Wikipedia:FAQ

Summary

Index of FAQ topics
Help desk

See also Wikipedia:Questions, for other places to get answers.

General FAQs

  • Main FAQ – Main FAQ about using and contributing to Wikipedia.
  • Overview FAQ – General questions about the Wikipedia 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 to the Wikipedia project, and how you can do it.
  • Editing FAQ – The ins and outs of creating and editing Wikipedia pages.
  • Administration FAQ – What an administrator (or "sysop") is, sysop status, and server administration.
  • Blocks FAQ – Information about blocks.
  • Technical FAQ – Questions about Wikipedia software and hardware and their limitations.
  • Problems FAQ – Questions relating to past or present difficulties and criticism.
  • Article subjects' FAQ – Questions relating to an article about you, someone you represent, or your organization or business
  • Copyright FAQ – Questions pertaining to copyright issues.
  • Template FAQ – Questions about templates.
  • Miscellaneous FAQ – Everything else.

Specific FAQs

  • Forking FAQ – How to download Wikipedia content and/or software and/or create derivative works of Wikipedia.
  • Categorization FAQ – Editor's guide to the Category feature.
  • Categories FAQ – Readers' guide to categories.
  • Main Page FAQ – How it works and other common answers.
  • ClueBot NG FAQ – Specific to ClueBot NG

Similar pages

  • Citing Wikipedia – Detailed information about how to cite Wikipedia when you use it as a reference.
  • Who writes Wikipedia – An overview of the process and people behind Wikipedia.
  • Wikipedia:What is an article? – What constitutes an article.
  • Glossary – Definitions of Wikipedia jargon and acronyms.

See also

  • Help contents – A page to guide you to the right place.
  • Help directory – A descriptive directory of informative, instructional and supportive pages.
  • The Wikipedia Help Desk – For questions about How to use Wikipedia.
  • Troubleshooting – Help with various technical difficulties with accessing or editing Wikipedia pages.
  • The Wikipedia Manual of Style – Stylistic guidebook to help keep Wikipedia's appearance self-consistent.
  • Replies to common objections – Responses to common criticisms leveled at Wikipedia.
  • Wikipedia:Press Kit – Resources for media inquiries, and corrections to common misconceptions about Wikipedia.
  • For other useful directories and indexes, see Wikipedia:Directory.