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Wikipedia has no central editorial board. Contributions are made by a large number of volunteers at their own discretion. Edits are neither the responsibility of the Wikimedia Foundation (the organisation that hosts the site) nor of its staff and edits will not generally be made in response to an email request.
Either contact an administrator directly, or try the Administrators' noticeboard. Click here for a list of recently active admins . To ask an administrator a question, seek advice, etc., place {{ Admin help }} on your talkpage .
If you are not an English Wikipedia administrator, you can ping Oshwah to have him remove the user right for you. Otherwise, if he is unavailable, you must contact an English Wikipedia administrator to have them remove the user right. First, look for a tool admin sysop on IRC and ping them in the #wikipedia-en-accounts-admins channel for help.
Tip of the day – provides "very useful" advice daily on how to use or develop Wikipedia more effectively. See also Wikipedia:Tips , the complete library of tips arranged by subject. User page design center – where you will find all the resources for developing your user page.
Write in English, not in any other language. Pay attention to grammar, syntax and orthography.Do not write in ALL CAPS or in all lowercase. Form full sentences and use standard punctuation.
If your question is about a Wikipedia article, draft article, or other page on Wikipedia, tell us what it is! Check back on this page to see if your question has been answered. For real-time help, use our IRC help channel, #wikipedia-en-help. New editors may prefer the Teahouse, a help area for beginners (but please don't ask in both places).
Wikipedia:Questions — another help page Wikipedia:Teahouse — friendly place for new editors to become accustomed to Wikipedia culture, ask questions, and develop community relationships. Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) — the place to ask technical questions about Wikipedia and all related technology.
If you plan to be active in open source projects like Wikipedia, you will probably run into situations when you need to ask for help. Learning how to ask for help provides a skill that will serve you as long as you use computers. An excellent introduction is: How to Ask Questions the Smart Way, [1] by Eric S. Raymond and Rick Moen. They explain ...