Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that's being written collaboratively on this web site. If you are new to the project, you may want to read Welcome, newcomers.

About Wikipedia

• Frequently asked questions.
• Announcements.
• Policies and guidelines for contributors.

How do I do that?

• How to explore Wikipedia.
• How to search for an article.
• How to edit a page. Anyone, including you, can edit a page, here's how!
• Experiment with editing articles in the Wikipedia sandbox.
• How to start a new page.
• How to use talk pages, which are used to discuss how to improve articles.
• How to log in and set preferences.
• How to rename a page.
• How to use redirect pages.
• How to revert a page to an earlier version.
• How to link together Wikipedia articles in different languages.

Getting in touch

• Village pump. Got a question? Ask it here!
• Chat. Another place to ask your questions.
• Help desk. Request an article or information. See also Requested articles
• Wikipedia mailing list.
• 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.

Information and resources for contributors

• Policies and guidelines for contributors.
• How to write a great article.
• Wikipedia utilities.
• Other Wikipedia resources.
• Public domain resources.
• New topics.
• Manual of style

Wikipedia software and database

• About the software.
• Download Wikipedia database.