WikiQueer:Welcome to WikiQueer/Finding your way around

To understand WikiQueer, it is easiest to think of this website as having two types of pages: pages that are part of the encyclopedia and resource hub itself, and pages of the community (used by contributors to help build and operate the encyclopedia and resource hub).

To find your way around the encyclopedia and resource hub, either enter a term into the search box at the top-right side of the screen, or go to WikiQueer's table of contents. You may also use WikiQueer's category system to browse through the article categories.

WikiQueer's community pages include instructions, help pages, policies and guidelines, processes, discussion forums, places to make requests, pages to report problems, and user pages. These are all pages which we use to develop the encyclopedia and to communicate with each other in that mission.

There is a quick and easy way to find community and project pages: Almost all "WikiQueer-space" pages have shortcuts that take you directly to the page you want from whichever page you are currently on. Most of these shortcut redirects are just abbreviated forms of the page's title, see Category:Shortcuts that are English words for some examples. To use a shortcut, in the search box simply type WQ: followed by the word of what you wish to learn about. For example, if you wish to learn what primary sources are, you would type WQ:PRIMARY in the search box and hit enter, or if you want to know what NPOV means, just type WQ:NPOV (it doesn't necessarily need to be in capital letters) and it will take you straight to the relevant page. This is also why you sometimes see short notes at the tops of pages saying things like ''"WQ:FOO" redirects here. For, see .'', it's to ensure users arrive at the correct destination. Experienced and established users navigate throughout WikiQueer using this method and it's also a great way for new users to find their way around.
 * Using shortcuts

Some directories to help you find your way around the community are:
 * Directories


 * WikiQueer:Department directory - what gets done where
 * WikiQueer:Questions - where to go to ask questions
 * WikiQueer:Requests - where to make requests


 * See also
 * WikiQueer:Tips