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Wikipedia:Directory: a descriptive list of Wikipedia's directories and indexes. Wikipedia:FAQ: a list of Frequently Asked Questions. Wikipedia:Questions: discusses how to ask questions on Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Tips: how to use Wikipedia in bite-sized morsels. Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts: summarizes some of Wikipedia's protocols in a bullet-point ...
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it. Since 2001, it has grown rapidly to become the world's largest reference website, with 6.9 million articles in English attracting of views every month. For a more detailed account of the project, see About Wikipedia.
Wikipedia:How to help What would you like to do? Learn more about how and where you can help (information and resources on the basics needed to use, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia)
Wikipedia is formatted using its own language called wiki markup, also called wikitext. It's pretty easy to learn the basics. You have a choice of using one of two editing tools; the "Source Editor" uses wiki markup. Alternatively, you can use VisualEditor, a secondary editing interface that works more like a WYSIWYG word processor ...
Wikipedia is made by people like you. This page takes you through a set of tutorials aimed at complete newcomers interested in contributing. It covers all the basics, and each tutorial takes only a few minutes, so you can become a proficient Wikipedian in no time!
Wikipedia:Questions — another help page Wikipedia:Teahouse — friendly place for new editors to become accustomed to Wikipedia culture, ask questions, and develop community relationships. Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) — the place to ask technical questions about Wikipedia and all related technology.
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – guidance on how to improve articles; Help:Cheatsheet – a page that provides the most commonly used wiki markup; Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts – summaries of Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, and formatting standards in a bullet-point format
This is a list of frequently asked questions about using and contributing to Wikipedia. For many more questions and answers, you can browse our additional FAQ pages (see above). To ask a question not covered in any of the FAQ pages, see Wikipedia:Questions .