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This page provides help with the most common questions about Wikipedia. You can also search Wikipedia's help pages using the search box below, or browse the Help:Menu, Help menu or the Help:Directory, Help directory.

Read or find an article

The Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers, Readers' FAQ and our Wikipedia:About, about page contain the most commonly sought information about Wikipedia. For simple searches, there is a search box at the top of every page. Type what you are looking for in the box. Partial matches will appear in a dropdown list. Select any page in the list to go to that page. Or, select the magnifying glass "Go" button, or press , to go to a full search result. For advanced searches, see Help:Searching. There are other ways to browse and explore Wikipedia articles; many can be found at Wikipedia:Contents. See our Wikipedia:General disclaimer, disclaimer for cautions about Wikipedia's limitations. For Help:Mobile access, mobile access, press the link at the very bottom of every page.

Edit an article

Contributing is easy: see Help:Editing, how to edit a page. For a quick summary on participating, see Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia, contributing to Wikipedia, and for a friendly tutorial, see Help:Introduction, our introduction. For a listing of introductions and tutorials by topic, see Help:Getting started, getting started. The Wikipedia:SMOS, Simplified Manual of Style and Help:Cheatsheet, Cheatsheet can remind you of basic wiki markup. Wikipedia:Be bold, Be bold in improving articles! When adding facts, please Help:Introduction to referencing/1, provide references so others may verify them. If you are affiliated with the article subject, please see our Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, conflict of interest guideline. The Help:Simple guide to vandalism cleanup, simple guide to vandalism cleanup can help you undo malicious edits. If you're looking for places you can help out, the Wikipedia:Task Center, Task Center is the place to go, or check out what else is happening at the Wikipedia:Community portal, community portal. You can practice editing and experiment in .

Report a problem with an article

If there is a problem with an article about yourself, a family member, a friend or a colleague, please read Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Help, Biographies of living persons/Help. If you spot a problem with an article, you can fix it directly, by clicking on the "Edit" link at the top of that page. #edit-heading, See the "edit an article" section of this page for more information. If you don't feel ready to fix the article yourself, post a message on the article's Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines, talk page. This will bring the matter to the attention of others who work on that article. There is a "Talk" link at the beginning of every article page. You can Wikipedia:Contact us - Readers, contact us. If it's an article about you or your organization, see Wikipedia:Contact us - Subjects, Contact us – Subjects.

Create a new article or upload media

Check Wikipedia:Your first article, Your first article to see if your topic is appropriate, then the Wikipedia:Article wizard, Article wizard will walk you through creating the article. Once you have created an article, see Wikipedia:writing better articles, Writing better articles for guidance on how to improve it and what to include (like reference Wikipedia:Citing sources, citations). For contributing images, audio or video files, see the Help:Introduction to uploading images/1, Introduction to uploading images. Then the Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard, Upload wizard will guide you through that process.

Stuck?

Answers to common problems can be found at Wikipedia:FAQ, frequently asked questions. Or check out Wikipedia:Questions, where to ask questions or make comments. New users should seek help at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, Teahouse if they're having problems editing Wikipedia. More complex questions can be posed at the Wikipedia:Help desk, Help desk. Volunteers will respond as soon as they're able. Or and a volunteer will visit you there! You can get live help with editing in the Wikipedia:IRC help disclaimer, help chatroom. For help with technical issues, ask at the Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), Village pump.

Factual questions

If Special:Search, searching Wikipedia has not answered your question (''for example, questions like "Which country has the world's largest fishing fleet?"''), try the Wikipedia:Reference desk, Reference Desk. Volunteers there will attempt to answer your questions on any topic, or point you toward the information you need.
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