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Frequently Asked Questions

Getting started
Introduction | Glossary of Wikipedia terms

Policies and guidelines
The Five Pillars | Manual of Style

Browsing Wikipedia
Search for an article | Find articles and site functions

Communication methods
Village pump | Talk pages

Editing Wikipedia
Contributing to Wikipedia | Tutorial | Cheatsheet

The Wikipedia community
Resolving disputes | Community Portal

Links
How to make links | External links | Citing sources

Resources and lists
List of stub types | Pages needing attention

Images and media
Uploading images | Image copyright tags | Other media

Account settings and maintenance
Change your preferences | Change your signature

Keeping track of changes
Page history | User contributions | Vandalism

Technical information
Tools | The MediaWiki software

Where to ask questions
Help Desk - for questions on how to use Wikipedia
Reference Desk - for general knowledge questions

To view all of the menus on one page, see the Site Map.

See also: Department directory and Quick directory.

Tip of the day...

To prevent readers from getting your posts on talk pages mixed up with those of other users, be sure to sign your posts! When you edit a message, there is a row of square buttons at the top of the edit box. One of them looks like a signature: . Click on it, and four tildes (~~~~) are inserted where the blinking cursor is. When you save the page, those are automatically converted into a link to your user page followed by a date stamp. You can also type in the 4 tildes manually. To sign without a date stamp, type in three tildes (~~~) instead.

Bonus tip: you can customize your signature in your preferences menu.

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