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This Documentation is an introduction to Wikimapia and an official reference manual of how to use Wikimapia features.

You can see links to the Documentation sections below. Clicking on any of the links therein will take you to its respective section.

Quick start

• Advice for new users
• Exploring the map
• Adding place

About Wikimapia

• What is Wikimapia
• Wikimapia goal
• Philosophy
• Principles
• Neutral point of view (NPOV)

Policies

• Wikimapia Guidelines
• Wikimapia Terms Reference
• Comment Guidelines
• Photo Policy
• Copyrighted Photos Moderation
• Banning Guidelines
• Ban Moderation
• Forum Guidelines

Tools

• Editing the map
• Watchlist
• Status grid
• Map shift *currently unavailable*
• Reports list: Bug/features
• Interface translation

User interface

• About the Wikimapia Main Screen
• Edit map
• Map type
• Categories
• User profile
• Language selection
• Search
• Zoom Control/ Zoom Levels
• Coordinates
• Wikimapia's URL

User profile/account

• Profile
• Messages
• Awards
• Stats
• Tools

Community

• User levels
• Awards
• Voting
• Special roles
• Forum
• Collaborations

Help/FAQ

• Basic Philosophy
• Place tools
• Linear Tools
• User Tools
• Interface
• Languages (Object Language Pages)
• Languages (Interface)
• Translations
• Satellite Imagery
• Wikipedia Content
• Community
• Help
• Error Messages
• External
• Advertising