Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that is being written collaboratively by people from around the world. The following articles contain guidance and information about reading, authoring, and participating in the Wikipedia community.

• MediaWiki User's Guide (links to another website)

  For help using the MediaWiki software that runs this site.

• Contact us

  For information on how to contact us.

For information on how to use this website and contribute to it, read on.

See also: Wikipedia's How to for a full list of help topics.

Using Wikipedia

• How to explore Wikipedia
• How to download Wikipedia content
• How to search for an article
• How to use talk pages
• How to use the Recent Changes page
• How to use the Related Changes page
• How to use the Go button
• How to log in
• How to set preferences (Meta-Wikimedia version)
• How to contact us
• How to conduct research using Wikipedia

Modifying a Wikipedia page

• Tutorial
• How to edit a page, including markup details. You can experiment with editing pages in the sandbox.
• How to start a new page
• How to use categories
• How to use images (and the image use policy)
• How to use redirect pages
• How to use tables
• How to use templates (and the available templates)
• How to upload files to Wikipedia
• How to add boilerplate text
• How to create pages for topics with several different definitions
• How to rename (move) a page
• How to delete pages/images/categories
• How to link together Wikipedia articles in different languages
• How to link to sister projects
• How to revert a page to an earlier version
• How to edit an article so long that you can't edit
• How to edit with an external editor
• How to edit mathematical formulae using TeX
• How to produce graphics for pages
• How to protect/unprotect pages (sysops only)

• Frequently-asked questions
• Policies and guidelines for contributors
• Glossary of common Wikipedia terms
• Style and How-to Directory
• How to write a great article
• Public domain resources
• Manual of style
• Contributing to articles outside your native language
• WikiProjects, writing and style guidelines for specific disciplines.
• Topical index, a collection of links to pages that are useful to "doing things" in Wikipedia.

• Contact us
• General Complaints for things in general (that is, a problem on more than one page) that could be fixed or made better.
• Help desk for newcomers with questions about Wikipedia or editing.
• Village pump, a discussion forum to ask questions not answered here or in the FAQs.
• Reference desk, request an article or information. See also Requested articles.
• Wikipedia mailing lists
• Chat with other users on IRC
• Bug reports and feature requests
• Wikipedians
• Meta Wikipedia, a site that works alongside the main Wikipedia project. Here you can post essays and discussions about topics related to Wikipedia.
• Contingency page for when the main Wikipedia server is down

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