Wikipedia:FAQ

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Questions? — Answers for these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 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.

Find out where to ask a question.
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General and particular 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.
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.
Copyright FAQ—Questions pertaining to copyright issues.
Problems FAQ—Questions relating to past or present difficulties and criticism.
Miscellaneous FAQ—Everything else.

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Specific FAQs

Citing Wikipedia— detailed information about how to cite Wikipedia when you use it as a reference.
Who writes Wikipedia—an easy-to-read explanation of how to assess article quality
Glossary—learn some Wikipedia jargon.
PHP script FAQ—covers the major difference in the PHP script from UseModWiki.
Rambot FAQ—the much discussed rambot.
Categorization FAQ—about the Category feature introduced in June 2004.

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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.
Editing the main page—Help editing the main page.
The Wikipedia Style Guide main page—Stylistic goals to help keep Wikipedia's appearance self-consistent.