction to talk pages">Talk pages</a> - how to communicate within Wikipedia.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Visual_editor" data-mw-thread-id="h-Visual_editor-Introductions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Visual_editor-Introductions"></span>Visual editor<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Visual_editor-Introductions"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_editing_(VE)/1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Introduction to editing (VE)/1 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Editing with VisualEditor</a> - a five part introduction to editing with VisualEditor. Opening the editor. Toolbar basics. Links and Wikilinks. Saving your changes. Summary</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_referencing_(VE)/1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Introduction to referencing (VE)/1 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Referencing with VisualEditor</a> - a five part introduction to referencing. Verifiability. Inline citations. RefToolbar. Reliable sources. Summary.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction_to_images_(VE)/1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Introduction to images (VE)/1 (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Uploading images with VisualEditor</a> - a six part guide on uploading images. Introduction. Free content. Non-free content. Wikimedia Commons. Using an image. Summary.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training_modules" data-mw-thread-id="h-Training_modules"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Training_modules"></span>Training modules<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Training_modules"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Training" title="විකිපීඩියා:Training">Training</a></b> - learn the basics of contributing or learn about particular topics. <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Training/Newcomers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Training/Newcomers (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Newcomer training</a></b> - <b>quick</b>, general orientation on the basics of rules and how to edit.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Training/For_students" title="විකිපීඩියා:Training/For students">Training for students</a> - four-part orientation intended for students doing <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Assignments_for_student_editors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Assignments for student editors (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia assignments for class</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Training/For_educators&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Training/For educators (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Training for educators</a> - four-part orientation for professors and other educators running assignments for class.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Training/For_Ambassadors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Training/For Ambassadors (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Training for Wikipedia Ambassadors</a> - four-part orientation for <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Ambassadors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Ambassadors (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Campus and Online Ambassadors</a></i>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Instructional_material/MediaWiki_training_videos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Instructional material/MediaWiki training videos (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">MediaWiki training</a> - learn about editing and formatting content using <i><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" class="mw-redirect" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a></i>, the software that powers Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:The_Wikipedia_Adventure" title="විකිපීඩියා:The Wikipedia Adventure">The Wikipedia Adventure</a> - Wikipedia is not a game, but learning it should still be fun.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Built-in_tours" data-mw-thread-id="h-Built-in_tours"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Built-in_tours"></span>Built-in tours<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Built-in_tours"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Guided_tours" title="උදවු:Guided tours">Help Guided tours</a> - providing tooltip-like tours of the Wikipedia experience.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:GettingStarted" title="විකිපීඩියා:GettingStarted">Wikipedia GettingStarted</a> - feature, which provides a "getting started" page to newly registered Wikipedians. Immediately after creating an account, users see the page <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:GettingStarted" class="new" title="විශේෂ:GettingStarted (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Special:GettingStarted</a>, which invites them to try out editing by improving one of the pages presented.</li></ul> <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Missing_Manual" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_Missing_Manual"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_Missing_Manual"></span>The Missing Manual<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_Missing_Manual"></span></h3></div> <div style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"> <table style="background:transparent; width:50%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:transparent; font-size:125%"> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form" action="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-inputbox-input mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="The Missing Manual" size="25" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual" name="prefix"/><br/><input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> </th></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Wikipedia_books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">The Missing Manual</a></b> - comprehensive how-to guide (book) that explains everything about contributing for novice to expert editors.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Introduction&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Introduction (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Introduction</a> - originally written in 2008 by John Broughto, the Manual has since been expanded and updated by many others.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Part_I_-_Editing_and_Creating_Articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Part_I_-_Editing_and_Creating_Articles-The_Missing_Manual"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Part_I_-_Editing_and_Creating_Articles-The_Missing_Manual"></span><span style="font-size:small;"><tt>Part I - Editing and Creating Articles</tt></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Part_I_-_Editing_and_Creating_Articles-The_Missing_Manual"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Editing_for_the_First_Time&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Editing for the First Time (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">First edit</a> - explains what you see when you look at an article in Wikipedia's editing window and how to practice.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Documenting_Your_Sources&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Documenting Your Sources (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Sourcing</a> - you will need to learn some technical matters.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Setting_Up_Your_Account_and_Personal_Workspace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Setting Up Your Account and Personal Workspace (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Account setup & personal space</a> - having an account actually protects your privacy better than editing anonymously.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Creating_a_New_Article&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Creating a New Article (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Creating articles</a> - get a much better sense of what articles in Wikipedia should be like.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Who_Did_What:_Page_Histories_and_Reverting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Who Did What: Page Histories and Reverting (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Page history & reverting</a> - as an editor you're likely to want to see what other editors do to articles you've edited.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Monitoring_Changes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Monitoring Changes (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Monitoring changes</a> - experienced editors monitor articles they've edited.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Editing,_Creating,_and_Maintaining_Articles/Dealing_with_Vandalism_and_Spam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Editing, Creating, and Maintaining Articles/Dealing with Vandalism and Spam (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Vandalism & spam</a> - explains in detail what you, a Wikipedia editor, can do in terms of spotting and fixing vandalism and spam.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Part_II_-_Collaborating_with_Other_Editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Part_II_-_Collaborating_with_Other_Editors-The_Missing_Manual"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Part_II_-_Collaborating_with_Other_Editors-The_Missing_Manual"></span><span style="font-size:small;"><tt>Part II - Collaborating with Other Editors</tt></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Part_II_-_Collaborating_with_Other_Editors-The_Missing_Manual"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Communicating_with_Your_Fellow_Editors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Communicating with Your Fellow Editors (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Communicating with others</a> - you will need to know how to use the pages where editors interact and collaborate with each other.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/WikiProjects_and_Other_Group_Efforts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/WikiProjects and Other Group Efforts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">WikiProjects</a> - many editors at Wikipedia work together in groups, formal or informal.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Resolving_Content_Disputes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Resolving Content Disputes (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Content disputes</a> - if you find yourself involved in a content dispute...</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Handling_Incivility_and_Personal_Attacks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Handling Incivility and Personal Attacks (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Incivility</a> - shows you helpful ways to respond to incivility and personal attacks directed against you or other editors.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Collaborating_with_Other_Editors/Lending_Other_Editors_a_Hand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Collaborating with Other Editors/Lending Other Editors a Hand (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Helping others</a> - shows you all the places and ways you can lend other editors a hand.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Part_III_-_Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Part_III_-_Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles-The_Missing_Manual"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Part_III_-_Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles-The_Missing_Manual"></span><span style="font-size:small;"><tt>Part III - Formatting and Illustrating Articles</tt></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Part_III_-_Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles-The_Missing_Manual"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Article_Sections_and_Tables_of_Contents&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Article Sections and Tables of Contents (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Sections</a> - shows you how to effectively use sections in an article.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Creating_Lists_and_Tables&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Creating Lists and Tables (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Lists & tables</a> - shows you how to create and edit both lists and tables.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Formatting_and_Illustrating_Articles/Adding_Images&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and Illustrating Articles/Adding Images (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Images</a> - shows you how to place an image in an article, after you or someone else has uploaded it.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Part_IV_-_Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Part_IV_-_Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia-The_Missing_Manual"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Part_IV_-_Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia-The_Missing_Manual"></span><span style="font-size:small;"><tt>Part IV - Building a Stronger Encyclopedia</tt></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Part_IV_-_Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia-The_Missing_Manual"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Getting_Readers_to_the_Right_Article:_Naming,_Redirects,_and_Disambiguation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Getting Readers to the Right Article: Naming, Redirects, and Disambiguation (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Naming, redirects & disambiguation</a> - helping people to navigate Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Categorizing_Articles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Categorizing Articles (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Categorizing</a> - adding categories to articles is easy.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Better_Articles:_A_Systematic_Approach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Better Articles: A Systematic Approach (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Better articles</a> - serve as a detailed checklist for improving articles.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Building_a_Stronger_Encyclopedia/Deleting_Existing_Articles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Building a Stronger Encyclopedia/Deleting Existing Articles (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Deletions</a> - some editors abuse the privilege, creating nonsense articles, attack articles, or promotional articles.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Part_V_-_Customizing_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Part_V_-_Customizing_Wikipedia-The_Missing_Manual"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Part_V_-_Customizing_Wikipedia-The_Missing_Manual"></span><span style="font-size:small;"><tt>Part V - Customizing Wikipedia</tt></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Part_V_-_Customizing_Wikipedia-The_Missing_Manual"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Customizing_Wikipedia/Customizing_with_Preferences&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Customizing Wikipedia/Customizing with Preferences (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Personal preferences</a> - "My Preferences" is where you can change a number of settings that control how pages look and function.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Customizing_Wikipedia/Easier_Editing_with_JavaScript&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Customizing Wikipedia/Easier Editing with JavaScript (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">JavaScript</a> - you can customize Wikipedia in ways that make your editing easier with scripts.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Part_VI_-_Appendices" data-mw-thread-id="h-Part_VI_-_Appendices-The_Missing_Manual"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Part_VI_-_Appendices-The_Missing_Manual"></span><span style="font-size:small;"><tt>Part VI - Appendices</tt></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Part_VI_-_Appendices-The_Missing_Manual"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/A_Tour_of_the_Wikipedia_Page&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/A Tour of the Wikipedia Page (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Wikipedia Pages</a> - when you're registered, and logged into Wikipedia, you'll see links in a number of places.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/Reader%E2%80%99s_Guide_to_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/Reader’s Guide to Wikipedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Reader’s guide</a> - background on what Wikipedia is and how to get the most out.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual/Appendixes/Learning_More&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Appendixes/Learning More (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Learning more</a> - shows you the myriad places you can go, both inside and outside Wikipedia.</li></ul> <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_to_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_pages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_pages"></span>How to pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_pages"></span></h3></div> <div style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"> <table style="background:transparent; width:50%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:transparent; font-size:125%"> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form" action="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-inputbox-input mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="How to pages" size="25" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="Help:" name="prefix"/><br/><input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> </th></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Wikipedia_books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Help" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Help">Help:help</a></b> - explains how to find and navigate the help pages.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Books (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Books</a> - explains how to make and download Wikipedia books.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Category" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Category">Categories</a> - explains how to edit categories.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Copyright&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Copyright (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Copyright</a> - explains how to deal with copyright concerns.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Diff" title="උදවු:Diff">Diff</a> - explains how to view the difference between two versions of a page</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Editing" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Editing">Editing</a> - explains the basics of editing. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Edit_toolbar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Edit toolbar (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Edit toolbar</a> - explains the basics about how to use the toolbar.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Edit_conflict&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Edit conflict (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Edit conflict</a> - explains how to deal with an edit conflict.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Find_sources&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Find sources (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Find sources</a> - explains how to find references.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Files" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Files">Files</a> - explains how to manage media.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Footnotes" title="උදවු:Footnotes">Footnotes</a> - explains how to add notes and references. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Nesting_footnotes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Nesting footnotes (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Nesting footnotes</a> - explains how to include a note or reference <i>within</i> a note or reference.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Glossary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Glossary (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Glossary</a> - quick overview of terms.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Infobox" title="උදවු:Infobox">Infobox</a> - explains the basics about how to use infoboxes.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:IPA_for_English&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:IPA for English (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">IPA for English</a> - explains how the International Phonetic Alphabet system works.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:List" title="උදවු:List">List</a> - explains how to add lists.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Link" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Link">Linking</a> - explains how to add internal links. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Link_color" title="උදවු:Link color">Link color</a> - explains how to add color to link text.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Logging_in" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Logging in">Logging in</a> - explains how to access your account.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Magic_words_for_beginners" title="උදවු:Magic words for beginners">Magic words</a> - explains how words surrounded by brackets or underscores function.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Viewing_media&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Viewing media (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Media</a> - explains the basics of seeing media.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Merging" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Merging">Merging</a> - explains how to consolidate articles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Mobile_access" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Mobile access">Mobile access</a> - explains how to access Wikipedia from mobile devices.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Navigation" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Navigation">Navigation</a> - explains how to get around Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Other_languages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Other languages (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Other languages</a> - explains how to deal with other languages.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Page_name" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Page name">Page name</a> - explains how to deal with page titles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Redirect" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Redirect">Redirect</a> - explains how to direct pages to the proper place.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:References_and_page_numbers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:References and page numbers (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">References</a> - explains how to make those complicated sources work. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Citation_Style_1" title="උදවු:Citation Style 1">Citation Style</a> - explains some of the different reference styles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Cite_errors" title="උදවු:Cite errors">Cite errors</a> - explains how to deal errors in references.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Rename&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Rename (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Rename</a> - explains how to change your user name.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Reset_password&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Reset password (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Password</a> - explains how to change your personal password.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Reverting" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Reverting">Reverting</a> - explains how to roll back edits.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Searching" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Searching">Searching</a> - explains how to use Wikipedia more effectively.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Section" title="උදවු:Section">Section</a> - explains how to edit just portions of a page.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Using_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Using talk pages">Talk pages</a> - explains the basics of what to do on talk pages.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Student_help&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Student help (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Students</a> - explains the basics for students.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:URL" title="උදවු:URL">URLs</a> - explains how to add and deal with external links.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:User_contributions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:User contributions (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">User contributions</a> - explains how to view editors additions.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Watching_pages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Watching pages (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Watching pages</a> - explains how to track pages.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coding_(Wiki_markup)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Coding_(Wiki_markup)"><span id="Coding_.28Wiki_markup.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Coding_(Wiki_markup)"></span>Coding (Wiki markup)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Coding_(Wiki_markup)"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wiki_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Wiki markup">Wiki markup</a></b> - explains the coding used by text, links, & talk pages <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Cheatsheet" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Cheatsheet">Cheat-sheet</a> - basic coding used by Wikipedia,</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Barchart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Barchart (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Barchart</a> - explains how to make charts.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Calculation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Calculation (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Calculations</a> - explains how to make complicated calculations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Special_characters" title="උදවු:Special characters">Characters</a> - explains how to add special characters.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Citations_quick_reference" title="උදවු:Citations quick reference">Citations quick!</a> - simplistic examples of two preferred ways of doing footnotes (reference). <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Citation_templates" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Citation templates">Citation templates</a> - list of reference templates.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Columns&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Columns (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Columns</a> - explains how to make columns.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:HTML_in_wikitext" title="උදවු:HTML in wikitext">HTML</a> - explains how use HTML in text.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Musical_symbols&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Musical symbols (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Musical symbols</a> - explains the basic coding of music symbols.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Sound_file_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Sound file markup">Sound files</a> - explains the basic coding sound files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Table" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Table">Tables</a> - explains the basic coding for making tables. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikitable" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Wikitable">Wiki-table</a> - more advanced coding information on tables.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Template" title="උදවු:Template">Templates</a> - explains the basic for templates. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Template_documentation" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Template documentation">Documentation</a> - explains the basic of how to properly document template information.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Visual_file_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Visual file markup">Visual files</a> - explains the basic of coding for visual media.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tools" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tools">Wiki tools</a> - various tools and tutorials intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"><span id="Interactive_assistance_.28help_forums.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span>Interactive assistance (help forums)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span></h3></div> <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Questions_about_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Questions_about_Wikipedia-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Questions_about_Wikipedia-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span>Questions about Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Questions_about_Wikipedia-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span></h4></div> <table align="center" width="100%" cellspacing="4" style="clear:both; background: transparent; text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:1.2;"> <tbody><tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Help_desk/How_to_answer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Help desk/How to answer (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Replying to help requests</a> - contains guidelines for users who respond to questions about how to use or edit posed by other users.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Help_desk" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Help desk">Help desk</a></b> - the "main page" for asking questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Teahouse" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Teahouse">Teahouse</a></b> - a "very friendly place" for new editors to become accustomed to and ask questions about editing.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Editor_assistance/Requests" title="විකිපීඩියා:Editor assistance/Requests">Editor help</a> - a "far less busy place" where editors will get comprehensive assistance about on going problems related to editing.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="General_knowledge_questions" data-mw-thread-id="h-General_knowledge_questions-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General_knowledge_questions-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span>General knowledge questions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General_knowledge_questions-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span></h4></div> <table align="center" width="100%" cellspacing="4" style="clear:both; background: transparent; text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:1.2;"> <tbody><tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk/Guidelines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk/Guidelines (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Replying to general knowledge questions</a> - contains guidelines for users who respond to general knowledge questions posed by other users.</i> <p><i><b>Note:</b> legal or medical responses are prohibited. See Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Legal_disclaimer" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Legal disclaimer">Legal disclaimer</a> and <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Medical_disclaimer" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Medical disclaimer">Medical disclaimer</a></i>. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk">Reference desks</a></b> - you can ask questions about any topic at the specific pages listed below. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk/Computing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk/Computing (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Computing</a> - to ask about computing, information technology, electronics, software and hardware.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk/Entertainment" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk/Entertainment">Entertainment</a> - to ask about sports, popular culture, movies, music, video games, and TV shows.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk/Humanities&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk/Humanities (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Humanities</a> - to ask about history, politics, literature, religion, philosophy, law, finance, economics, art, and society.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk/Language&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk/Language (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Language</a> - to ask about spelling, grammar, word etymology, language usage, and translations.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk/Mathematics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk/Mathematics (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Mathematics</a> - to ask about mathematics, geometry, probability, and statistics.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk/Science&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk/Science (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Science</a> - to ask about biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, geology, engineering and technology.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reference desk/Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a>) - to ask about anything that is not listed above.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Specific_help_and_mediation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Specific_help_and_mediation-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Specific_help_and_mediation-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span>Specific help and mediation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Specific_help_and_mediation-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Noticeboard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Noticeboard (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Noticeboards</a></b> - Wikipedia noticeboards are pages where editors can ask questions and request assistance from people who are familiar with the policies and guidelines covered by each individual board.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Administrators%27_noticeboard" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Administrators' noticeboard">Administrators</a> - for posting information and issues that affect administrators. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring">Edit warring</a> - for reporting active <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Edit_warring" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Edit warring">edit warriors</a></i> and recent violations of the <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:3RR" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:3RR">three-revert rule</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Incidents</a> - for reporting and discussing incidents that require the intervention of administrators and experienced editors.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="විකිපීඩියා:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Vandalism</a> - for reporting about obvious and persistent <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Vandalism" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Vandalism">vandals</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Spam" title="විකිපීඩියා:Spam">spammers</a></i>.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Dispute_resolution_requests" title="විකිපීඩියා:Dispute resolution requests">Dispute resolution</a></b> - provides a central compilation of the boards listed below to help resolves conflicts. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Dispute_resolution_requests/Third_Opinion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Dispute resolution requests/Third Opinion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Third opinion</a> - for disputes between two editors to receive an outside opinion.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Dispute_resolution_requests/RfC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Dispute resolution requests/RfC (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Requests for comment</a> - the place to go to get outside input on issues from a broad amount of users.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Dispute_resolution_requests/DRN&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Dispute resolution requests/DRN (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Dispute resolution noticeboard</a> - used as a "first step" in solving content issues.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Dispute_resolution_requests/MedCom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Dispute resolution requests/MedCom (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Formal mediation</a> - provides formal mediation to assist in the resolution of content disputes.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Dispute_resolution_requests/ArbCom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Dispute resolution requests/ArbCom (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Arbitration</a> - the "last resort" for conduct issues when all other avenues are exhausted, issues binding rulings.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard">Conflict of interest</a> - for determining whether a specific editor has a <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Conflict_of_interest" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Conflict of interest">conflict of interest</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:External_links/Noticeboard" title="විකිපීඩියා:External links/Noticeboard">External links</a> - reporting possible breaches of the <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:EL" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:EL">external links</a></i> policy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard">Neutrality</a> - for reporting issues regarding whether article content is compliant with the <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Neutral_point_of_view" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Neutral point of view">Neutral Point of View</a></i> policy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_original_research/Noticeboard" title="විකිපීඩියා:No original research/Noticeboard">Original research</a> - for requesting input on possible problems of <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:OR" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:OR">original research</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reliable sources/Noticeboard">Sources</a> - for posting questions regarding whether particular <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:RS">sources are reliable</a></i> in context.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Requested_moves" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Requested moves">Page moves</a> - a process for requesting the retitling of an article, template, or project page.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Technical_issues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Technical_issues-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Technical_issues-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span>Technical issues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Technical_issues-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Village_pump" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Village pump">Village pump</a></b> - main directory divided into five boards by topic (as seen below), to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Village_pump_(policy)" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Village pump (policy)">Policy</a> - to discuss changes to existing and proposed policies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Village_pump_(proposals)" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Village pump (proposals)">Proposals</a> - to discuss new proposals that are not policy-related.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Village_pump_(technical)" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Village pump (technical)">Technical</a> - to discuss technical issues. For wiki software bug reports, use Bugzilla</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Village_pump_(idea_lab)" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Village pump (idea lab)">Idea lab</a> - to discuss ideas before proposing them to the community and attempt to find solutions to common issues.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Village pump (miscellaneous)">Miscellaneous</a>) - to post messages that do not fit into any other categories listed above.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_ways_to_get_help" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_ways_to_get_help-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_ways_to_get_help-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span>Other ways to get help<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_ways_to_get_help-Interactive_assistance_(help_forums)"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Special_services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Special services (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Special services</a></b> - a section on the <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Requests" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Requests">Request departments</a></i> page that lists the alternative ways of getting help as seen below. <ul><li>Place <b><tt>{{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Help_me" title="සැකිල්ල:Help me">Help me</a>}}</tt></b> (including the curly brackets) "then your question" on <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="විශේෂ:මගේ සාකච්ඡාව">your talk page</a>, a volunteer will visit you there!</li> <li>If you require personal <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Administrators" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Administrators">administrator</a></i> assistance in regards to blocking, deleting, protecting, personal harassment or legal threats you can place <b><tt>{{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Admin_help" title="සැකිල්ල:Admin help">Admin help</a>}}</tt></b> (including the curly brackets) "then your concerns" on <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="විශේෂ:මගේ සාකච්ඡාව">your talk page</a>, an administrator will visit you there!</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Adopt-a-User" title="විකිපීඩියා:Adopt-a-User">Adopt-a-User</a> – is where you can find experienced Wikipedians that "adopt" new users and mentor them.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Co-op&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Co-op (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Co-op</a> – a mentorship space where you can work with an experienced Wikipedian to learn about and improve Wikipedia.</li> <li>Join the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-en-help">#wikipedia-en-help</a> IRC channel for real-time chat. New to <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=IRC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IRC (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">IRC</a></i>? <b><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikipedia-en-help">Click here</a></span></b> to be connected instantly!</li> <li>New editors can join the <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:New_contributors%27_help_chat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:New contributors' help chat (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">"Newcomer live chat"</a> to connect with editors experienced assisting novice users.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contact_us" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contact us">Contact Wikipedia</a> - is a page that describes how and where to contact Wikipedia directly for a variety of reasons.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Community_standards_and_advice" data-mw-thread-id="h-Community_standards_and_advice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Community_standards_and_advice"></span>Community standards and advice<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Community_standards_and_advice"></span></h3></div> <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Wikipedia:Help_index#Community_standards_and_advice"></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Wikipedia_books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Wikipedia_books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Policies_and_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Policies and guidelines">Policies & guidelines</a></b> - describes how policies and guidelines should normally be developed and maintained. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_policies_and_guidelines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of policies and guidelines (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">List of policies and guidelines</a> - lists the main community standards for "English Wikipedia". <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of policies">List of policies</a> – a comprehensive descriptive list of policies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a> a comprehensive descriptive list of guidelines. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Simplified_ruleset" title="විකිපීඩියා:Simplified ruleset">Simplified rule-set</a> - essay about some basic aspect of Wikipedia norms and practices.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Expectations_and_norms_of_the_Wikipedia_community&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Expectations and norms of the Wikipedia community (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Expectations & norms of the community</a> - essay about some social norms that editors are expected to follow.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:8_simple_rules_for_editing_our_encyclopedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:8 simple rules for editing our encyclopedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Eight rules for editing</a> - essay stating if you start out by following these simple rules, the rest should come naturally.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Ten_Simple_Rules_for_Editing_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Ten rules for editing</a> - essay that provides tips to make editing smoother.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays">Essays</a></b>– Although essays are not policy or guidelines many are worthy of considerations. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:WikiProject_Council/Guide#Advice_pages" title="විකිපීඩියා:WikiProject Council/Guide">Advice pages</a> – guideline about advice pages written by WikiProjects. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:The_difference_between_policies,_guidelines_and_essays" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:The difference between policies, guidelines and essays">Difference between policies, guidelines & essays</a> - essay about what is called a "policy", "guideline" or "essay".</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_are_not_policy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays are not policy (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Essays are not policy</a> - essay about how it is not a good idea to quote essays as if they were community standards.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:The_value_of_essays" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:The value of essays">The value of essays</a> - essays are not policy or guidelines, but many are worthy of consideration. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_in_a_nutshell" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays in a nutshell">Essays in a nutshell</a> - summarizes the gist of user written essays on Wikipedia.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></b> - guideline primarily intended to assist those with disabilities, it can be helpful for all readers. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Accessibility_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Accessibility dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Accessibility dos and don'ts</a> - regardless of disability, all should be able to read, navigate, and contribute easily.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Alternative_text_for_images" title="විකිපීඩියා:Alternative text for images">Alternative text for images</a> - allows the content and function of an image to be understood by text-only readers.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Deletion_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Deletion policy">Article deletion</a></b> - policy about how articles and other Wikipedia pages can be removed from general view. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:How_to_delete_a_page&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:How to delete a page (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">How to delete a page</a> - essay with an easy explanation of how to ask for an article to be deleted.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Guide to deletion">Guide to deletion</a> - essay with step by step instructions for nominating articles for deletions.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Arguments_to_avoid_in_deletion_discussions" title="විකිපීඩියා:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions">Arguments to avoid during deletions</a> - essay about what not to say or talk about during a deletion.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:How_to_save_an_article_proposed_for_deletion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:How to save an article proposed for deletion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Save an article proposed for deletion</a> - essay about how to familiarize yourself with the deletion process.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Why_was_the_page_I_created_deleted%3F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Why was the page I created deleted? (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Why was the page I created deleted?</a> - essay about the reasons and the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:AFTERDELETE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:AFTERDELETE (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">"several" options available</a></i> to you. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Deletion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays in a nutshell/Deletion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Deletion essays</a> - summarizes the gist of user written essays about deletions.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Biographies_of_living_persons" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></b> (BLP) - guideline about how bios on living persons must be written with great care. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Libel" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Libel">Libel</a> - policy about how it is the responsibility of all to ensure that material posted is not <i><a href="/wiki/Defamation" class="mw-redirect" title="Defamation">defamatory</a></i>. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Avoiding_harm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Avoiding harm (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Avoiding harm</a> - essay that contains the ideas behind the philosophy that formed the <i>BLP</i>.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Blocking_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></b> - policy behind how administrators technically prevent users from editing. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_appealing_blocks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Guide to appealing blocks (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Appealing blocks</a> - essay about how to appeal a block.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Unblock Ticket Request System (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Unblock request</a> - you can use the {{<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Unblock" title="සැකිල්ල:Unblock">unblock</a>}} template on your <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="විශේෂ:මගේ සාකච්ඡාව">talk page</a> to request an unblock - however if you have had talk page access removed see <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Unblock Ticket Request System (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Unblock request</a></i>.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Child_protection" title="විකිපීඩියා:Child protection">Child protection</a></b> - policy about the behavior and actions of adult editors with regards to children. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Offensive_material&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Offensive material (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Offensive material</a> - guideline about how articles may contain offensive words and images, but only for a good reason. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Protecting_children%27s_privacy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Protecting children's privacy (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Protecting children's privacy</a> - essay about how all users, including children, are permitted to edit anonymously.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guidance_for_younger_editors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Guidance for younger editors (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Guidance for younger editors</a> - essay on advice for young editors about what they should be aware of.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Citing_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></b> - guideline that contains information on how to place and format citations (references). <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Verification_methods&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Verification methods (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Verification methods</a> - essay about several common methods that Wikipedia editors use to make their articles verifiable.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Referencing_for_beginners" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Referencing for beginners">Referencing for beginners</a> - essay that shows you how to use the most popular system for providing inline citations.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Conflict_of_interest" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></b> - guideline about how it is best to not edit Wikipedia to promote your own interests. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Plain_and_simple_conflict_of_interest_guide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Conflict of interest guide</a> - essay for editors who want to write and edit articles about a subject they are affiliated with.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Best_practices_for_editors_with_close_associations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Best practices for editors with close associations (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Best practices for editors with close associations</a> - essay about having a close association with a topic.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Paid_editing_(essay)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Paid editing (essay) (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Paid editing</a> - essay that provides advice on what to do, when it comes to Paid Editing & Wikipedia.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Consensus" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Consensus">Consensus</a></b> - the primary way decisions are made, its accepted as the best method to achieve <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Goal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Goal (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">our goals</a></i>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:BOLD,_revert,_discuss_cycle" title="විකිපීඩියා:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle">BOLD, revert, discuss cycle</a> (BRD) - is a method for reaching consensus. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Consensus_and_discussion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays in a nutshell/Consensus and discussion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Consensus and discussion essays</a> - summarizes the gist of user written essays on consensus.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Copyrights" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Copyrights">Copyrights</a></b> - policy that states permission is granted to copy, distribute or modify text under <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License" title="විකිපීඩියා:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License">CC BY-SA 3.0</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Close_paraphrasing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Close paraphrasing (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Close paraphrasing</a> - essay that states all should summarize in their own words, instead of closely paraphrasing.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Donating_copyrighted_materials" title="විකිපීඩියා:Donating copyrighted materials">Donating published work</a> - essay for editors who would like to grant permission to use their own previously published work.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Spotting_possible_copyright_violations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Spotting possible copyright violations (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Spotting possible copyright violations</a> - essay about spotting copyright violations that are <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Copy-paste" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Copy-paste">copy-and-pastes</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Requesting_copyright_permission" title="විකිපීඩියා:Requesting copyright permission">Requesting copyright permission</a> - essay about editors who would like to get permission to use other people's work.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Editing_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></b> - <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Be_bold_in_updating_pages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Be bold in updating pages (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Be bold in updating articles</a></i> in a <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Neutral_point_of_view" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Neutral point of view">fair</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Verifiability" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Verifiability">accurate manner</a></i>, because <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Editing_policy#Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress:_perfection_is_not_required" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Editing policy"><i>perfection is not required</i></a>. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:DEVELOP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:DEVELOP (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Article development</a> – lists the ways in which you can help an article grow. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Article_writing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays in a nutshell/Article writing (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Article writing essays</a> - summarizes the gist of user written essays on article building.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Edit_warring" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Edit warring">Edit warring</a> - don't use edits to fight with other editors - there is a <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bright_line&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bright line (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">bright line</a></i> known as the <i><a href="#The_three-revert_rule">three-revert rule</a></i> (3RR).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Disruptive_editing" title="විකිපීඩියා:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a> - disruptive editors may be <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Blocking_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Blocking policy">blocked</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Banning_policy" title="විකිපීඩියා:Banning policy">banned</a></i> indefinitely. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Editorial_discretion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Editorial discretion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Editorial discretion</a> - essay about the proper inclusion of relevant and well-sourced content.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Etiquette" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></b> - principles of decorum, also referred to as "Wikiquette", how to work with others on Wikipedia. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Civility" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Civility">Civility</a> - Wikipedia's basic conduct expectations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Assume_good_faith" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a> - unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, assume people are trying to help not harm Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_personal_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a> - comment on <b>content</b>, not on the contributors.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Harassment" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Harassment">Harassment</a> - <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:HUSH&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:HUSH (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">unwanted contact</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:WikiBullying&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:WikiBullying (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">intimidation</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_legal_threats" title="විකිපීඩියා:No legal threats">threats</a></i> or <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:OUTING&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:OUTING (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">posting personal information</a></i> is <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_personal_attacks#Consequences_of_personal_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:No personal attacks">strictly prohibited</a>.</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="විකිපීඩියා:Please do not bite the newcomers">Don't bite the newcomers</a> - it's very unlikely for a newcomer to be familiar with the community standards. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:IPs_are_human_too&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:IPs are human too (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">IPs are human too</a> - essay about how unregistered users input is just as important in building consensus.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Honesty" title="විකිපීඩියා:Honesty">Honesty</a> - essay about how truthfulness is expected in all processes, including content discussion. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Civility&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays in a nutshell/Civility (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Civility essays</a> - list of essays that summarizes the gist of user written essays on civility.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Ignore_all_rules" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b> (IAR) - policy that states if a <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Policies_and_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Policies and guidelines">rule</a></i> prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, <b>ignore it</b>. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:The_rules_are_principles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:The rules are principles (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">The rules are principles</a> - essay on how policies & guidelines exist as rough approximations of their underlying principles.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reasonability_Rule&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reasonability Rule (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Reasonability Rule</a> - essay about how anything unreasonable that is being done shouldn't be done at all.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:What "Ignore all rules" means">What "Ignore all rules" means</a> - essay on how it is acceptable to use <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:COMMON" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:COMMON">common sense</a></i> as you go about editing.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Image_use_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Image use policy">Image use policy</a></b> - policies towards images, like content and copyright issues—applicable to "English Wikipedia". <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_image_deletion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Guide to image deletion (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Image deletion</a> - a how to guide for nominating images for deletion.<div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Image_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Image dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Image dos and don'ts</a> - images can make Wikipedia more informative, however..</li></ul></li></ul> <div style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"> <table style="background:transparent; width:50%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:transparent; font-size:125%"> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form" action="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-inputbox-input mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="The Manual of Style" size="25" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="Wikipedia:Manual of Style" name="prefix"/><br/><input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> </th></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD:Wikipedia_books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">සැකිල්ල:Wikipedia books</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Manual_of_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a></b> (MOS) - main guideline page that describes communal consensus on layouts and presentation. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="විකිපීඩියා:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style contents</a> - descriptive directory of all the pages which make up the Manual of Style. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Simplified_Manual_of_Style" title="විකිපීඩියා:Simplified Manual of Style">Simplified Manual of Style</a> - essay about the basics commonly used style guidelines.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Styletips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Styletips (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Styletips</a> – a list of advice pages for editors on writing style and formatting.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Writing_better_articles" title="විකිපීඩියා:Writing better articles">Better articles</a> - essay about guidance on how to make articles better.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:The_perfect_article&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:The perfect article (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Perfect article</a> - essay with a point by point guidance on what makes a great article.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Neutral_point_of_view" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Neutral point of view">Neutrality</a></b> (NPOV) - policy about how articles should represent the views of main scholars and specialists on topics. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:NPOV_tutorial" title="විකිපීඩියා:NPOV tutorial">NPOV tutorial</a> - essay on how to realize you may have a bias you're not aware of.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Be_neutral_in_form&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Be neutral in form (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Be neutral in form</a> - essay about how some editing methods may lead to disputes over points of views.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Describing_points_of_view&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Describing points of view (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Describing points of view</a> - essays that describes the best way to handle a neutral point of view. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Neutral_point_of_view&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays in a nutshell/Neutral point of view (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Neutral point of view essays</a> - summarizes the gist of essays on NPOV.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_original_research" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:No original research">No original research</a></b> (OR) - policy about how all material must be attributable to a reliable, published source. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:No_original_research/Examples&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:No original research/Examples (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Examples of original research</a> - some examples of original research.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Notability" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Notability">Notability</a></b> - guideline that outlines how suitable a topic may be for its own article or list. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Fringe_theories&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Fringe theories (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Fringe theories</a> - guideline about how articles should not make a fringe theory appear more notable than it is. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Notability&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays in a nutshell/Notability (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Notability essays</a> - list of essays that summarizes the gist of user written essays on notability.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:User_access_levels" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:User access levels">User rights</a></b> - ability to perform certain actions in Wikipedia depends on his/her user access level. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:On_privacy,_confidentiality_and_discretion" title="විකිපීඩියා:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion">On privacy, confidentiality and discretion</a> - essay about how your rights to privacy may not extend as far as you believe.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Verifiability" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></b> (RS) - policy stating how readers <b>must</b> be able to check that articles are not fabricated or embellished. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Identifying reliable sources">Identifying reliable sources</a> - guideline that discusses how to identify reliable references. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Cherrypicking&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Cherrypicking (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Cherrypicking</a> - essay about how to include contradictory and significant qualifying information from the same source.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Common_knowledge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Common knowledge (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Common knowledge</a> - essay about how often people don't actually know what you consider basic knowledge.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Independent_sources" title="විකිපීඩියා:Independent sources">Independent sources</a> - essay that gives the opinion of some editors on why independent sourcing is required.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Potentially_unreliable_sources&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Potentially unreliable sources (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Potentially unreliable sources</a> - essay that gives general advice on what is and isn't a reliable source. <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essays_in_a_nutshell/Verifiability_and_reliable_sources&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essays in a nutshell/Verifiability and reliable sources (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Verifiability and reliable sources essays</a> - summarizes the gist of user written essays on good references.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="විකිපීඩියා:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></b> - guideline about how all should strive to make each part of every article as understandable as possible to the widest audience of reader.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Manual of Style/Words to watch">Words to watch</a></b> - guideline about how certain expressions should be used with care.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Vandalism" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></b> - if you see vandalism in an article, the simplest thing to do is just to remove it.</li></ul> <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Directories" data-mw-thread-id="h-Directories"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Directories"></span>Directories<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Directories"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Directory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Directory (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Directory</a></b> - the main list of "Wikipedia" and "Help" namespace directories and indexes</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Wikipedia_abbreviations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Wikipedia abbreviations (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Abbreviations</a> - a list of all the abbreviations used on Wikipedia</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Department_directory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Department directory (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Departments</a> - a list of all the different divisions of Wikipedia.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Editor's index to Wikipedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Editor's index</a> - a list of all the pages to help people who edit pages.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essay_directory" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essay directory">Essays</a> - a list of pages that contain advice or opinions from one or more Wikipedia contributors.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ Index">FAQ</a> - a list of frequently asked questions by topic.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Glossary" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Glossary">Glossary</a> - a list of terms (slang) commonly used by editors.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of guidelines">Guidelines</a></b> - a descriptive list of official guidelines for "English Wikipedia"</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="විකිපීඩියා:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style</a></b> - a descriptive list of the pages which make up the Manual of Style.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of policies">Policies</a></b> - a descriptive list of official policies for "English Wikipedia"</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Quick_directory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Quick directory (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Quick directory</a> - a small list of key pages with emphasis on interaction between members of the community.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_shortcuts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of shortcuts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Shortcuts</a> - a list of abbreviated redirects and the pages they lead to.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tips (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Tips</a> - a list of "tips" created by users at <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tip_of_the_day&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tip of the day (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Tip of the day project</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Help_contents_by_topic" data-mw-thread-id="h-Help_contents_by_topic-Directories"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Help_contents_by_topic-Directories"></span>Help contents by topic<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Help_contents_by_topic-Directories"></span></h4></div> <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu" title="උදවු:Menu">Help menu</a></b> - main menu-style help page (old format used on the <i><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Contents" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Contents">Help:Contents</a></i> page). <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Navigating_Wikipedia" title="උදවු:Menu/Navigating Wikipedia">Navigating Wikipedia</a> - a list of help pages for reading the encyclopedia and navigating the site.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Joining_Wikipedia" title="උදවු:Menu/Joining Wikipedia">Joining Wikipedia</a> - a list of basic introductions about how to get started.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Editing_Wikipedia" title="උදවු:Menu/Editing Wikipedia">Editing Wikipedia</a> - a list of general help pages for editors.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Links" title="උදවු:Menu/Links">Links and references</a> - a list of page to help with creating links or dealing with references.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Images_and_media" title="උදවු:Menu/Images and media">Images and media</a> - a list of pages dealing with using images, videos and sound files.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Tracking_changes" title="උදවු:Menu/Tracking changes">Tracking changes</a> - a list of pages about tracking the evolution of a page or how to follow a user.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Policies_and_guidelines" title="උදවු:Menu/Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a> - a list of community standards.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Communication" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Menu/Communication">Communication</a> - a list of pages about contacting another user or keeping yourself informed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/The_Wikipedia_community" title="උදවු:Menu/The Wikipedia community">The Wikipedia community</a> - a list of pages about resources for editors.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Resources_and_lists" title="උදවු:Menu/Resources and lists">Resources and lists</a> - a list of pages about tips and tools for registered users.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Account_settings_and_maintenance" title="උදවු:Menu/Account settings and maintenance">Account settings and maintenance</a> - a list of pages about tips and tools for registered users</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Technical_information" title="උදවු:Menu/Technical information">Technical information</a> - a list of pages about tools for "advanced users" and troubleshooting information.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu/Site_map" title="උදවු:Menu/Site map">Site map</a> - the "big page" of all the help pages from above.</li></ul> <hr/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="තවදුරටත්_කියවීම්_(බාහිර_සබැඳි)" data-mw-thread-id="h-තවදුරටත්_කියවීම්_(බාහිර_සබැඳි)"><span id=".E0.B6.AD.E0.B7.80.E0.B6.AF.E0.B7.94.E0.B6.BB.E0.B6.A7.E0.B6.AD.E0.B7.8A_.E0.B6.9A.E0.B7.92.E0.B6.BA.E0.B7.80.E0.B7.93.E0.B6.B8.E0.B7.8A_.28.E0.B6.B6.E0.B7.8F.E0.B7.84.E0.B7.92.E0.B6.BB_.E0.B7.83.E0.B6.B6.E0.B7.90.E0.B6.B3.E0.B7.92.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-තවදුරටත්_කියවීම්_(බාහිර_සබැඳි)"></span>තවදුරටත් කියවීම් <span style="font-size:small;"><tt>(බාහිර සබැඳි)</tt></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-තවදුරටත්_කියවීම්_(බාහිර_සබැඳි)"></span></h3></div> <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;"><a href="#toc">යළිත් පටුන වෙත</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r573305"><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r573301"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376"/></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Instructional_videos_on_using_Wikipedia" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Instructional videos on using Wikipedia">නාමාවලිය</a></span> හා සබැඳි මාධ්‍ය විකිමාධ්‍ය කොමන්ස් හි ඇත.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf">ද බුක් ෂේල්ෆ්</a> - විකිපීඩියාව පිළිබඳ ඉහළ-තත්ත්වයෙහි, නිදහස් වරපත් සහිත, පරිශීලකයින් විසින් ජනනය කරන ලද තොරතුරුමය ද්‍රව්‍යය අතිමහත් එකතුවක්</li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mission" class="extiw" title="wmf:Mission">මෙහෙවර ප්‍රකාශය</a> - <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B0%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%B8" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිමාධ්‍ය පදනම">විකිමාධ්‍ය පදනම</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Values" class="extiw" title="wmf:Values">විකිමාධ්‍ය සාරධර්ම</a> - විකිමාධ්‍ය පදනමෙහි සාරධර්ම හය</li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Frequently_asked_questions" class="extiw" title="wmf:Frequently asked questions">විකිපීඩියාව කුමක්ද යන්න පිණ්ඩාර්ථයකින්? එමෙන්ම විකිමාධ්‍ය පදනම කුමක්ද යන්න?</a> - විකිමාධ්‍ය පදනම</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Founding_principles" class="extiw" title="meta:Founding principles">විකිමාධ්‍ය පදනම් ප්‍රතිපත්ති</a> - සමස්ත විකිමාධ්‍ය ප්‍රජාවන් විසින් සාමාන්‍ය වශයෙන් රකින ප්‍රතිපත්තීන්</li></ul> <dl><dd><i><b>සටහන</b> - පහත දැක්වෙන ප්‍රකාශන තුල යල් පැන ගිය තොරතුරු හෝ රූප සහිත විය හැකිය.</i></dd></dl> <div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle" style="font-style:italic; padding-left:2em;">ප්‍රධාන ලිපිය: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AE%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියාවේ ග්‍රන්ථනාමාවලිය (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">විකිපීඩියාවේ ග්‍රන්ථනාමාවලිය </a></div> <div class="references-small" style="margin-left:1.5em;"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r713704">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style><cite id="CITEREFPhoebe_AyersCharles_MatthewsBen_Yates2008" class="citation book cs1">Phoebe Ayers; Charles Matthews; Ben Yates (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=lHdi1CEPLb4C&pg=PP1"><i>How Wikipedia Works:</i></a>. 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O'Reilly Media, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82:%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AE_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%96%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB/978-0-596-55387-6" title="විශේෂ:ග්‍රන්ථ මූලාශ්‍ර/978-0-596-55387-6"><bdi>978-0-596-55387-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wikipedia+Reader%27s+Guide%3A+The+Missing+Manual&rft.pub=O%27Reilly+Media%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-596-55387-6&rft.au=John+Broughton&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWcob2c_eY48C%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsi.wikipedia.org%3A%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94%3A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r713704"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Broughton2008" class="citation book cs1">John Broughton (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=h37N0BvkVSUC&pg=PP1"><i>Wikipedia: The Missing Manual</i></a>. 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(පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Who writes Wikipedia?</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reader%27s_index_to_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reader's index to Wikipedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Help for readers</a> <abbr title="Concerns and questions readers may have about Wikipedia">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Readers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Readers (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">FAQ</a></li> <li><a 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title="උදවු:Other languages (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Other languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Searching" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Searching">Searching</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Student_help&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Student help (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Students</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Viewing_media&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Viewing media (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Viewing media</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contributing_to_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contributing to Wikipedia">Contributing<br/>to Wikipedia</a> <abbr title="Overviews and resources needed to comprehend, comment on, and edit">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guidance_for_younger_editors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Guidance for younger editors (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Advice for young editors</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Avoiding_common_mistakes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Avoiding common mistakes (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Avoiding common mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Etiquette" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Simplified_Manual_of_Style" title="විකිපීඩියා:Simplified Manual of Style">Simplified Manual of Style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Simplified_ruleset" title="විකිපීඩියා:Simplified ruleset">Simplified rule-set</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Ignore_all_rules" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Ignore all rules">"Ignore all rules"</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:The_rules_are_principles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:The rules are principles (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">"The rules are principles"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Styletips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Styletips (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Style-tips</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tip_of_the_day&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tip of the day (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Tip of the day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Your_first_article" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Your first article">Your first article</a> (<a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Article_wizard" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Article wizard">article wizard</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Getting_started" title="උදවු:Getting started">Getting started</a> <abbr title="Introductions and tutorials">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Why_create_an_account%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Introduction" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Introduction">Introductions by topic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Graphics_tutorials&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Graphics tutorials (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Graphics tutorials</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Pictures">Picture tutorial</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:IRC/Tutorial&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:IRC/Tutorial (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">IRC <span style="font-size:90%;">(live chat)</span> tutorial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:VisualEditor/User_guide&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:VisualEditor/User guide (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">VisualEditor user guide</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Dos_and_don%27ts" title="විකිපීඩියා:Dos and don'ts">Dos and don'ts</a> <abbr title="Wikipedia policies, guidelines, and formatting standards in bullet points">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Accessibility_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Accessibility dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Biography_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Biography dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Biographies</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Biographies_of_living_persons_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Biographies of living persons dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Biographies (living)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Categorization_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Categorization dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Consensus_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Consensus dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Talk_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Talk dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Disambiguation_dos_and_don%27ts" title="විකිපීඩියා:Disambiguation dos and don'ts">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Image_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Image dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Lead_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Lead dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Leads</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Linking_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Linking dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:List dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:References_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:References dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">References</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Table_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Table dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Article_title_dos_and_don%27ts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Article title dos and don'ts (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Titles (of articles)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BA:Wikipedia_how-to" title="ප්‍රවර්ගය:Wikipedia how-to">How-to pages</a> and<br/><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BA:Wikipedia_information_pages" title="ප්‍රවර්ගය:Wikipedia information pages">information pages</a> <abbr title="Topic specific informative and instructional pages">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_appealing_blocks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Guide to appealing blocks (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Appealing blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Guide_to_deletion" title="විකිපීඩියා:Guide to deletion">Article deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Category" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Category">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Citations_quick_reference" title="උදවු:Citations quick reference">Citations/references</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Referencing_for_beginners" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Referencing for beginners">Referencing for beginners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Citation_Style_1" title="උදවු:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Cite_errors" title="උදවු:Cite errors">Cite errors</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:References_and_page_numbers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:References and page numbers (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">References and page numbers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Merging" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Merging">Merging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Page_name" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Page name">Page name</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:How_to_move_a_page&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:How to move a page (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Renaming pages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Redirect" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Redirect">Redirect</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Reset_password&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Reset password (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Passwords</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Email_confirmation" title="උදවු:Email confirmation">Email confirmation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:WP_search_protocol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:WP search protocol (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">WP search protocol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiki_markup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiki markup (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Coding</a> <abbr title="Wikitext information consists of the syntax used to format a page">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikitext" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Wikitext">Wiki markup</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Barchart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Barchart (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Barcharts</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Magic_words" title="උදවු:Magic words">Magic words</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Musical_symbols&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Musical symbols (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Music symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Section" title="උදවු:Section">Sections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Sound_file_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Sound file markup">Sounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Table" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Table">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Template" title="උදවු:Template">Templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Transclusion" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Transclusion">Transclusion</a></li> <li><a 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(පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents">Contents</a> <small>(Encyclopedia proper)</small></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Department_directory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Department directory (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Editor's index to Wikipedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Editor's index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essay_directory" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essay directory">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Index&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Index (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Glossary" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Glossary">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of guidelines">Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="විකිපීඩියා:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of policies">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Maintenance" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Maintenance">Tasks</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tips (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Tips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tools" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tools">Tools</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><div><b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Missing Manual</a></b> <hr/> <span class="noprint plainlinks"><a class="external text" 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href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_policies_and_guidelines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of policies and guidelines (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Protocols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of policies">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:List_of_guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:List of guidelines">Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="විකිපීඩියා:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Assistance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Directory" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Directory">Help directory</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Menu" title="උදවු:Menu">Menu</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:FAQ/Index&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:FAQ/Index (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Request_directory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Request directory (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Interactive help</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Reader%27s_index_to_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Reader's index to Wikipedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Reader's index</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tips (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Tips</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Styletips&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Styletips (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Styletips</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Tools" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Tools">Tools</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">The community</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Community_portal" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Community portal">Portal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Dashboard" title="විකිපීඩියා:Dashboard">Discussions</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Noticeboards#List_of_Wikipedia's_noticeboards" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Noticeboards">Noticeboards</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Essay_directory" title="විකිපීඩියා:Essay directory">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Editor's index to Wikipedia (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Editor's index</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Department_directory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Department directory (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Departments</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Maintenance" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Maintenance">Maintenance</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="විකිපීඩියා:WikiProject Council/Directory">WikiProjects</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MediaWiki</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Wiki_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="උදවු:Wiki markup">Wikicode</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:HTML_in_wikitext" title="උදවු:HTML in wikitext">HTML</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Template_index" title="විකිපීඩියා:Template index">Templates</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Wikipedia_abbreviations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Wikipedia abbreviations (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Edit_summary_legend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Edit summary legend (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Edit summaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Glossary" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Glossary">Glossary</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%94:Glossary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="උදවු:Glossary (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Readers</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Shortcut_directory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Shortcut directory (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Shortcuts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents">Encyclopedia<br/> proper</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents/Overviews&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents/Overviews (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Overviews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents/Outlines" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents/Outlines">Outlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents/Lists" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents/Lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents/Portals" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents/Portals">Portals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents/Glossaries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents/Glossaries (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Glossaries</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents/Categories&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents/Categories (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Contents/Indices&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Contents/Indices (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Indices</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Featured_content&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Featured content (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Featured</a>, <a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Good_articles" title="විකිපීඩියා:Good articles">good</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Featured_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Featured articles">Featured articles</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BA:Good_articles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ප්‍රවර්ගය:Good articles (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Good articles</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Featured_lists&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Featured lists (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Featured lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Featured_pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="විකිපීඩියා:Featured pictures">Featured pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Featured_topics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Featured topics (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Featured topics</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:90%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Good_topics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="විකිපීඩියා:Good topics (පිටුව නොපවතියි)">Good topics</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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