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(Text below this line is for organizing purposes only. It will be removed before final release.)

Key: EXISTING = existing help page; REPLACES = replaces one or more existing help pages; NEW = new help page

No background color = Updates have not been made.
Yellow = C has made updates and is requesting D's review before releasing page. See page itself for details.
Blue = D has made updates and is requesting C's review before releasing page. See page itself for details.
Green = both have reviewed and page is ready for release.

Asking questions

First, check the FAQ

FAQ main page = Help:FAQ EXISTING

is rewritten as a set of inclusion statements of all Help:FAQ/xxx pages below;

links below could take you directly to sections

most FAQ/xxx pages should be included elsewhere, but there may be some that are not;

note that existing FAQ page probably needs to be reconciled with existing FAQs on other help pages to ensure completeness and consistency of answers;

includes small miscellaneous features not covered elsewhere (such as How can I print a page? Answer: select more>Print (to get a printable version of the page) and then ctrl-P to get a print dialogue)

C: why wouldn't these follow the design and be Help:HowTo pages?

• Adding pages NEW
• Administration NEW
• Article pages NEW - how they differ from "WeRelate pages"
• Categories NEW
• Copyright NEW - four most commonly asked questions about copyright
• Deleting pages NEW
• Donating to our site NEW
• Editing pages NEW - includes formatting text
• Family pages NEW
• GEDCOMS NEW
• Givenname pages NEW

C: propose removing

• Help pages NEW

C: include info on Maintaining Help

• Image pages NEW
• Mediawiki pages NEW

C: propose moving to FAQ/XTRA

• MySource pages NEW
• Page titles NEW
• Person pages NEW
• Place pages NEW
• Portal pages NEW
• Printing NEW
• Problems NEW - solving problems you might encounter when browsing or editing

C: this was a Wikipedia FAQ, perhaps we don't need it

• Renaming pages NEW
• Removing ads NEW
• Repository pages NEW
• Source pages NEW
• Surname pages NEW
• Talk pages NEW
• Technical NEW - answers some questions related to technical workings and coding
• Template pages NEW
• Transcript pages NEW
• User contributions NEW
• User pages NEW
• Volunteering NEW - Please do :)
• WeRelate pages NEW - how they differ from "Article pages"
• Xtra NEW -- extra questions that do not fit into the types above

If you can't find your question answered in any of the pages above, then it's time to ask someone...

Where to ask questions

Help:Talk pages EXISTING (repeat)

WeRelate talk:Support EXISTING

WeRelate talk:Mentoring EXISTING

WeRelate talk:Overview committee EXISTING