Wikipedia:FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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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.
Technical FAQ – Questions about Wikipedia software and hardware and their limitations.
Problems FAQ – Questions relating to past or present difficulties and criticism.
Miscellaneous FAQ – Everything else.
Copyright FAQ – Questions pertaining to copyright issues.
Very Frequently Asked Questions – Commonly asked questions

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.
PHP script FAQ – Covers the major difference in the PHP script from UseModWiki.
Rambot FAQ – The much discussed rambot.
Forking FAQ – How to download Wikipedia content and/or software and/or create derivative works of Wikipedia.
Categorization FAQ – About the Category feature introduced in June 2004.
Template FAQ – About the Template feature.
Main Page FAQ – How it works and other common answers.