Wikipedia:FAQ : What is Wikipedia

This is the Wikipedia FAQ collection. These documents refer primarily to the English Wikipedia; the Wikipedias in other languages may have their own specific 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, newcomers page, which provides helpful information and links to get you started.

Try browsing the links on the help page. 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 give you an answer.

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• Help pages - Help with editing articles, starting new articles, and more

General FAQs

• Overview FAQ: general questions about the project
• Readers' FAQ: finding, reading and using Wikipedia material
• 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: sysop status, server administration
• Technical FAQ: Wikipedia software and hardware
• Problems FAQ: questions relating to present and past difficulties and criticisms
• Miscellaneous FAQ: everything else

Specific FAQs

• Glossary
• PHP script FAQ: covers the major difference in the PHP script from UseModWiki
• Rambot FAQ: the much discussed rambot.

See also

• Troubleshooting Wikipedia
• Replies to common objections