Wikipedia:FAQ

{| width="100%" style="border: solid 2px #A3B1BF; background: #F5FAFF" | Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

See also Questions, for other places to get answers.

General FAQs

 * 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.
 * Business' FAQ – Guidelines for businesses about how you are represented in Wikipedia.
 * 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.
 * Article subjects' FAQ – Questions relating to an article about you, someone you represent, or your organization.
 * Miscellaneous FAQ – Everything else.
 * Copyright FAQ – Questions pertaining to copyright issues.
 * Very Frequently Asked Questions – Commonly asked questions

Specific FAQs

 * Forking FAQ – How to download Wikipedia content and/or software and/or create derivative works of Wikipedia.
 * Categorization FAQ – About the Category feature.
 * Template FAQ – About the Template feature.
 * Main Page FAQ – How it works and other common answers.

Similar pages

 * 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.
 * What is an article? – What constitutes an article.
 * Glossary – Definitions of Wikipedia jargon and acronyms.