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- Abbreviations – see Shortenings
- Accessibility: The ease with which pages may be navigated and read, especially by those with disabilities using, for example, a screen reader.
- Acronyms – see Shortenings
- Admins, Administration – see System administration
- Algonquian languages – see Language index
- Alphabetical order – see Alphabetic order in Meta-Wiki
- Alternative forms and spellings:
- Policy
- Misspellings – Help file
- Capitalisation and case sensitivity - Policy
- Spelling variants in entry names (dated/inactive guidance for dealing with spelling variations).
- Types of spelling variations (dated/inactive).
- UK v US spelling American or British Spelling (dated/inactive).
- Categories and lists:
- American v UK spelling see under Alternative forms.
- see Anchors in Meta-Wiki.
- see Links and anchors in Meta-Wiki.
- Announcements
- Appearance of Wiktionary, how to customise it – see User style
- Arabic – see Language index
- Archaic terms
- Arrays, Associative arrays – see Templates.
- Assume good faith – see Civility.
- Audio pronunciations – see Pronunciations.
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- Babel (User language templates).
- Beta version – see under Usability Initiative.
- Bureaucrats – see under Sysadmin.
- Blocking – see Vandalism.
- Bookmarks – see Anchors
- Bookmarklet see:
- Wiktionary:Bots Definition, theory.
- Help:Bots Practical
- Information on bots on Meta-Wiki.
- Bot policy on Wikipedia
- British v US spellings see Spelling
- Bugzilla – see under Usability Initiative.
- Buttons:
- The Go button on Meta-Wiki.
- see also System administrators
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- Calculation
- Help on Calculation on Meta-Wiki.
- Capitalisation/Capitalization - see Alternative forms.
- Catalan – see Language index
- Wiktionary:Categorization how to create and apply categories
- Wiktionary:Entry layout explained#Category links usage explained
- Help:Category a brief outline of conventions and Wiktionary-specific settings.
- Description and usage described
- Categories the top-level category or "category of categories".
- Special:Categories an alphabetic list of all categories
- the Category Tree browser from the Toolserver.
- CFI – see Criteria for inclusion
- Changes:
- Changes to a page – see Page history
- Changes to a customised list of pages – see Watchlists
- Changes to all pages – see Recent changes
- Changes to pages linked to a page – see Related changes
- Previewing changes – see Edit
- Undoing or reverting a change – see Reverting
- Changing a pages name – see Moving (or renaming) a page.
- Changing your password – see Password.
- Characters:
- Special characters on Meta-Wiki.
- Scripts – see Scripts.
- Individual languages in the Help:Language index.
- Checking translations – see Translation.
- Chinese – see Language index
- Citations – a guide to their use, format etc.
- see also Citations, Quotations, References
- Civility:
- Civility a draft Wiktionary policy.
- No personal attacks a policy proposal (March 2006).
- Assume good faith a Wiktionary policy.
- Dispute resolution.
- Cleanup:
- Request pages:
- Codes:
- Language codes – see Language codes in Wiktionary.
- Colon, use of – see Parser function.
- Colour/color:
- Communicating:
- Using your "My talk" or "User talk" page.
- Emailing other users
- Compare:
- Conflict of edits – see Edit.
- Contents:
- Contributions – for Users' contributions see User.
- Criteria for inclusion
- Custom namespaces – see Namespaces.
- Customising Wiktionary's appearance – see User style.
- Czech – see Language index
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- Data:
- Dated terms – see Words.
- Definitions:
- Deletion:
- The cleanup and deletion process.
- Page deletion guidelines.
- Deletion categories, templates, lists etc.
- Delete, Sysop tools.
- Criteria for inclusion.
- Nominating an article for deletion:
- The deletion log.
- See also Cleanup, Verification and Protection.
- Dictionaries – see Web resources.
- Diff, difference
- How to view page differences on Meta-Wiki.
- Discussion pages – see Talk pages.
- Discussion rooms and Community Portal
- Displaying images – see Images.
- Disputes, dispute resolution – see Civility.
- Downloading a page:
- Help for downloading pages on Meta-Wiki.
- Saving a web page on Wikipedia.
- Dummy edit see Edit.
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- EasyTimeline – see EasyTimeline and Help:EasyTimeline syntax on Meta-Wiki.
- Editing
- How to edit a page (an editing overview with many wikitext examples).
- Minor edit, when to use it.
- Starting a new page – see Page.
- On Meta-Wiki:
- A list of help pages.
- Using external editors:
- Editing shortcuts.
- Previewing changes.
- Wikitext examples some editing tips and tricks.
- Editing FAQ.
- The edit toolbar.
- Edit summary field when saving an edit.
- Edit conflict.
- Dummy edit.
- Editing sections of included templates.
- See also Patrolled edit.
- Entry layout – see Layout.
- Wiktionary:Etymology, the main article with policy and examples.
- Wiktionary:Entry layout explained#Etymology
- Omitting an etymology Help:FAQ#General
- For multiple etymologies Wiktionary:Entry layout explained#Etymology
- How to wikify foreign words in an etymology: Help:FAQ#Wikifying, Help:How to edit a page#When to link
- How etymologies should be categorised: Wiktionary:Etymology#Structure of Etymology Categories
- Categories
- Templates
- In reconstructed terms: Wiktionary:Reconstructed terms and especially Wiktionary:Reconstructed terms#References from Etymologies
- Other resources (Conditions of copywrite must be born in mind.)
- Export, exporting data:
- Export on Meta-Wiki.
- External editors – see Editing.
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- FAQ:
- Wiktionary FAQ.
- Editing FAQ on Meta-Wiki.
- Foreign languages – see Index of individual languages.
- See also Translation.
- See also Characters used in other languages.
- Formulae – see Mathematics.
- Forms: see: Alternative forms
- Frequency of words – see Word frequency.
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- Gender – see Wiktionary:Languages with more than one grammatical gender
- Appendix:Glossary – glossary of terms used in Wiktionary entries.
- Wiktionary:Glossary – glossary of terms not used in Wiktionary entries.
- Go button – see Buttons.
- Guidelines – see Policy and guidelines.
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- Handbook for readers (ordinary users) on Meta-Wiki.
- Headings:
- see also individual entries.
- Headword or Inflection line
- Help contents page.
- Help for ordinary users – see Handbook
- History of a page – see Page
- How to edit a page an editing overview with many wikitext examples.
- HTML – see wikitext
- Hungarian – see Language index
- Hypertext markup language – see wikitext
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- Icelandic – see Language index
- Images:
- Images and other uploaded files on Meta-Wiki.
- Displaying an image, (Extended image syntax) on Wikipedia.
- Image (description) page on Meta-Wiki.
- Navigational image on Meta-Wiki.
- Import, importing data:
- Inflection or Headword line
- Initialisms – Shortenings
- Inputbox on MediaWiki.
- Interface (Wiktionaries appearance):
- See also User style
- Interlanguage link demo on Meta-Wiki.
- Interwiki linking:
- Interwiki linking, linking to Wiktionaries of other languages.
- Interwiki linking on Meta-Wiki
- ISBN links – see Links
- IPA – see International Phonetic Alphabet
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- Japanese – see Language index
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- Language codes in Wiktionary.
- Languages:
- see individual languages in Help:Language index.
- See also Translation.
- Latin – see Language index
- Latinisation – see Transliteration.
- Layout:
- Entry layout explained.
- Entry layout explained – POS headers.
- Lists – see Wikitext.
- Tables – see Tables.
- see also Criteria for inclusion.
- Links:
- Linking to section headings – see Anchors.
- Internal links: linking to other entries.
- URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or web page address on Meta-Wiki.
- Piped links on Meta-Wiki.
- Self links on Meta-Wiki.
- ISBN links on Meta-Wiki.
- Linking (Interwiki) – see Interwiki linking.
- see also Redirection.
- Lists:
- See relevant heading.
- Formating on page – see Wikitext.
- Login, Loggin in:
- Logging in on Meta-Wiki.
- Unified login on Meta-Wiki.
- Lua – see Scribunto
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- Mathematics:
- Displaying maths formulae on Meta-Wiki.
- Middle English:
- see Words.
- Minor edit – see Edit.
- Misnamed pages see Moving a page
- Misspellings see Alternative forms and spellings
- Moderator handbook for moderators on Meta-Wiki.
- Monobook see User style.
- Moving (or renaming) a page on Meta-Wiki
- My talk pages – see Communicating.
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- Name, Username – see User.
- Names – see Criteria for inclusion.
- Official list Wiktionary namespaces
- Namespace help in Meta-Wiki.
- Search for pages by name and namespace.
- Using custom namespaces, a manual on MediaWiki.
- Naming a page – see Page.
- see also Moving (or renaming) a page.
- Navigation bar – see Interface.
- Navigational image – see Image.
- Neutral point of view – a Wiktionary policy.
- New page – see Page.
- New User, Registration: see under User, User name.
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- Obsolete terms – see Words.
- Old English:
- see Words.
- Order of sorting see Alphabetical order
- Oneline resources – see Web resources.
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- Page:
-
- Starting a new page on Meta-Wiki.
- How to edit a page.
- Page deletion – see Deletion.
- Page name on Meta-Wiki.
- Page history on Meta-Wiki.
- How to view page differences.
- Page sections on Meta-Wiki.
- see also:
- Parameter – see Template.
- Parser function on Meta-Wiki.
- Parts of speech section headers (POS), listing standard and nonstandard section headers.
- Password
- You can change your password on your user preferences page.
- Preferences (Password) help on Meta-Wiki.
- Patrolled edit
- Patrolled edits (FAQ).
- Patrolled edit on Meta-Wiki.
- Personal attacks – see Civility.
- Photographs – see Images.
- Phrasebook – what to include, criteria, treatment, etc.
- Policy and guidelines:
- POS (Parts of speech) section headers
- Preferences – see User preferences
- Previewing changes – see Edit
- Printing:
- Printable on Meta-Wiki.
- International Phonetic Alphabet
- Audio pronunciations
- The Pronunciation category contains other relevant pages.
- Protected page:
- see also Deletion
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- Quick guide to Templates – see Templates
- Quotations – a guide to their use, format etc.
- Quotations in Wikiquote – see Wikiquote
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- Random page – see Special page.
- Reader handbook – see Handbook.
- Recent changes:
- Recent changes on Meta-Wiki.
- Enhanced recent changes on Meta-Wiki.
- Redirection:
- Redirection help – how to do it.
- Redirection policy – when to do it.
- Redirect help on Wikipedia.
- Redirect help on Meta-Wiki.
- References – a guide to their use, format etc.
- see also Citations, Quotations, References
- Registration – see User.
- Related changes on Meta-Wiki.
- Renaming a page – see Moving a page.
- Requests:
- Wiktionary:Request pages – summary of where various types of request may be made.
- Category:Requests – A parent category for the various request categories.
- Category:Requested entries a Category containing lists of requested words (by language)
- Category:Requests by language a Category containing Categories of items needing attention (by language)
- Reverting (or undoing) a change to article content:
- Reverting.
- Reverting on Meta-Wiki.
- Rollback (Reverting) on Meta-Wiki.
- see also Vandalism.
- Rollback – see Revert.
- Romanian – see Language index
- Romanisation – see Transliteration.
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- Starting your own sandbox.
- The Wiktionary Sandbox where you can experiment with editing.
- Scribunto:
- Wiktionary:Scribunto
- Extension:Scribunto on MediaWiki.
- Learning "generic" Lua
- Lua tutorial
- Lua reference manual
- Official Lua reference manual (for generic language)
- Converting templates – Some tips and tricks
- Searching:
- Wiktionary help page on searching.
- Help page on searching on Meta-Wiki.
- Search bookmarklets.
- Internal search facilities:
- Search Wiktionary using external search engines:
- Section – see Page section.
- See also:
-
- see also Alternative spellings.
- Self link – see Links.
- Short words searches – see Searching.
- Shortcuts – see Keyboard shortcuts.
- Shortenings:
- Policy
- Definitions: - Abbreviation, Acronym, Contraction, Initialism, Shortenings, Short forms
- Categories: English shortenings.
- Showing the contents of one page within another page.
- Sidebar – see Interface.
- Sign/signed languages – see Language index.
- Skin see User style.
- Sorting order see Alphabetical order
- Spanish – see Language index
- Special characters – see Characters.
- Special pages:
- Special pages.
- Special page on Meta-Wiki.
- Spelling: see: Alternative forms
- Starting a new page – see Page.
- Style guide A style guide
- Subpages – Subpages in the user and talk namespaces.
- Sysops see System administrators.
- System administrators or Sysops:
-
- Lists of:
- Administrators and Former administrators.
- Bureaucrats
- CheckUsers
- Dishwashing duties (duties and associated volunteers)
- Pages where requests are made
- For administrators on Wikipedia.
- About administration on Meta-Wiki.
- The system administrator's handbook on Meta-Wiki.
- See also Patrolled edit.
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- Tables:
- Table on Meta-Wiki.
- Spreadsheet to Wikitext converter.
- Tabs (Administrators' tool):
- Talk pages:
- Talk pages on Meta-Wiki.
- User talk pages – see Communicating.
- Subpages in the user and talk namespaces.
- Templates FAQ
- What a template does (Showing one page within another).
- Guides:
- Guide on Meta-Wiki.
- Quick guide on Meta-Wiki.
- Advanced guide on Meta-Wiki.
- Parser Functions
- Magic words
- Editing sections of included templates on Meta-Wiki.
- Parameter default on Meta-Wiki.
- Variable on Meta-Wiki.
- Arrays/Associative arrays on Meta-Wiki.
- An Index to Wiktionary templates.
- A complete list, but some are rarely used.
- Template categories.
- On using templates. An historical page now marked inactive.
- Scribunto, Lua – see Scribunto
- Testing on Meta-Wiki.
- TeX markup – see Mathematics.
- Thesaurus
- Wikisaurus.
- Discussion with links to others.
- Tips and tricks
- Toolbar – see Edit.
- Tools – see System administrators.
- Trademarks – see Criteria for inclusion.
- Translations and translating:
- see also Indvidual language index.
- Transliteration:
- see also relevant languages in the Indvidual language index.
- The language index gives appropriate advice under each language.
- Overview and draft policy.
- Draft policy discussion.
- Transwiki
- Tricks and tips
- Turkish – see Language index
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- UK v US spelling see under Alternative spellings.
- Undoing or reverting a change – see Reverting
- Ultimate Wiktionary (inactive)
- Unfashionable terms – see Words.
- Unified login – see Logging in.
- Unified Wiktionary outreach.
- Upload:
- Images and other uploaded files on Meta-Wiki.
- see also Import.
- Upper case letters – see Capitalisation.
- URL – see Links.
- US v UK spelling see under Alternative spellings.
- Usability Initiative (Beta interface)
- Usage notes:
- Policy – past discussion.
- Brief explanation – in Entry layout explained.
- User, Username:
- Usernames and user pages.
- New user account, Registration:
- Logging in – see Logging in.
- User contributions and how to list them (on Meta-Wiki).
- Username and how to change it.
- User style and how to change it.
- Welcoming a new user.
- My talk pages – see Communicating.
- User page:
- User password – see Password
- User preferences:
- Preferences on Meta-Wiki.
- Enhanced recent changes on Meta-Wiki.
- Password – see Password
- User style – How Wiktionary looks on your browser:
- User style on Meta-Wiki.
- How to customise your skin to control your user style.
- Your monobook files:
- See also Interface.
- See also Printable.
- User talk pages – see Communicating.
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- Vandalism:
- Vandalism draft policy.
- Vandalism in progress report page.
- Patrolled edits a guide to system administrators on how to patrol edits.
- Blocking guidelines.
- see also Reverting.
- Variable – see Template.
- Verifiability – see Criteria for inclusion.
- Verification:
- See also Cleanup, Deletion and Protection.
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- Watchlist, Watching pages:
- Watching pages on Meta-Wiki.
- Wikipedia has an article on Internet watchlists.
- Web address – see Links.
- Web resources:
- Welcoming a new user: see User, User name.
- Wiki – see also Transwiki.
- Wikilinks – see Links.
- Wikipedia Usability Initiative – see under Usability Initiative.
- Wikiquote – the compendium of sourced quotations
- Wikisaurus:
- Quick reference.
- Formatting a list on Meta-Wiki.
- Magic words on Meta-Wiki.
- on Meta-Wiki:
- Wiktionary, how to customise its appearance – see User style.
- Word classification:
- Inclusion and Classification of Old Words (draft policy).
- Word frequency:
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