Wikipedia:FAQ

Index of FAQ topics

See also Wikipedia:Questions, for other places to get answers.

General FAQs

Main FAQ – Main FAQ about using and contributing to Wikipedia.
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.
Blocks FAQ – Information about blocks.
Technical FAQ – Questions about Wikipedia software and hardware and their limitations.
Problems FAQ – Questions relating to past or present difficulties and criticism.
Article subjects' FAQ – Questions relating to an article about you, someone you represent, or your organization or business
Copyright FAQ – Questions pertaining to copyright issues.
Template FAQ – Questions about templates.
Miscellaneous FAQ – Everything else.

Forking FAQ – How to download Wikipedia content and/or software and/or create derivative works of Wikipedia.
Categorization FAQ – Editor's guide to the Category feature.
Categories FAQ – Readers' guide to categories.
Main Page FAQ – How it works and other common answers.
ClueBot NG FAQ – Specific to ClueBot NG

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.

Help contents – A page to guide you to the right place.
Help directory – A descriptive directory of informative, instructional and supportive pages.
The Wikipedia Help Desk – For questions about How to use Wikipedia.
Troubleshooting – Help with various technical difficulties with accessing or editing Wikipedia pages.
The Wikipedia Manual of Style – Stylistic guidebook to help keep Wikipedia's appearance self-consistent.
Replies to common objections – Responses to common criticisms leveled at Wikipedia.
Wikipedia:Press Kit – Resources for media inquiries, and corrections to common misconceptions about Wikipedia.
For other useful directories and indexes, see Wikipedia:Directory.