Help:Community Page

Beta The new Community Page feature, found at Special:Community, is a launching point for editors on a community, bringing together information about recent activity and suggestions for pages to improve. In particular it should help new editors become familiar with the community they're joining.

Note that this feature is currently in development and may change as work continues. See also the announcement blog post.



What it contains
The Community Page currently contains:


 * A large banner image to show off your community's topic
 * Many suggestions for pages to edit and improve on the left side, including several lists picked from Special:Insights and a section for admins to provide their own suggestions.
 * Recent community activity on the right side, including recently active admins, top contributors and recent edits.
 * A location to link to your community policies, plus links to important help pages.

To reach it, you can either navigate to Special:Community or click the button that appears at the top of the right rail on article pages.

How it works

 * Banner image and text
 * The banner image can be changed by community admins by uploading a file to File:Community-Page-Header.jpg.
 * Should be at least 1200x250px.
 * Check the image colors work with your local theme!


 * Welcome message
 * The welcome message under the main title can be edited at MediaWiki:Communitypage-admin-welcome-message.
 * The default text is: "Share your knowledge by editing pages, uploading images and adding new content."


 * Community to-do list
 * This is an area where admins can provide a wide range of suggestions and pointers for new contributors. For example, it could:
 * Point visitors to pages of particular importance, such as an upcoming release
 * Link categories of pages in need of updating, like Category:Stubs
 * Direct users to the best place to ask questions
 * Request comments on a current topic of discussion, such as new Chat guidelines
 * Examples: The Elder Scrolls Wiki, League of Legends Wiki, Destiny Wiki
 * Normal article wikitext can be used here, and module will become scrollable when the content exceeds about 500px in length.
 * The contents can be edited by admins via the "Edit list" link, or at MediaWiki:Community-to-do-list.


 * Top contributors this week
 * This list resets on Sunday night / Monday morning - specifically, around 00:00 UTC on Monday.
 * Uploading an image/video and adding it to a page are counted separately.
 * Note: rankings are not tracked over the long term, and there are no awards for being high in the list.


 * Community policies
 * The link within the community policies module message can be edited by admins.
 * It can be found at MediaWiki:Communitypage-policy-module-link-page-name.
 * This can point to any page in your community, and defaults to "Help:Community guidelines".

If you have feedback or suggestions for this feature, please let us know via Special:Contact/feedback!
 * Got feedback?

Further help and feedback
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