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'''Welcome to the wiki!''' The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the '''Discussion''' tab above. 

You can find out more general information about the wiki on the [[Project:About|About]] page. To discuss this wiki and it's subject with others, use the [[Special:Forum|Gaiapedia wiki Forums]].

==New to wikis?==
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* If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the '''[[Wikia:Help:Video tutorials|tutorial]]''' on the Central Wikia.
* There is some advice on getting this wiki started at '''[[Help:Starting this wiki]]'''.
* A list of most help pages can be found in '''[[:Category:Help]]'''.
* See who are current admins and helpers of the wiki here on the '''[[Gaiapedia:Administrators|Administrators]]''' page.
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==How to help out==
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* Check out the '''[[Gaiapedia:Work in Progress|to-do list]]''' for major and minor projects, feel free to suggest means of improvement.
* If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various '''[[:Category:Article stubs|stub]]''' articles by adding content.
* Another helpful activity would be to check the list of '''[[Special:Wantedpages|wanted pages]]''' for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
* To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits use '''[[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]'''.
* You can find a list of useful templates on '''[[:Category:Templates]]''', some of which are documented on '''[[Project:Templates]]'''.
* If you need help editing, you could start with '''[[Help:Editing]]''' or '''[[Wikia:Help:Video tutorials|the tutorial]] on the Central Wikia'''.
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==Want to discuss stuff?==
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* If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use '''[[Help:Talk page|the talk page]]''' for that article.
* For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab of this page, or  a Forum if the forums have been set up. 
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==Things to do==
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* Help expand some '''[[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]]'''.
* '''[[Special:Shortpages|Locate]]''' and '''[[Template:Stub|mark]]''' pages that need expanding as [[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]].
* Create links to some '''[[Special:Lonelypages|orphaned pages]]'''.
* Upload and add some images! Visit '''[[Special:Upload]]'''. Add them to a category too, like <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[:Category:Images]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki>.
* Write a new article that's on the '''[[Special:Wantedpages|the wanted list]]'''!
* Consider splitting up very '''[[Special:Longpages|long pages]]'''.
* Create some links on '''[[Special:Deadendpages|dead end pages]]'''.
* ''Add more...''

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*'''Check out the full list of special pages at [[Special:Specialpages]].'''
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==Some other interesting pages==
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* Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit [[Special:Mycontributions]].
* Find out more about the wiki on '''[[Special:Statistics]]''' and '''[[Special:Version]]'''!
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