Wikipedia:FAQ

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

• Index of FAQs
• Main FAQ
• Overview
• Readers
• Schools
• Contributing
• Editing
• Featured articles
• Administrators
• Blocks
• Technical
• Problems
• Article subjects
• Categories
• Categorization
• Copyright
• Forking
• Templates
• Main Page
• Miscellaneous

Questions? -- Answers for these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) refer primarily to the English Wikipedia; the Wikipedias in other languages may have their own FAQs. If you can't find the answer to your question here, there are several other options.

• If you are new to Wikipedia, you may want to read the Welcome and Help pages, which provides information and links to get you started.
• If you still can't find your answer, you can visit the village pump and ask your question there; other Wikipedians will do their best to respond.
• Or, you can just try things out. There are over one hundred thousand Wikipedians who can set things right, so be bold. We invite your participation. Just type in the subject in the search box on the left and then click on Go.

General FAQs

• Overview FAQ - General questions about the project.
• Readers' FAQ - Finding, reading and using Wikipedia material.
• Schools' and Teachers' FAQ - Using Wikipedia in the classroom.
• Contributing FAQ - Why you might want to contribute, and how you can do it.
• Editing FAQ - The nuts and bolts of creating and editing Wikipedia pages.
• Talk Etiquette FAQ - Guidelines and suggestions for editing Talk pages.
• Administration FAQ - What a sysop is, sysop status, and server administration.
• Technical FAQ - Questions about Wikipedia software and hardware and their limitations.
• Forking FAQ - How to download Wikipedia content and/or software and/or create derivative works of Wikipedia.
• Problems FAQ - Questions relating to present and past difficulties and criticism.
• Miscellaneous FAQ - Everything else.

Specific FAQs

• Glossary - learn some Wikipedia jargon.
• PHP script FAQ - covers the major difference in the PHP script from UseModWiki.
• Rambot FAQ - the much discussed rambot.
• Wikipedia:Categorisation FAQ - about the Category feature intoduced in 2004.

See also

• Help pages - Help with editing articles, starting new articles, and more
• Troubleshooting - Help with various technical difficulties with accessing or editing Wikipedia pages.
• Replies to common objections - Responses to common criticisms leveled at Wikipedia.
• Wikipedia:Editing the main page - Help editing the main page.
• [UsefulLinks] - PmWiKi Links