![]() | Please use the {{help me}} template appropriately. The {{help me}} template is for help in using Wikipedia, not for unrelated issues. If you would like to ask such a question, replace the code {{help me-inappropriate}} on this page with {{help me}} to reactivate the help request. Alternatively, you can also ask your question at the Teahouse, the help desk, or join Wikipedia's Live Help IRC channel to get real-time assistance. |
Use this template when a user places {{Help me}} on their talk page, but the request is inappropriate.
For those who ask:
{{Admin help}}
– When you need help from an administrator.{{Edit semi-protected}}
– When you need other editors to update a page, if you are not autoconfirmed and thus can not edit a semi-protected page.{{Edit extended-protected}}
- use this template for pages with extended confirmed protection.{{Edit protected}}
– When you want to request an edit of a fully protected page.For helpers who answer:
{{Help me-nq}}
– A message that can be used when a user used the {{Help me}} template but didn't write a question below it.{{Help me-IRC}}
– A message that asks the user to come to IRC for more help.{{Help me-working}}
– A message that tells the user that their question is being worked on. Also provides IRC information.{{Help me-expired}}
– A message that tells the user that their question was answered by a question, but they didn't reply.{{Help me-helped}}
– A message telling the user that a helper has answered their question.{{Help me-rdq}}
– A message telling the user that their question could be answered by the reference desk.{{Help me-inappropriate}}
– A message telling the user that a helper has deemed their question as an inappropriate use for the {{Help me}} template.{{Help me-ns}}
– A message that can be used when a user used the {{Help me}} template but is looking for an answer from a specific editor.