Wikipedia:FAQ

This is the Wikipedia FAQ collection. These documents refer primarily to the English Wikipedia; the Wikipedias in other languages may have their own specific FAQs.

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General FAQs

Overview FAQ: general questions about the project
Readers' FAQ: finding, reading and using Wikipedia material
Contributing FAQ: why you might want to contribute, and how you can do it
Editing FAQ: the nuts and bolts of creating and editing Wikipedia pages
Administration FAQ: sysop status, server administration
Technical FAQ: Wikipedia software and hardware
Problems FAQ: questions relating to present and past difficulties and criticisms
Miscellaneous FAQ: everything else

Specific FAQs

Glossary
PHP script FAQ: covers the major difference in the PHP script from UseModWiki
Rambot FAQ: the much discussed rambot.

General FAQs

Specific FAQs

See also