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Asking questions
First check these lists of frequently asked questions
- FAQ main page — questions about using and contributing.
- Administration — answers some questions related to Administrators.
- Article subjects — what to do about specific articles.
- Categories — about using Wikipedia's categories.
- Contributing — answers to questions commonly asked by contributors.
- Copyright — four most commonly asked questions about copyright.
- Editing — answers the most common questions about editing.
- Forking — how do I download and use Wikipedia content?
- IRC (live chat) — about "chat rooms" – real-time discussions.
- Organizations — editing without displaying a conflict of interest.
- Problems — solving problems you may encounter when browsing or editing.
- Readers — addresses concerns and questions readers may have.
- Schools — questions that teachers, librarians and administrators might have.
- Technical — answers some questions related to the technical workings of the site.
- (Miscellaneous) — questions that do not fit into any of above sections.
- If you can't find your question, then it's time to ask someone...
Where to ask questions
- Where to ask factual questions
- Reference desk — volunteers will attempt to answer any factual question you may have. They are organized into the following subject areas:
- Computing
- Entertainment
- Language
- Humanities
- Mathematics
- Science
- Miscellaneous
- Where to ask help-related questions
- Help desk — the volunteers here will help you with Wikipedia-related questions.
- 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:Media copyright questions — about images, audio files, and other media.
- {{Help me}} — write a question or request on your user talk page, and place {{Help me}} with it, and someone will be by shortly to help you on it.
- Live help — ask other editors questions in real time in a Wikipedia chat room.
See also
- Adopt-a-user — new users can find mentors here. Mentors are dedicated to answering questions and teaching.
- Questions and comments
- Requests department — for when you need assistance.
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