The Basics of Raiding

Learning how to raid, based on the assumption that more people than ever will try to raid when Cataclysm comes out.  This is very basic information, suitable for a new player who has never raided.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/27/ready-check-raiding-101/

http://www.wow.com/2010/09/10/ready-check-raiding-102/

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The Art of Chain Pulling (Tanking 101)

How chain pulling works and why it works so well in raiding.
http://thebearflank.blogspot.com/2010/07/big-pulls-vs-chain-pulling.html

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The Art of Pulling in Five-Mans

The lack of skilled tanks is obvious.  After all, the Solo MMO Player had a second tank fall off a cliff while in a dungeon finder raid this week.  WOW Insider columnist Allison Robert has started a two part series on how to pull during a five-man.  The first article is about assessing the situation before a pull.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/20/shifting-perspectives-pulling-101-assessing-the-group/#continued

The next article is about the pulls as they are happening.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/27/shifting-perspectives-pulling-101-deeper-into-the-dungeon/

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What You Need for Raids

Blessing of Fish has a nice article up on the things you need to take with you on raids (food, flasks, reagents, gold for repairs, etc.) and also recommends you use a raid warning addon.
http://blessingoffish.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/raiding-standards-a-guide/

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A Priest's Guide to Tanks

Brief summaries of various tank classes useful for priests who heal them.  Know how a tank tanks and you can heal them better.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/23/spiritual-guidance-a-priests-guide-to-tanks/#continued

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Basics of Grouping

A useful summary of the various ways one can join or set up a group in WOW.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/13/wow-rookie-grouping-101-thurs/

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BBB And the AOE Visualization Guide

Brokentree has written a very useful guide to figuring out each tank's AOE ability so you can avoid drawing aggro.  It's the second link below.  The first link is Big Bear Butt's additional comments on the article.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/04/15/a-visual-indication-of-aoe/

http://waywardinitiative.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/wait-for-it/

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The Mages' Raiding Guide (Patch 3.3.3)

The mage raiding guide for Patch 3.3. has been updated to Patch 3.3.3
http://www.empoweredfire.com/2009/10/05/mage-raiding-guide-3-3/

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Tips for the Raid Leader (Placement and Direction)

Ideas on how a raid leader can explain raid placement and strategy clearly.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/03/10/raid-leading-101-placement-and-direction/

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Raid Icons Guide UPDATED

A guide to raid icons.  Anything with a skull on it is the main target, etc.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/04/wow-rookie-stay-on-target-with-raid-icons/#continued

UPDATE  The Solo MMO Player thinks that there are more than 1-2 standard raid icons so I dug up this six month old article that also explains raid icons.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2009/08/raid-icons.html

WOW Wiki has its own take on the raid icon convention.  Note that as of Patch 3.3, any raid member can mark with icons.  Previously only the raid leader could do so.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Raid_target_icons

Bob Turkey uses hot keys for his raid icons.
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/a-guide-to-easy-raid-icons/

I also found this 2007 article about various addons you can use with raid icons.  I have no idea if any of the addons listed are usable with Patch 3.3.
http://flux.io/2007/12/16/mods-marking-raid-icons/

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Databases to Make Your Game Easier

Here's a list of essential resources for the WOW player, explained and reviewed by Miss Medicina.
http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2010/02/resourceful-i-am.html

To sum up and list the most important resources in the article, she loves WOW Heroes when it comes to looking up characters, gear, raid specs, achievements, etc.
http://www.wow-heroes.com/

She finds these two sites invaluable for crafting information, especially recipes, patterns and people selling them.
http://wow.crafterstome.com/home.html

http://freewithmats.com/

She loves the Raider 101 Wiki for its helpful raiding basics per class.
http://www.raider101.com//wikka.php?wakka=HomePage

She uses Gem Finder a lot to, well, find gems.
http://www.wow-gem.com/gems.aspx

WOW Collect helps track mounts, pets and tabards.  You can also browse lists of items like  All In-Game Pets, Korean Pets, Binds on PickUp, etc.
http://www.wowcollect.com/

She used the Alchemist Apprentice when grinding out rep.
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/wowwiki/images/f/f3/Alchemist%27s_Apprentice.jpg

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Raiding and Aggro Reduction Strategies

Since the guilds have totally failed at teaching new members how to raid, lots of raiding tips are appearing online for folks raiding via dungeon finder.  This article explains how to not pull more aggro than your tank when raiding.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/22/how-not-to-aggro-your-tank-with-aoe/

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Pulling Aggro in PUGS (and How Not To)

How to not make your tank's job harder.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/14/pulling-aggro-in-pugs-whos-to-blame/#continued

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Video Guide to Better (and Faster) Raiding

WOW Insider is doing a retrospective of great articles about the game in 2009, including these two videos about raiding faster.  It is full of good tips for raiders, whether you are a speed demon or not.  (This is from February 2009, so some things may have changed.)
http://www.wow.com/2009/02/20/a-video-guide-to-faster-raiding/

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A Raid without a Leader...

....is like sugarfree candy.  Pretty durn yucky, in other words.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/11/20/a-pugs-doom-knell-link-achiev-or-no-inv/

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All About Raid Icons

Also courtesy of Keeva at Tree Bark Jacket, here is an explanation of raid icons.

http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2009/08/raid-icons.html

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