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	Questions about using and contributing to Wikipedia Your question might already be answered in the Frequently Asked Questions, otherwise: Getting started is a page that lists some brief introductions on all the basics of Wikipedia. If you place {{helpme}} on your talk page, an editor will visit you there! Help Desk is the main place to ask a question and also where to turn when all else fails. Tips is a listing of all the "how to pages" on using Wikipedia. Requests is a page that lists all the services and assistance that can be requested on Wikipedia. Music discussions and/or Editor assistance/Requests is a place to ask for help regarding content issues and disputes. Dispute resolution requests details the various different methods used at each of the various dispute resolution pages. The Village Pump is the forum for discussion of more complex project-wide technical issues, policies, proposals, and operations of Wikipedia. Media copyright questions covers the use of images and other media on Wikipedia. Manual of Style (music) is a page that covers the current styles and conventions on Wikipedia for Music articles. Need help starting a new article? The article wizard will help you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia....Or Tips
I.	Use common sense, appropriate etiquette and assume good faith on the part of others. Be bold with your additions in a fair and accurate manner, because perfEction Is n0t reQuired. See Wikipedia:Editing policy for more information.
II.	Before starting a new article! - Notability is a concern that must be adhered to. See Wikipedia:Notability (music) for more information.
III.	Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include references listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you have used to write or expand articles. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See: Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability for more information.
IV.	Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary or thesaurus. Stay on topic as many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See: Wikipedia:Writing better articles and Wikipedia:The perfect article for more information..
V.	Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See: Wikipedia:Images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for more information.
	Tools & resources Wikipedia:Tools - Contain various tools and tutorials intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality to Wikipedians. Audiotool - A music creation community. 90% of the tracks are CC-BY-SA licensed and can be imported on Commons. Articles like Future garage, UK garage and Dub techno already feature a music from Audiotool. Moreover, the tracks are not flat. They can be edited from the source project when the source project is available. Resources Society for Music Theory's Online Resources College Music Society's Music Resource Center Indiana University School of Music / William and Gayle Cook Music Library's Worldwide Internet Music Resources