Template:Help me-IRC/doc

Usage

Use this template if someone leaves a {{Help me}} on their talk page that looks better suited for the English Wikipedia Help channel on IRC.

This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

Template that invoke this template

{{Offer help}}

See also

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.
• {{Help desk}} – To place on pages.

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.

For those who want to know how many are asking:

• {{Wikipedians looking for help}} – displays a small boxed banner indicating the category count and linking to it