Wikipedia:Help

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that's being written collaboratively by the readers of this web site. The following articles contain guidance and information about reading, authoring and participating on this site.

Table of contents 1 About Wikipedia 2 How do I do that? 3 Information and resources for contributors 4 Getting in touch

About Wikipedia

• About Wikipedia
• Welcome, newcomers!
• Frequently asked questions
• About the software

How do I do that?

• How to explore Wikipedia
• How to search for an article
• How to edit a page
• Experiment with editing articles in the Wikipedia sandbox.
• How to start a new page
• How to use talk pages
• How to add images to 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
• How to rename (move) a page
• How to use redirect pages
• How to revert a page to an earlier version
• How to create pages for topics with several different definitions
• How to link together Wikipedia articles in different languages
• How to delete pages
• How to edit mathematical formulas
• How to edit an article so long that you can't edit
• How to produce graphics for pages

Information and resources for contributors

• Policies and guidelines for contributors
• Glossary of common Wikipedia terms
• How to write a great article
• Public domain resources
• Manual of style
• WikiProjects, writing and style guidelines for specific disciplines.
• Wikipedia utilities

Getting in touch

• Village pump, a forum to ask questions not answered in the FAQs or help pages.
• 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 (http://meta.wikipedia.com/), 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