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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks">Blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical">Technical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Problems" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Problems">Problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Article_subjects" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects">Article subjects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Forking" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Forking">Forking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Template" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Template">Templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Main_Page" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page">Main Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Miscellaneous" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="22" dir="ltr"></div><input type="hidden" value="Wikipedia:FAQ" name="prefix"> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search the FAQs" class="cdx-button"><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"></form></div></li></ul> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no">WP:OFAQ</a></span></li></ul></div></div><br> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#What_is_Wikipedia?"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">What is Wikipedia?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Who_owns_Wikipedia?"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Who owns Wikipedia?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Who_is_responsible_for_the_articles_on_Wikipedia?"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Who is responsible for the articles on Wikipedia?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#How_can_I_contact_the_project?"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">How can I contact the project?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Should_I_create_an_account?_Can't_I_just_edit_articles_anonymously?"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Should I create an account? Can't I just edit articles anonymously?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#How_do_you_know_if_information_is_correct?"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">How do you know if information is correct?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#How_do_you_prevent_people_from_ruining_articles?"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">How do you prevent people from ruining articles?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#This_website_seems_to_be_violating_Wikipedia's_copyright._Do_you_guys_know_about_this?"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">This website seems to be violating Wikipedia's copyright. Do you guys know about this?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Which_wiki_software_does_Wikipedia_run_on?"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Which wiki software does Wikipedia run on?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#What_if_two_people_edit_the_same_article_at_the_same_time?"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">What if two people edit the same article at the same time?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#How_big_is_Wikipedia?"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">How big is Wikipedia?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#What_can_I_do_about_libelous_content_or_an_invasion_of_privacy?"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">What can I do about libelous content or an invasion of privacy?</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_is_Wikipedia?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_Wikipedia?"><span id="What_is_Wikipedia.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_Wikipedia?"></span><span id="WHAT"></span>What is Wikipedia?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_Wikipedia?"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Purpose" title="Wikipedia:Purpose">Wikipedia:Purpose</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#WHAT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#WHAT">WP:OFAQ#WHAT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>Wikipedia is an online free-content encyclopedia that you can edit and contribute to. Wikipedia co-founder <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a> has described Wikipedia as "an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language." Wikipedia exists to bring knowledge to everyone who seeks it.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Who_owns_Wikipedia?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Who_owns_Wikipedia?"><span id="Who_owns_Wikipedia.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Who_owns_Wikipedia?"></span><span id="WHO"></span>Who owns Wikipedia?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Who_owns_Wikipedia?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#WHO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#WHO">WP:OFAQ#WHO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>Wikipedia's tech framework is supported by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, which also supports Wikipedia's sister projects, including <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary" title="Wiktionary">Wiktionary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikibooks" title="Wikibooks">Wikibooks</a>, and others, and owns all of their domain names. Previously, the site was hosted on the servers of <a href="/wiki/Bomis" title="Bomis">Bomis</a>, a company mostly owned by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" title="Jimmy Wales">Jimmy Wales</a>. With the announcement of the Wikimedia Foundation on June 20, 2003, the ownership of all domain names was transferred to the Foundation. The site is run by the community of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedians</a> guided by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">five pillars</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>The articles hosted on this site have been edited by many people, each of whom has (by editing the article) agreed to release their contributions under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike</a> license. As such, the articles are <a href="/wiki/Free_content" title="Free content">free content</a> and may be reproduced freely under this license. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Wikipedia:Copyrights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Readers%27_FAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Readers' FAQ">Wikipedia:Readers' FAQ</a> for information on how you can use Wikipedia content.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>By law, contributions are still owned by the people who donated them. These people are not bound by the license and can use their property in the way they like. However, media with multiple authors require permission from every contributor to use them differently from the terms of the Wikipedia license.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Who_is_responsible_for_the_articles_on_Wikipedia?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Who_is_responsible_for_the_articles_on_Wikipedia?"><span id="Who_is_responsible_for_the_articles_on_Wikipedia.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Who_is_responsible_for_the_articles_on_Wikipedia?"></span><span id="RESP"></span>Who is responsible for the articles on Wikipedia?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Who_is_responsible_for_the_articles_on_Wikipedia?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Wikipedia:Administration</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#RESP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#RESP">WP:OFAQ#RESP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>You are! Editing is a collaborative effort. Millions of people have contributed information to this project, and anyone can do so, including you. All you need is to know <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to edit a page">how to edit a page</a>, and have some encyclopedic knowledge that you would like to share. The encyclopedia provides users with a certain amount of freedom.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>You can learn who is responsible for the most recent versions of any given page by clicking on the "View history" link. If you spot an error in the latest revision of an article, you are highly encouraged to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages">be bold</a> and correct it. This practice is one of the basic review mechanisms that maintains the reliability of the encyclopedia. As a result, Wikipedia has become one of the most extensive information libraries available on the Internet.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>If you are uncertain, or find the wording confusing, quote the material on the associated <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">talk page</a> and leave a question for the next person. This helps reduce errors, inaccuracies, or misleading wording more quickly and is highly appreciated by the community.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_can_I_contact_the_project?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_can_I_contact_the_project?"><span id="How_can_I_contact_the_project.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_can_I_contact_the_project?"></span><span id="CONT"></span>How can I contact the project?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_can_I_contact_the_project?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#CONT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#CONT">WP:OFAQ#CONT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="Wikipedia:Contact us">Wikipedia:Contact us</a> for important links and e-mail addresses.</dd> <dd>Given the massively collaborative nature of the project, there is no single point of contact. If you send an e-mail to an individual board or staff member, they will likely just forward it to the group of Wikipedia volunteers who answer reader inquiries. You can reach those volunteers yourself, by e-mailing info-en<span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"></span></span></span></span>wikimedia.org.</dd> <dd>Alternatively, if you wish to suggest improvements to a specific article, you can do so via its <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">talk page</a>. Use the <i>talk</i> tab at the top of each article to get to its talk page.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Should_I_create_an_account?_Can't_I_just_edit_articles_anonymously?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Should_I_create_an_account?_Can't_I_just_edit_articles_anonymously?"><span id="Should_I_create_an_account.3F_Can.27t_I_just_edit_articles_anonymously.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Should_I_create_an_account?_Can't_I_just_edit_articles_anonymously?"></span><span id="ACC"></span>Should I create an account? Can't I just edit articles anonymously?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Should_I_create_an_account?_Can't_I_just_edit_articles_anonymously?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#ACC"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#ACC">WP:OFAQ#ACC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>Editors with user names enjoy several benefits. Among them is the positive reputation that goes with quality work. Wikipedians with an established history are respected especially with regard to neutralizing article disputes. In addition, Wikipedians sometimes find collaborating with unregistered users frustrating, because it is more difficult to contact them with questions, concerns, or suggestions. This is not to say there is a Wikipedia hierarchy <i>per se</i>. Although there are editors with administrative abilities (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Wikipedia:Administrators</a>), these are approved by the community.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Wikipedians with user names are <i>more</i> anonymous than contributors that do not log in. While anyone can see the <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a> of a user who did not log in when they edited, only a few especially trusted people, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Checkusers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Checkusers">checkusers</a>, are able to view the IP address of a logged-in user, and this is rarely done. If you are concerned about privacy and anonymity, you may prefer to create a user name for yourself in order to hide your IP address.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>But editing as an unregistered user is acceptable. Many valuable contributors have made this choice. That said, you will not be able to create or rename pages without a user name. Some pages are also protected from editing by unregistered users in order to prevent <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_do_you_know_if_information_is_correct?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_do_you_know_if_information_is_correct?"><span id="How_do_you_know_if_information_is_correct.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_do_you_know_if_information_is_correct?"></span><span id="CORR"></span>How do you know if information is correct?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_do_you_know_if_information_is_correct?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#CORR"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#CORR">WP:OFAQ#CORR</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Replies_to_common_objections" title="Wikipedia:Replies to common objections">Wikipedia:Replies to common objections</a></div> <dl><dd>Given that anyone can edit any article, it is, of course, possible for biased, out-of-date, or incorrect information to be posted. However, because there are so many people reading the articles and monitoring contributions, incorrect information is usually corrected quickly. The overall accuracy of the encyclopedia is improving all the time. You are encouraged to help by correcting articles, validating content, and providing useful references.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_do_you_prevent_people_from_ruining_articles?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_do_you_prevent_people_from_ruining_articles?"><span id="How_do_you_prevent_people_from_ruining_articles.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_do_you_prevent_people_from_ruining_articles?"></span><span id="RUIN"></span>How do you prevent people from ruining articles?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_do_you_prevent_people_from_ruining_articles?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#RUIN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#RUIN">WP:OFAQ#RUIN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd><i>All</i> changes to a page are registered in a "<a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">page history</a>", so any defacement can be replaced by an older version of the page by <a href="/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">reverting</a> it. And, in general, recent changes to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> are automatically listed on a <a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">special page for that purpose</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Some <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">bots</a> automatically reverse obvious defacement immediately. Moreover, there are hundreds of people who spend a little time each day watching the list of recent changes on Wikipedia (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol" title="Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol">Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol</a>). Any user interested in a particular page can add it to a personal <a href="/wiki/Help:Watchlist" title="Help:Watchlist">watchlist</a>, which shows when a page is updated and gives the user a chance to check that update. Readers who pass by can correct vandalism or erroneous information.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>The popular pages, which are the most likely to be defaced, are also those that receive the most attention from editors and readers.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>To stem a recurrent problem, an article can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">temporarily protected</a> from editing and/or user names and IP addresses can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocked</a> from editing.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="This_website_seems_to_be_violating_Wikipedia's_copyright._Do_you_guys_know_about_this?" data-mw-thread-id="h-This_website_seems_to_be_violating_Wikipedia's_copyright._Do_you_guys_know_about"><span id="This_website_seems_to_be_violating_Wikipedia.27s_copyright._Do_you_guys_know_about_this.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-This_website_seems_to_be_violating_Wikipedia's_copyright._Do_you_guys_know_about"></span><span id="VIO"></span>This website seems to be violating Wikipedia's copyright. Do you guys know about this?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-This_website_seems_to_be_violating_Wikipedia's_copyright._Do_you_guys_know_about"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#VIO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#VIO">WP:OFAQ#VIO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>All text on Wikipedia is licensed under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA">Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License</a> (CC-BY-SA), and in most cases, also the <a href="/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License">GNU Free Documentation License</a> (GFDL). Over 100 sites using Wikipedia for content have been identified, and categorized by their degree of compliance, at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA_Compliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA Compliance">Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA Compliance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GFDL_Compliance" title="Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance">Wikipedia:GFDL Compliance</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks" title="Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks">Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks</a> has more information, including what to do if someone is violating the CC-BY-SA license or the GFDL.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Which_wiki_software_does_Wikipedia_run_on?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Which_wiki_software_does_Wikipedia_run_on?"><span id="Which_wiki_software_does_Wikipedia_run_on.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Which_wiki_software_does_Wikipedia_run_on?"></span><span id="SOFT"></span>Which wiki software does Wikipedia run on?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Which_wiki_software_does_Wikipedia_run_on?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#SOFT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#SOFT">WP:OFAQ#SOFT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects use the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> software to facilitate collaborative editing and storage of page histories.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>For more information on MediaWiki, see:</dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> article, and</li> <li>the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="mw:">MediaWiki web site</a>.</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_if_two_people_edit_the_same_article_at_the_same_time?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_if_two_people_edit_the_same_article_at_the_same_time?"><span id="What_if_two_people_edit_the_same_article_at_the_same_time.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_if_two_people_edit_the_same_article_at_the_same_time?"></span><span id="EDIT"></span>What if two people edit the same article at the same time?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_if_two_people_edit_the_same_article_at_the_same_time?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#EDIT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#EDIT">WP:OFAQ#EDIT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>That will cause an <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">edit conflict</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_big_is_Wikipedia?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_big_is_Wikipedia?"><span id="How_big_is_Wikipedia.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_big_is_Wikipedia?"></span><span id="BIG"></span>How big is Wikipedia?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_big_is_Wikipedia?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#BIG"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#BIG">WP:OFAQ#BIG</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_comparisons" title="Wikipedia:Size comparisons">Wikipedia:Size comparisons</a></div> <dl><dd>Wikipedia currently has 6,916,070 articles in total in the English version alone.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>In a past comparison of encyclopedias, Wikipedia had about 1,400,000 articles with 340 million words in total, the <a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a> had about 85,000 articles with 55 million words in total, and Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Encarta" title="Encarta">Encarta</a> had about 63,000 articles and 40 million words in total.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_can_I_do_about_libelous_content_or_an_invasion_of_privacy?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_can_I_do_about_libelous_content_or_an_invasion_of_privacy?"><span id="What_can_I_do_about_libelous_content_or_an_invasion_of_privacy.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_can_I_do_about_libelous_content_or_an_invasion_of_privacy?"></span><span id="LIBEL"></span>What can I do about libelous content or an invasion of privacy?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_can_I_do_about_libelous_content_or_an_invasion_of_privacy?"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OFAQ#LIBEL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OFAQ&redirect=no#LIBEL">WP:OFAQ#LIBEL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>You can simply delete wrong or hurtful information yourself. However, because every revision is logged, special steps are required to remove this information from the historical record. Please see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Wikipedia:Oversight</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Libel" title="Wikipedia:Libel">Wikipedia:Libel</a> for Wikipedia's policy on removing historical revisions, and how to request such a change.</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p><br> </p> <hr> <p><b>More FAQ topics</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist nowraplinks" style="text-align:center; padding:4px 1em; border:1px solid #A3B1BF; background:var(--background-color-progressive-subtle, #f1f4fd); color:inherit;"><b>Frequently asked questions (FAQs)</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ" title="Wikipedia:FAQ">Index of FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Main" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Main">Main FAQ</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers">Readers</a></li> <li><a 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title="Wikipedia:Tip of the day">Tip of the day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Your_first_article" title="Help:Your first article">Your first article</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard" title="Wikipedia:Article wizard">article wizard</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Getting_started" title="Help:Getting started">Getting started</a> <abbr title="Introductions and tutorials">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Help:Introduction">Introductions by topic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_tutorials" title="Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials">Graphics tutorials</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Pictures" title="Help:Pictures">Picture tutorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial" title="Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial">IRC <span style="font-size:85%;">(live chat)</span> tutorial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide">VisualEditor user guide</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts">Dos and don'ts</a> <abbr title="Wikipedia policies, guidelines, and formatting standards in bullet points">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accessibility_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Accessibility dos and don'ts">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biography_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Biography dos and don'ts">Biographies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons dos and don'ts">Biographies (living)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Categorization dos and don'ts">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Consensus dos and don'ts">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Talk dos and don'ts">Discussions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Image dos and don'ts">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lead_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Lead dos and don'ts">Leads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Linking_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Linking dos and don'ts">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:List dos and don'ts">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:References_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:References dos and don'ts">References</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Table_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Table dos and don'ts">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_title_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Article title dos and don'ts">Titles (of articles)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_how-to" title="Category:Wikipedia how-to">How-to pages</a> and<br><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_information_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia information pages">information pages</a> <abbr title="Topic specific informative and instructional pages">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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href="/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">Diff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Minor_edit" title="Help:Minor edit">Minor edit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_toolbar" title="Help:Edit toolbar">toolbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">edit conflict</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Find_sources" title="Help:Find sources">Find sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Files" title="Help:Files">Files</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Footnotes" title="Help:Footnotes">Footnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_image_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to image deletion">Image deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Infobox" title="Help:Infobox">Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Link" title="Help:Link">Linking</a> (<a href="/wiki/Help:Link_color" title="Help:Link color">link color</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">Logging in</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging" title="Wikipedia:Merging">Merging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Page_name" title="Help:Page name">Page name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:How_to_move_a_page" title="Help:How to move a page">Renaming pages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Redirect" title="Help:Redirect">Redirect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Reset_password" title="Help:Reset password">Passwords</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Email_confirmation" title="Help:Email confirmation">Email confirmation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">Reverting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Simple_guide_to_vandalism_cleanup" title="Help:Simple guide to vandalism cleanup">Simple vandalism cleanup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages">Talk pages</a> (<a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archiving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_(plain_and_simple)" title="Help:Archiving (plain and simple)">simple archiving</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:User_contributions" title="Help:User contributions">User contributions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:WP_search_protocol" title="Help:WP search protocol">WP search protocol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wiki_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiki markup">Coding</a> <abbr title="Wikitext information consists of the syntax used to format a page">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext" title="Help:Wikitext">Wiki markup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Barchart" title="Help:Barchart">Barcharts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Calculation" title="Help:Calculation">Calculations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Special_characters" title="Help:Special characters">Characters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Columns" title="Help:Columns">Columns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Elevation" title="Help:Elevation">Elevation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Hidden_text" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hidden text">Hidden text</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:HTML_in_wikitext" title="Help:HTML in wikitext">HTML</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:List" title="Help:List">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Magic_words" title="Help:Magic words">Magic words</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Musical_symbols" title="Help:Musical symbols">Music symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">Sections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Sound_file_markup" title="Help:Sound file markup">Sounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Table" title="Help:Table">Tables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Template" title="Help:Template">Templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion">Transclusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:URL" title="Help:URL">URL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Visual_file_markup" title="Help:Visual file markup">Visual files</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Directories_and_indexes" title="Wikipedia:Directories and indexes">Directories</a> <abbr title="Wikipedia's directories and indexes">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia abbreviations">Abbreviations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Wikipedia:Contents">Contents</a> <small>(Encyclopedia proper)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Department_directory" title="Wikipedia:Department directory">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor%27s_index_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia">Editor's index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essay_directory" title="Wikipedia:Essay directory">Essays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Index">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Glossary" title="Wikipedia:Glossary">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Manual of Style </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Maintenance">Tasks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tips" title="Wikipedia:Tips">Tips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools" title="Wikipedia:Tools">Tools</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><div><b> <a href="/wiki/Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual" title="Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual">Missing Manual</a></b> <hr> <span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit Special:MyTalk"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MyTalk&action=edit&section=new&preload=Help:Contents/helpmepreload&preloadtitle=Help+me%21"><b>Ask for help on your talk page</b></a></span> <b><abbr title="If you need help, you can use this link to ask a question on your talk page; a volunteer will visit you there shortly!">(?)</abbr></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div>    </section></div> <noscript><img src="https://login.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&mobile=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" 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class="minerva-languages"></ul> <ul class="minerva-languages"><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%A9_%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%A9/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9" title="ويكيبيديا:أسئلة متكررة/عامة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:أسئلة متكررة/عامة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DA%86%D9%88%D8%AE_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="ویکی‌پدیا:چوخ سوروشولان سواللار/آنا سواللار – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:چوخ سوروشولان سواللار/آنا سواللار" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A3" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন/নিরীক্ষণ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন/নিরীক্ষণ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Op%C4%87a_pitanja" title="Wikipedia:Opća pitanja – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Opća pitanja" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kampanya" title="Wikipedia:Kampanya – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Wikipedia:Kampanya" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:Allgemeine_FAQ" title="Hilfe:Allgemeine FAQ – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hilfe:Allgemeine FAQ" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:%C3%9Cldine_KKK" title="Vikipeedia:Üldine KKK – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Üldine KKK" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayuda:Preguntas_frecuentes/General" title="Ayuda:Preguntas frecuentes/General – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ayuda:Preguntas frecuentes/General" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:پرسش‌های رایج/مرور کلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:پرسش‌های رایج/مرور کلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicip%C3%A9id:Ceisteanna_Ginear%C3%A1lta" title="Vicipéid:Ceisteanna Ginearálta – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Vicipéid:Ceisteanna Ginearálta" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Preguntas_m%C3%A1is_frecuentes/Xeral" title="Wikipedia:Preguntas máis frecuentes/Xeral – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Preguntas máis frecuentes/Xeral" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:FAQ/%EA%B0%9C%EC%9A%94" title="위키백과:FAQ/개요 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:FAQ/개요" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8" title="विकिपीडिया:अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%99" title="ויקיפדיה:שאלות ותשובות/כללי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:שאלות ותשובות/כללי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9E%D0%BF%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Општи често поставувани прашања – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Општи често поставувани прашања" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Soalan-soalan_lazim" title="Wikipedia:Soalan-soalan lazim – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Soalan-soalan lazim" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biquip%C3%A9dia:FAQ_Giral" title="Biquipédia:FAQ Giral – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Biquipédia:FAQ Giral" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4" title="Википедиа:Википедиатай холбоотой асуултууд – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Википедиа:Википедиатай холбоотой асуултууд" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ_%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88" title="Wikipedia:FAQ プロジェクト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:FAQ プロジェクト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86:%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9B%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A3_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%AA" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਅਕਸਰ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਵਾਲ/ਸੰਖੇਪ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਅਕਸਰ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਵਾਲ/ਸੰਖੇਪ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7:%DA%89-%DA%81-%D9%BE/%D9%85%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%87" title="ويکيپېډيا:ډ-ځ-پ/مخليدنه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا:ډ-ځ-پ/مخليدنه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajuda:Perguntas_frequentes/Geral" title="Ajuda:Perguntas frequentes/Geral – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ajuda:Perguntas frequentes/Geral" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Owerview" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Owerview – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Owerview" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB/%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%85_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA" title="විකිපීඩියා:නිවිප්‍ර/දළ විශ්ලේෂණය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:නිවිප්‍ර/දළ විශ්ලේෂණය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%95_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86/%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ویکیپیدیا:پرسیارە دووپاتکراوەکان/گشتی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:پرسیارە دووپاتکراوەکان/گشتی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a 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