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'''Welcome''' to Wikisimpsons. Wikisimpsons is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by its readers. Wikisimpsons is a [[Wikisimpsons:What is a Wiki?|Wiki]], meaning that anybody, including ''you'', can edit almost any article right now, just by clicking on the '''edit''' button at the top of this page.

==Browsing Wikisimpsons==
'''How to navigate:''' All Wikisimpsons articles are linked in one way or another. Those which are referenceable and have their own individual page appear in [[Main Page|blue]], (which switches to purple when you have clicked on it) whereas those articles links which don't exist yet are coloured [[red]].

===Alternatively===
It is possible to set up your [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]] to format articles like this[[article which doesn't exist yet|?]] if the article does not yet exist. This adds a questionmark next to the article in question with a pipe to the article Wikified.

==Other useful buttons==
*[[Main Page]] &mdash; The Wikisimpsons main page
*[[The Simpsons Wiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]] - Where we discuss what's going on within Wikisimpsons as a community
*[[Current events]] &mdash; A useful list of current events
*[[Special:Recent changes|Recent changes]] &mdash; A list of changes recently made to Wikisimpsons.
*[[Special:Randompage|Random page]] &mdash; brings up a random page within the Wiki.
*[[Help:Contents]] &mdash; A help page, style guides, citation styles, and so on.

==Using Wikisimpsons==
*Find out all [[Wikisimpsons:About|about Wikisimpsons]]
*Work your way [[Wikisimpsons:Explore|around Wikisimpsons]]
*How to [[Wikisimpsons:Search|search]] for what you want
*How to use [[Wikisimpsons:Talk page|Talk pages]]
*How to create [[Wikisimpsons:Talk archives|archives of talk pages]]
*How to use [[Wikisimpsons:Related Changes|Related Changes]]
*How to [[Wikisimpsons:How to log in|log in]]
*How to [[Wikisimpsons:Customisation|customise Wikisimpsons]] to your will
*How to [[Wikisimpsons:Signature|change]] your signature

==Editing Wikisimpsons==
*[[Wikisimpsons:Tutorial|Editing tutorial]] &mdash; how to Edit Wikisimpsons
*[[Wikisimpsons:Contributing|Contribution tutorial]] &mdash; how to contribute to Wikisimpsons
*[[Help:Starting a new page|Starting a new page]] &mdash; how to start a new page
*[[Wikisimpsons:Redirect|Redirect pages]] &mdash; how to use redirect pages
*[[Wikisimpsons:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]] &mdash; how to create pages with different definitions

==Information for contributors==
*[[Wikisimpsons:Who writes Wikisimpsons?|Who writes Wikisimpsons?]]
*[[Wikisimpsons:Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]] on Wikisimpsons and such sites
*[[Wikisimpsons:Manual of style|Manual of style]] &mdash; how to make Simpsons articles look consistent