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Frequently Asked Questions

Getting started
Introduction | Glossary of Wikipedia terms | Some advice for parents

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
Cheatsheet | Contributing to Wikipedia | Tutorial

The Wikipedia community
Adopt-a-User | Deleting pages | Dispute resolution

Links and references
How to make links | External links | Citing sources

Resources and lists
List of stub types | Pages needing attention | Templates

Images and media
Upload 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 - questions on how to use Wikipedia.
New contributors' help page - help for beginning users.
Reference desk - general-knowledge questions.

See the Site Map for all of the menus on one page.

See also: Department directory, Editor's index, and Quick directory.

Tip of the day...

And of course, it's a baker's dozen...

1. Create a user account (how and why)
2. How to sign your comments (please do)
3. Look before you leap (check for existing articles before you create one on that topic)
4. Starting an article
5. Linking to another article
6. Inserting a picture in an article
7. Placing images
8. Spellcheck before you hit "Save"
9. Check your work before you save, using "Show preview"
10. Edit summary reminder setting
11. Moving pages
12. Redirects
13. Displaying tips on your userpage

If you know even more important tips than these, please come to Tip of the day and add them to our tip collection. Enlighten us with your wisdom, and make Wikipedia a better place for everyone.

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