Help:English
This page contains some links for experienced users of other Wikimedia projects who need help with the Dutch Wikipedia and who understand the English language.
- You can read our welcome message in English on Help:English/Welcome.
- Please do not add text created by Google Translate or other websites or software to translate text as they produce incomprehensible poor-quality translations.
- You can get the GoogleTrans gadget by going to Preferences while logged in, clicking on the Uitbreidingen tab in your profile and then selecting GoogleTrans.
- Request for deletion of a page on Wikipedia:Te beoordelen pagina's (add your request at the bottom of the page of the day)
- Request for discussions about articles etc: Wikipedia:Overleg gewenst
- Village pump for all relevant discussions: Wikipedia:De kroeg
- List of admins, bureaucrats, stewards, checkusers etc: Wikipedia:Lijst van gebruikers met extra bevoegdheden or Speciaal:Gebruikerslijst/sysop
- To change your username because of SUL/global login, visit: Wikipedia:Verzoek voor hernoeming van account
- To read information for bot users, visit: Wikipedia:Bots/English
- To request a bot flag, visit: Wikipedia:Aanmelding botgebruikers
- To chat with Dutch-speaking Wikipedians, visit: #wikipedia-nl
- To ask a question about how to use or edit Wikipedia, go to: Help:Helpdesk
- To find other users who speak certain languages, visit: Categorie:Wikipedia:Babel
- To see which Babel templates exist on this wiki, visit: Categorie:Wikipedia:Sjablonen babel
- You can use the template {{Babel|xx|xx-2|....}}, where xx is the Wikipedia code for the language.
- Or add a single user template to your user page by using {{Gebruiker xx-1}} or as a native speaker {{Gebruiker xx}}.
- If a language template is missing, let us know on the talk page of this help page.
- Or add a single user template to your user page by using {{Gebruiker xx-1}} or as a native speaker {{Gebruiker xx}}.
- You can use the template {{Babel|xx|xx-2|....}}, where xx is the Wikipedia code for the language.
For general help about editing Wikipedia, visit the help pages on the English Wikipedia at: en:Help:Contents. The help pages in Dutch can be found on Portaal:Hulp en beheer.
Please keep in mind that each wiki project has its own set of rules and guidelines in addition to the rules and guidelines that apply to every project. The Dutch Wikipedia uses its own templates, and therefore importing templates from other wiki's is highly undesirable and any such template will usually be quickly deleted.