Template:Villagepump

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Welcome to the village pump. This set of pages is used to discuss the technical issues, policies, and operations of Wikipedia, and is divided into six village pump sections. Please use the table below to find the most appropriate section to post in, or post in the miscellaneous section. You can view all village pump sections at once here. The village pump is not a place to make lasting comments as inactive discussions are archived after seven days, and then permanently removed after a further seven days. Please sign and date your post (by typing ~~~~ or clicking the signature icon in the edit toolbar).

Village pump sections
News post \| watch To announce things that don't fit the Community bulletin board or Announcements	Policy post \| watch To discuss existing and proposed policies	Technical post \| watch To discuss technical issues. For wiki software bug reports use MediaZilla	Proposals post \| watch To discuss new proposals that are not policy related. See also: perennial proposals.	Assistance post \| watch To post requests for assistance not covered by the Help desk or the Reference desk	Miscellaneous post \| watch To post messages that do not fit into any other category

I want...					Where to go
To browse all village pump topics at once					Village pump (all)
Help using Wikipedia					Help desk
To find my way around Wikipedia					Department directory
Specific facts (e.g. Who was the first Pope?)					Reference desk
Constructive criticisms from others for a specific article					Peer review
Help resolving a specific article edit dispute or making a user conduct dispute complaint					Requests for comment
To comment on a specific article					Article's talk page
To view other Wikimedia projects					Wikimedia Meta-wiki
To know about citing Wikipedia in a bibliography					Citing Wikipedia
To report sites that copy Wikipedia content					Mirrors and forks