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have to register to edit pages?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Do_I_have_to_register_to_edit_pages?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What,_then,_is_the_point_of_getting_an_account?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What,_then,_is_the_point_of_getting_an_account?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>What, then, is the point of getting an account?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What,_then,_is_the_point_of_getting_an_account?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Is_there_a_minimum_age_requirement_to_contribute_or_register?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Is_there_a_minimum_age_requirement_to_contribute_or_register?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Is there a minimum age requirement to contribute or register?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Is_there_a_minimum_age_requirement_to_contribute_or_register?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Do_I_have_to_use_my_real_name?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Do_I_have_to_use_my_real_name?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Do I have to use my real name?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Do_I_have_to_use_my_real_name?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_my_own_username?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_my_own_username?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>How do I change my own username?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_my_own_username?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_does_that_word_mean?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_does_that_word_mean?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>What does that word mean?</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-What_does_that_word_mean?-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle What does that word mean? subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-What_does_that_word_mean?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-What_is_the_difference_between_a_page_and_an_article?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_is_the_difference_between_a_page_and_an_article?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>What is the difference between a page and an article?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_is_the_difference_between_a_page_and_an_article?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_is_an_"orphan"?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_is_an_"orphan"?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>What is an "orphan"?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_is_an_"orphan"?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_is_a_stub?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_is_a_stub?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>What is a stub?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_is_a_stub?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_is_disambiguation?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_is_disambiguation?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>What is disambiguation?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_is_disambiguation?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_is_a_minor_edit?_When_should_I_use_it?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_is_a_minor_edit?_When_should_I_use_it?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>What is a minor edit? When should I use it?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_is_a_minor_edit?_When_should_I_use_it?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Are_there_any_rules_or_guidelines_I_should_be_aware_of?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Are_there_any_rules_or_guidelines_I_should_be_aware_of?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Are there any rules or guidelines I should be aware of?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Are_there_any_rules_or_guidelines_I_should_be_aware_of?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_is_"Recent_Changes",_and_what_do_the_abbreviations_used_there_mean?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_is_"Recent_Changes",_and_what_do_the_abbreviations_used_there_mean?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>What is "Recent Changes", and what do the abbreviations used there mean?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_is_"Recent_Changes",_and_what_do_the_abbreviations_used_there_mean?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Are_there_any_standard_formats,_for_things_like_dates_for_example?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Are_there_any_standard_formats,_for_things_like_dates_for_example?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Are there any standard formats, for things like dates for example?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Are_there_any_standard_formats,_for_things_like_dates_for_example?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_do_I_do_if_I_find_two_articles_on_the_same_subjects?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_do_I_do_if_I_find_two_articles_on_the_same_subjects?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>What do I do if I find two articles on the same subjects?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_do_I_do_if_I_find_two_articles_on_the_same_subjects?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_is_the_ideal/maximum_length_of_an_article?_When_should_an_article_be_split_into_smaller_pieces?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_is_the_ideal/maximum_length_of_an_article?_When_should_an_article_be_split_into_smaller_pieces?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>What is the ideal/maximum length of an article? When should an article be split into smaller pieces?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_is_the_ideal/maximum_length_of_an_article?_When_should_an_article_be_split_into_smaller_pieces?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Can_we_debate_or_talk_about_the_subjects_here?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Can_we_debate_or_talk_about_the_subjects_here?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Can we debate or talk about the subjects here?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Can_we_debate_or_talk_about_the_subjects_here?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-I've_found_vandalism,_or_I've_damaged_a_page_by_mistake!_How_can_I_restore_it?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I've_found_vandalism,_or_I've_damaged_a_page_by_mistake!_How_can_I_restore_it?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12</span> <span>I've found vandalism, or I've damaged a page by mistake! How can I restore it?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-I've_found_vandalism,_or_I've_damaged_a_page_by_mistake!_How_can_I_restore_it?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Which_languages_can_I_use?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Which_languages_can_I_use?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.13</span> <span>Which languages can I use?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Which_languages_can_I_use?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Can_I_create_a_new_Wikipedia_in_my_language?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Can_I_create_a_new_Wikipedia_in_my_language?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.13.1</span> <span>Can I create a new Wikipedia in my language?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Can_I_create_a_new_Wikipedia_in_my_language?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Should_I_use_American_English_or_British_English?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Should_I_use_American_English_or_British_English?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.14</span> <span>Should I use American English or British English?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Should_I_use_American_English_or_British_English?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_check_spelling_on_a_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_check_spelling_on_a_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.15</span> <span>How do I check spelling on a page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_check_spelling_on_a_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Why_are_some_links_red?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Why_are_some_links_red?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16</span> <span>Why are some links red?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Why_are_some_links_red?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_about_the_pale_blue_links?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_about_the_pale_blue_links?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.17</span> <span>What about the pale blue links?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_about_the_pale_blue_links?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_happens_when_two_users_edit_a_page_at_the_same_time?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_happens_when_two_users_edit_a_page_at_the_same_time?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.18</span> <span>What happens when two users edit a page at the same time?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_happens_when_two_users_edit_a_page_at_the_same_time?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_happens_if_my_computer_or_browser_crashes_mid-edit,_or_if_the_server_does_not_respond?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_happens_if_my_computer_or_browser_crashes_mid-edit,_or_if_the_server_does_not_respond?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.19</span> <span>What happens if my computer or browser crashes mid-edit, or if the server does not respond?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_happens_if_my_computer_or_browser_crashes_mid-edit,_or_if_the_server_does_not_respond?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_learn_about_changes_to_certain_topics_without_having_to_go_there_from_time_to_time?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_learn_about_changes_to_certain_topics_without_having_to_go_there_from_time_to_time?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.20</span> <span>How do I learn about changes to certain topics without having to go there from time to time?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_learn_about_changes_to_certain_topics_without_having_to_go_there_from_time_to_time?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_file_formats_should_I_use_for_pictures/videos?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_file_formats_should_I_use_for_pictures/videos?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.21</span> <span>What file formats should I use for pictures/videos?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_file_formats_should_I_use_for_pictures/videos?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_file_format_should_I_use_for_sound?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_file_format_should_I_use_for_sound?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.22</span> <span>What file format should I use for sound?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_file_format_should_I_use_for_sound?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-One_of_the_contributors_is_being_unreasonable._Help!" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#One_of_the_contributors_is_being_unreasonable._Help!"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.23</span> <span>One of the contributors is being unreasonable. Help!</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-One_of_the_contributors_is_being_unreasonable._Help!-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-I've_made_a_suggestion_on_an_article's_talk_page,_but_have_not_gotten_any_responses._How_long_should_I_wait_before_implementing_my_suggested_change?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I've_made_a_suggestion_on_an_article's_talk_page,_but_have_not_gotten_any_responses._How_long_should_I_wait_before_implementing_my_suggested_change?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.24</span> <span>I've made a suggestion on an article's talk page, but have not gotten any responses. How long should I wait before implementing my suggested change?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-I've_made_a_suggestion_on_an_article's_talk_page,_but_have_not_gotten_any_responses._How_long_should_I_wait_before_implementing_my_suggested_change?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Can_I_change_the_default_number_of_contributions_displayed_in_the_"My_contributions"_list?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Can_I_change_the_default_number_of_contributions_displayed_in_the_"My_contributions"_list?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.25</span> <span>Can I change the default number of contributions displayed in the "My contributions" list?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Can_I_change_the_default_number_of_contributions_displayed_in_the_"My_contributions"_list?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Why_was_the_article_I_created_deleted?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Why_was_the_article_I_created_deleted?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.26</span> <span>Why was the article I created deleted?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Why_was_the_article_I_created_deleted?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Why_was_the_edit_I_made_removed?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Why_was_the_edit_I_made_removed?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.27</span> <span>Why was the edit I made removed?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Why_was_the_edit_I_made_removed?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Links:_external_and_multilingual" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Links:_external_and_multilingual"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Links: external and multilingual</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Links:_external_and_multilingual-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Links: external and multilingual subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Links:_external_and_multilingual-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Should_I_translate_pages_across_the_various_Wikipedias?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Should_I_translate_pages_across_the_various_Wikipedias?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Should I translate pages across the various Wikipedias?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Should_I_translate_pages_across_the_various_Wikipedias?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_about_using_machine_translation?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_about_using_machine_translation?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>What about using machine translation?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_about_using_machine_translation?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_tell_if_an_article_exists_in_another_language_Wikipedia?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_tell_if_an_article_exists_in_another_language_Wikipedia?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>How can I tell if an article exists in another language Wikipedia?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_tell_if_an_article_exists_in_another_language_Wikipedia?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Is_it_ok_to_link_to_other_sites?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Is_it_ok_to_link_to_other_sites?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Is it ok to link to other sites?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Is_it_ok_to_link_to_other_sites?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Copyrights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Copyrights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Copyrights</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Copyrights-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Copyrights subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Copyrights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-I_have,_or_can_get,_special_permission_to_copy_an_image_or_article_to_Wikipedia._Is_it_OK_to_do_that?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I_have,_or_can_get,_special_permission_to_copy_an_image_or_article_to_Wikipedia._Is_it_OK_to_do_that?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>I have, or can get, special permission to copy an image or article to Wikipedia. Is it OK to do that?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-I_have,_or_can_get,_special_permission_to_copy_an_image_or_article_to_Wikipedia._Is_it_OK_to_do_that?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-I_have_an_out-of-copyright_image_(or_text)_that_is_reproduced_in_an_in-copyright_book._Can_I_scan_/_type_it_into_Wikipedia?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I_have_an_out-of-copyright_image_(or_text)_that_is_reproduced_in_an_in-copyright_book._Can_I_scan_/_type_it_into_Wikipedia?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>I have an out-of-copyright image (or text) that is reproduced in an in-copyright book. Can I scan / type it into Wikipedia?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-I_have_an_out-of-copyright_image_(or_text)_that_is_reproduced_in_an_in-copyright_book._Can_I_scan_/_type_it_into_Wikipedia?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Does_using_a_GIF_image_in_Wikipedia_violate_its_patent?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Does_using_a_GIF_image_in_Wikipedia_violate_its_patent?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Does using a GIF image in Wikipedia violate its patent?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Does_using_a_GIF_image_in_Wikipedia_violate_its_patent?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Miscellaneous" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Miscellaneous"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Miscellaneous</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Miscellaneous-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Miscellaneous subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Miscellaneous-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Can_I_really_change_whatever_I_want_on_Wikipedia?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Can_I_really_change_whatever_I_want_on_Wikipedia?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Can I really change whatever I want on Wikipedia?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Can_I_really_change_whatever_I_want_on_Wikipedia?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_get_a_count_of_my_edits?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_get_a_count_of_my_edits?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>How do I get a count of my edits?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_get_a_count_of_my_edits?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_edit_the_Main_Page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_edit_the_Main_Page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>How do I edit the Main Page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_edit_the_Main_Page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">Wikipedia</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">FAQ/Contributing</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 27 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-27" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">27 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <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/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A9" title="ويكيبيديا:أسئلة متكررة/مساهمة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:أسئلة متكررة/مساهمة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%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%B8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:সততে উদিত প্ৰশ্নসমূহ/বৰঙণি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:সততে উদিত প্ৰশ্নসমূহ/বৰঙণি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</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/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7" title="ویکی‌پدیا:چوخ سوروشولان سواللار/چالیشما – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:چوخ سوروشولان سواللار/چالیشما" 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%85%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন/অবদান – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন/অবদান" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A7%D0%97%D0%92_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%8A%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Уикипедия:ЧЗВ за сътрудници – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:ЧЗВ за сътрудници" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E0%BD%93%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%9E%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%A3%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%9F%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%8F%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%95%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%91%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%91%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%80%E0%BD%A0%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BE%99%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%90%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8D" title="Wikipedia:ནང་བཞུགས་མི་སྣར་རྟག་ཏུ་འཕྲད་སྲིད་པའི་དཀའ་རྙོག་སེལ་ཐབས། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="Wikipedia:ནང་བཞུགས་མི་སྣར་རྟག་ཏུ་འཕྲད་སྲིད་པའི་དཀའ་རྙོག་སེལ་ཐབས།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:FAQ_f%C3%BCr_Mitarbeiter" title="Hilfe:FAQ für Mitarbeiter – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hilfe:FAQ für Mitarbeiter" 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:Kaast%C3%B6%C3%B6_KKK" title="Vikipeedia:Kaastöö KKK – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Kaastöö 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/Colaboradores" title="Ayuda:Preguntas frecuentes/Colaboradores – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ayuda:Preguntas frecuentes/Colaboradores" 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%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA" title="ویکی‌پدیا:پرسش‌های رایج/مشارکت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:پرسش‌های رایج/مشارکت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide:FAQ/participants" title="Aide:FAQ/participants – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aide:FAQ/participants" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</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%B8%B0%EC%97%AC" title="위키백과:FAQ/기여 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:FAQ/기여" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tanya_jawab_(Menyunting)" title="Wikipedia:Tanya jawab (Menyunting) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Tanya jawab (Menyunting)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</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%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ויקיפדיה:שאלות ותשובות/תורמים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:שאלות ותשובות/תורמים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%9E%E0%BA%B5%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%8D:%E0%BA%84%E0%BA%B3%E0%BA%96%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%B5%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B7%E0%BB%89%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%8D_%E0%BA%81%E0%BB%88%E0%BA%BD%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%9A_%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%AA%E0%BB%88%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%99" title="ວິກິພີເດຍ:ຄຳຖາມມີເລື້ອຍ ກ່ຽວກັບ ການປະກອບສ່ວນ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ວິກິພີເດຍ:ຄຳຖາມມີເລື້ອຍ ກ່ຽວກັບ ການປະກອບສ່ວນ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ_Participanten" title="Wikipedia:FAQ Participanten – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Wikipedia:FAQ Participanten" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ_Menyumbang" title="Wikipedia:FAQ Menyumbang – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:FAQ Menyumbang" 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_de_cuntribui%C3%A7on" title="Biquipédia:FAQ de cuntribuiçon – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Biquipédia:FAQ de cuntribuiçon" 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%D0%B3_%D1%85%D3%A9%D0%B3%D0%B6%D2%AF%D2%AF%D0%BB%D1%8D%D1%85%D1%82%D1%8D%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:Википедиаг хөгжүүлэхтэй холбоотой асуултууд – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Википедиа:Википедиаг хөгжүүлэхтэй 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_%E6%8A%95%E7%A8%BF%E8%80%85%E5%90%91%E3%81%91" title="Wikipedia:FAQ 投稿者向け – Japanese" lang="ja" 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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 href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers">Readers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools">Schools</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Contributing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Featured articles">Featured articles</a></li> <li><a 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:COFAQ"></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:COFAQ&redirect=no">WP:COFAQ</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>This page of frequently asked questions is devoted to answering those questions commonly asked by contributors to Wikipedia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Getting_started" data-mw-thread-id="h-Getting_started"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Getting_started"></span>Getting started<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Getting_started"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_contribute?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_can_I_contribute?-Getting_started"><span id="How_can_I_contribute.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_can_I_contribute?-Getting_started"></span><span id="HOW"></span>How can I contribute?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_can_I_contribute?-Getting_started"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#HOW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#HOW</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>For how to volunteer, see <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Help:Introduction">Help:Introduction</a>.</dd> <dd>For how to donate, see <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donations_FAQ" class="extiw" title="m:Donations FAQ">m:Donations FAQ</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Why_would_I_want_to_contribute?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_would_I_want_to_contribute?-Getting_started"><span id="Why_would_I_want_to_contribute.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_would_I_want_to_contribute?-Getting_started"></span><span id="WHY"></span>Why would I want to contribute?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_would_I_want_to_contribute?-Getting_started"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#WHY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#WHY</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_on_Earth_would_I_want_to_contribute_to_a_wiki" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Why on Earth would I want to contribute to a wiki">why on Earth would I want to contribute to a wiki</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Do_I_have_to_register_to_edit_pages?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Do_I_have_to_register_to_edit_pages?-Getting_started"><span id="Do_I_have_to_register_to_edit_pages.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Do_I_have_to_register_to_edit_pages?-Getting_started"></span><span id="REG"></span>Do I have to register to edit pages?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Do_I_have_to_register_to_edit_pages?-Getting_started"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#REG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#REG</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>No. <b>Anyone</b> can edit without any kind of registration (except disruptive users who have been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLOCK">blocked</a>).</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What,_then,_is_the_point_of_getting_an_account?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What,_then,_is_the_point_of_getting_an_account?-Getting_started"><span id="What.2C_then.2C_is_the_point_of_getting_an_account.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What,_then,_is_the_point_of_getting_an_account?-Getting_started"></span><span id="WHYREG"></span>What, then, is the point of getting an account?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What,_then,_is_the_point_of_getting_an_account?-Getting_started"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#WHYREG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#WHYREG</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>There are many reasons: see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Wikipedia:Why create an account?</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Is_there_a_minimum_age_requirement_to_contribute_or_register?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Is_there_a_minimum_age_requirement_to_contribute_or_register?-Getting_started"><span id="Is_there_a_minimum_age_requirement_to_contribute_or_register.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Is_there_a_minimum_age_requirement_to_contribute_or_register?-Getting_started"></span><span id="AGE"></span>Is there a minimum age requirement to contribute or register?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Is_there_a_minimum_age_requirement_to_contribute_or_register?-Getting_started"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#AGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#AGE</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>No. <b>Anyone</b> of <b>any age</b> may edit articles or register. Wikipedia does not even require that users disclose their age when registering!</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Note that users who identify themselves as minors (generally those under 16 years of age) are encouraged, and will be required, to protect their identities via safe practices where the posting of personal information is concerned. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protecting_children%27s_privacy" title="Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy">Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Do_I_have_to_use_my_real_name?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Do_I_have_to_use_my_real_name?-Getting_started"><span id="Do_I_have_to_use_my_real_name.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Do_I_have_to_use_my_real_name?-Getting_started"></span><span id="NAME"></span>Do I have to use my real name?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Do_I_have_to_use_my_real_name?-Getting_started"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#NAME" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#NAME</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>No. Real names are not required; some Wikipedians use real names, some don't: see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Username">Wikipedia:Username</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_my_own_username?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_do_I_change_my_own_username?-Getting_started"><span id="How_do_I_change_my_own_username.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_do_I_change_my_own_username?-Getting_started"></span><span id="CHNGUSER"></span>How do I change my own username?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_do_I_change_my_own_username?-Getting_started"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#CHNGUSER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#CHNGUSER</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username" title="Wikipedia:Changing username">Wikipedia:Changing username</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_does_that_word_mean?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_does_that_word_mean.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="TERM"></span> What does that word mean?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h2></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#TERM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#TERM</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>On talk pages and in the edit summaries of a page history, you will often see editors using terminology and abbreviations which are unique to Wikipedia. <ul><li><b>rv</b> or <b>revert</b>, usually in an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EDITSUMMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EDITSUMMARY">edit summary</a>, indicates that the page has been reverted to a previous version, often because of vandalism.</li> <li><b>NPOV</b> means working towards a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a>, whilst its opposite, <b>POV</b>, is used to suggest that an edit was biased.</li> <li>To <b>Wikify</b> means to add internal links and other formatting to an article which was mostly plain text.</li> <li><b>dab</b> means a small touch, and can also be short for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DISAMBIG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DISAMBIG">disambiguation</a>, or improving a link so that it goes straight to the relevant article.</li></ul></dd> <dd>For a more comprehensive list see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Glossary" title="Wikipedia:Glossary">Wikipedia:Glossary</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_the_difference_between_a_page_and_an_article?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_the_difference_between_a_page_and_an_article?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_is_the_difference_between_a_page_and_an_article.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_the_difference_between_a_page_and_an_article?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span>What is the difference between a page and an article?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_the_difference_between_a_page_and_an_article?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <dl><dd>The term "page" encompasses all the material on Wikipedia, including encyclopedia topics, talk pages, documentation, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Special_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Special pages">special pages</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">Recent Changes</a>. "Article" is a narrower term referring to a page containing an encyclopedia entry. Thus, all articles are pages, but not all pages are articles. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_an_article" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:What is an article">Wikipedia:What is an article</a> for more.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_an_"orphan"?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_an_"orphan"?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_is_an_.22orphan.22.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_an_"orphan"?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="ORPHAN"></span>What is an "orphan"?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_an_"orphan"?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#ORPHAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#ORPHAN</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>An <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ORPHAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ORPHAN">orphan</a> is an article that no other article links to. Such articles can be found on Wikipedia, but it is preferable that another article should link to each article. You can find a list of orphans at <a href="/wiki/Category:Orphaned_articles" title="Category:Orphaned articles">Category:Orphaned articles</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_a_stub?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_a_stub?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_is_a_stub.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_a_stub?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="STUB"></span>What is a stub?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_a_stub?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#STUB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#STUB</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>A stub on Wikipedia is a very short article, usually of one paragraph or less. For a more comprehensive explanation, please refer to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">Wikipedia:Stub</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_disambiguation?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_disambiguation?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_is_disambiguation.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_disambiguation?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="DISAMB"></span>What is disambiguation?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_disambiguation?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#DISAMB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#DISAMB</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Wikipedia:Disambiguation</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_a_minor_edit?_When_should_I_use_it?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_a_minor_edit?_When_should_I_use_it?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_is_a_minor_edit.3F_When_should_I_use_it.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_a_minor_edit?_When_should_I_use_it?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="MINOR"></span>What is a minor edit? When should I use it?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_a_minor_edit?_When_should_I_use_it?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#MINOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#MINOR</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>When editing a page, a logged-in user has the option to flag an edit as "minor." You should flag an edit as minor <b>only</b> when you believe it is an edit that no one would object to, such as fixing spelling or grammar.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>This feature is important because users can choose to <i>hide</i> minor edits in their view of the <a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">Recent Changes</a> page, to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Minor_edit" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Minor edit">Wikipedia:Minor edit</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Are_there_any_rules_or_guidelines_I_should_be_aware_of?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Are_there_any_rules_or_guidelines_I_should_be_aware_of?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Are_there_any_rules_or_guidelines_I_should_be_aware_of.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Are_there_any_rules_or_guidelines_I_should_be_aware_of?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="RULES"></span>Are there any rules or guidelines I should be aware of?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Are_there_any_rules_or_guidelines_I_should_be_aware_of?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#RULES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#RULES</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Yes. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines</a>. There are a lot, but you'll get the hang of it!</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_"Recent_Changes",_and_what_do_the_abbreviations_used_there_mean?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_"Recent_Changes",_and_what_do_the_abbreviations_used_there_mean?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_is_.22Recent_Changes.22.2C_and_what_do_the_abbreviations_used_there_mean.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_"Recent_Changes",_and_what_do_the_abbreviations_used_there_mean?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="RCENTCHNGS"></span>What is "Recent Changes", and what do the abbreviations used there mean?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_"Recent_Changes",_and_what_do_the_abbreviations_used_there_mean?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#RCENTCHNGS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#RCENTCHNGS</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Recent Changes lists all the edits that have been made over a given time period. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_Changes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Recent Changes">Wikipedia:Recent Changes</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Are_there_any_standard_formats,_for_things_like_dates_for_example?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Are_there_any_standard_formats,_for_things_like_dates_for_example?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Are_there_any_standard_formats.2C_for_things_like_dates_for_example.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Are_there_any_standard_formats,_for_things_like_dates_for_example?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="FORMAT"></span>Are there any standard formats, for things like dates for example?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Are_there_any_standard_formats,_for_things_like_dates_for_example?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#FORMAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#FORMAT</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Yes. We have a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> that articles should follow.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_do_I_do_if_I_find_two_articles_on_the_same_subjects?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_do_I_do_if_I_find_two_articles_on_the_same_subjects?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_do_I_do_if_I_find_two_articles_on_the_same_subjects.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_do_I_do_if_I_find_two_articles_on_the_same_subjects?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="TWO"></span>What do I do if I find two articles on the same subjects?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_do_I_do_if_I_find_two_articles_on_the_same_subjects?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#TWO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#TWO</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>You could <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging" title="Wikipedia:Merging">merge</a> them yourself if you are feeling <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages">bold</a>. Pick the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions">most suitable page name</a> (which may not necessarily be one of the existing ones!). If you're not sure which name to use, or whether the two articles should really be merged, use the procedure at <a href="/wiki/Help:Merging" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Merging">Help:Merging</a>. You can also make a mention of the problem on the list of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_mergers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Proposed mergers">Wikipedia:Proposed mergers</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_the_ideal/maximum_length_of_an_article?_When_should_an_article_be_split_into_smaller_pieces?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_the_ideal/maximum_length_of_an_article?_When_should_an_article_be_split-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_is_the_ideal.2Fmaximum_length_of_an_article.3F_When_should_an_article_be_split_into_smaller_pieces.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_the_ideal/maximum_length_of_an_article?_When_should_an_article_be_split-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="SIZE"></span>What is the ideal/maximum length of an article? When should an article be split into smaller pieces?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_the_ideal/maximum_length_of_an_article?_When_should_an_article_be_split-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#SIZE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#SIZE</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Wikipedia:Article size</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Can_we_debate_or_talk_about_the_subjects_here?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Can_we_debate_or_talk_about_the_subjects_here?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Can_we_debate_or_talk_about_the_subjects_here.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Can_we_debate_or_talk_about_the_subjects_here?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="TALK"></span>Can we debate or talk about the subjects here?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Can_we_debate_or_talk_about_the_subjects_here?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#TALK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#TALK</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>No. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTFORUM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTFORUM">Wikipedia is not a forum</a>. Talk pages are for discussing improvements to the article.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I've_found_vandalism,_or_I've_damaged_a_page_by_mistake!_How_can_I_restore_it?" data-mw-thread-id="h-I've_found_vandalism,_or_I've_damaged_a_page_by_mistake!_How_can_I_restore_it?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="I.27ve_found_vandalism.2C_or_I.27ve_damaged_a_page_by_mistake.21_How_can_I_restore_it.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-I've_found_vandalism,_or_I've_damaged_a_page_by_mistake!_How_can_I_restore_it?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span>I've found vandalism, or I've damaged a page by mistake! How can I restore it?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-I've_found_vandalism,_or_I've_damaged_a_page_by_mistake!_How_can_I_restore_it?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <dl><dd>See <a href="/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">Help:Reverting</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Which_languages_can_I_use?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Which_languages_can_I_use?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Which_languages_can_I_use.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Which_languages_can_I_use?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="LANGUAGE"></span>Which languages can I use?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Which_languages_can_I_use?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#LANGUAGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#LANGUAGE</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>On the English Wikipedia, use English, unless you're mentioning a name or a quotation that has no known English translation.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>If you want to write articles in other languages, you need to do it in an edition of Wikipedia in that language. As of 2024, there are editions of Wikipedia in more than 300 languages, and their full list can be found at <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias" class="extiw" title="m:List of Wikipedias">m:List of Wikipedias</a> on the Meta site. If your language is not in the list, see the next section.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Can_I_create_a_new_Wikipedia_in_my_language?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Can_I_create_a_new_Wikipedia_in_my_language?-Which_languages_can_I_use?"><span id="Can_I_create_a_new_Wikipedia_in_my_language.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Can_I_create_a_new_Wikipedia_in_my_language?-Which_languages_can_I_use?"></span><span id="NEWLANGUAGE"></span>Can I create a new Wikipedia in my language?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Can_I_create_a_new_Wikipedia_in_my_language?-Which_languages_can_I_use?"></span></h4></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#NEWLANGUAGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#NEWLANGUAGE</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Yes! If there is no edition of Wikipedia in your language yet, and you would like to change that, read the page <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:How_to_start_a_new_Wikipedia" class="extiw" title="m:Help:How to start a new Wikipedia">How to start a new Wikipedia</a> on the Meta site to find out how to create a new language edition of Wikipedia. This will require some work from you, but it's a great thing to do for the people who speak your language.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Should_I_use_American_English_or_British_English?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Should_I_use_American_English_or_British_English?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Should_I_use_American_English_or_British_English.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Should_I_use_American_English_or_British_English?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="ENGLISH"></span>Should I use <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a> or <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">British English</a>?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Should_I_use_American_English_or_British_English?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#ENGLISH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#ENGLISH</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>The official policy is to use British spelling when writing about British topics, and American English for topics relating to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. General topics can use any one of the variants, but should generally strive to be consistent within an article. See Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MoS#National_varieties_of_English" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MoS">Manual of Style</a> for a more detailed explanation.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Use of one English variation in article titles can cause a <i>Search</i> in another variant to fail. In this case, it is recommended that you create a new article using the alternative spelling that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">redirects</a> to the main article.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_check_spelling_on_a_page?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_do_I_check_spelling_on_a_page?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="How_do_I_check_spelling_on_a_page.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_do_I_check_spelling_on_a_page?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="SPELL"></span>How do I check spelling on a page?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_do_I_check_spelling_on_a_page?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#SPELL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#SPELL</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>A spelling checker has been requested for Wikipedia, but has not been implemented yet, except as a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://code.google.com/p/wikimediaspellchecker/">third-party extension</a>. Some common web browsers have a built-in simple spell checker for forms such as Wikipedia editing forms. You may also install a browser addon for more advanced spelling and grammar checking, such as <a href="/wiki/LanguageTool" title="LanguageTool">LanguageTool</a>, or use another online spelling checker. When editing a larger article, it may be more convenient to paste the text into your <a href="/wiki/Text_editor" title="Text editor">text editor</a> or <a href="/wiki/Word_processor" title="Word processor">word processor</a> first, to edit and check the spelling there, and then paste your corrected text back into Wikipedia editor to complete your contribution.</dd> <dd>There is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_common_misspellings" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:List of common misspellings">list of common misspellings</a>, which you can use to check if a listed misspelling is on any page in the database, although this process fails to identify any misspelled words not on that list.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Why_are_some_links_red?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_are_some_links_red?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Why_are_some_links_red.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_are_some_links_red?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="LINKS"></span>Why are some links red?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_are_some_links_red?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#LINKS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#LINKS</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>A page with that name has not yet been created. You can click on that link and start a page with that name. But be careful: there may already be articles on similar topics, or an article on the same topic under a different name. It's pretty important to hunt around for similar topics first. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Wikipedia:Article titles</a> for information on naming pages, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link" title="Wikipedia:Red link">Wikipedia:Red link</a> for more guidance on red links.</dd> <dd>If you just registered, your username is probably shown as linking to a page that doesn't exist. Don't worry! This just means you haven't filled out your user page yet. Click on the link and tell the world all about yourself! See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:User page">Wikipedia:User page</a> for more information.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_about_the_pale_blue_links?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_about_the_pale_blue_links?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_about_the_pale_blue_links.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_about_the_pale_blue_links?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="BLUELINK"></span>What about the pale blue links?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_about_the_pale_blue_links?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#BLUELINK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#BLUELINK</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Those are external links; i.e. those that link to pages outside Wikipedia. They look <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.example.org">like this</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_happens_when_two_users_edit_a_page_at_the_same_time?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_happens_when_two_users_edit_a_page_at_the_same_time?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_happens_when_two_users_edit_a_page_at_the_same_time.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_happens_when_two_users_edit_a_page_at_the_same_time?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="CONFLICT"></span>What happens when two users edit a page at the same time?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_happens_when_two_users_edit_a_page_at_the_same_time?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#CONFLICT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#CONFLICT</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>This is called an <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">edit conflict</a>. You'll get a conflict screen that displays both versions in separate windows, along with a summary highlighting the differences, and instructions on how you should proceed. It's virtually impossible to lose any data.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_happens_if_my_computer_or_browser_crashes_mid-edit,_or_if_the_server_does_not_respond?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_happens_if_my_computer_or_browser_crashes_mid-edit,_or_if_the_server_does_n-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_happens_if_my_computer_or_browser_crashes_mid-edit.2C_or_if_the_server_does_not_respond.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_happens_if_my_computer_or_browser_crashes_mid-edit,_or_if_the_server_does_n-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="CRASH"></span>What happens if my computer or browser crashes mid-edit, or if the server does not respond?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_happens_if_my_computer_or_browser_crashes_mid-edit,_or_if_the_server_does_n-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#CRASH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#CRASH</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>You may lose your edit. Some modern web browsers, as well as the MediaWiki software, may be able to recover your edits when you restart your browser, but it's not certain that it will succeed. To some extent, you can guard against this by editing in a text editor for major work (but note that with regard to a system crash this does not help, unless you save frequently to disk, use a cloud-based editor such as <a href="/wiki/Etherpad" title="Etherpad">Etherpad</a> or <a href="/wiki/Google_Docs" title="Google Docs">Google Docs</a>, or an editor with automatic saving such as <a href="/wiki/Atom_(text_editor)" title="Atom (text editor)">Atom</a>).</dd></dl> <dl><dd>When you get a time-out when you try to save, you might or might not lose your edit depending on your <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a>. Some browsers (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Opera_(Internet_suite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Opera (Internet suite)">Opera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox" class="mw-redirect" title="Mozilla Firefox">Mozilla Firefox</a>) will recover the text you have tried to save if you use the back-button. In other browsers, you will lose your edit. You can protect against this by copying the text (at least to the clipboard of your system).</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_learn_about_changes_to_certain_topics_without_having_to_go_there_from_time_to_time?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_do_I_learn_about_changes_to_certain_topics_without_having_to_go_there_from_t-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="How_do_I_learn_about_changes_to_certain_topics_without_having_to_go_there_from_time_to_time.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_do_I_learn_about_changes_to_certain_topics_without_having_to_go_there_from_t-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="WATCH"></span>How do I learn about changes to certain topics without having to go there from time to time?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_do_I_learn_about_changes_to_certain_topics_without_having_to_go_there_from_t-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#WATCH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#WATCH</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>If you are a logged-in user, on every page you will see either a link that says "Watch this article", or a small five-pointed star next to "View history". If you click on it, the article will be added to your <a href="/wiki/Special:Watchlist" title="Special:Watchlist">personal watchlist</a>. Your watchlist will show you the latest changes on your watched articles.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_file_formats_should_I_use_for_pictures/videos?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_file_formats_should_I_use_for_pictures/videos?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_file_formats_should_I_use_for_pictures.2Fvideos.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_file_formats_should_I_use_for_pictures/videos?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="FORMAT"></span>What file formats should I use for pictures/videos?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_file_formats_should_I_use_for_pictures/videos?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#FORMAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#FORMAT</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>For images, use <a href="/wiki/JPEG" title="JPEG">JPEG</a> for photographs, and <a href="/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Scalable Vector Graphics">SVG</a> for drawings and logos. <a href="/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Network Graphics">PNG</a> can also be used. Use <a href="/wiki/GIF" title="GIF">GIF</a> for inline animations.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>For video, <a href="/wiki/Ogg_Theora" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogg Theora">Ogg Theora</a> is currently the only recommended format. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Wikipedia:Image use policy</a> for more.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_file_format_should_I_use_for_sound?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_file_format_should_I_use_for_sound?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="What_file_format_should_I_use_for_sound.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_file_format_should_I_use_for_sound?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="SFORMAT"></span>What file format should I use for sound?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_file_format_should_I_use_for_sound?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#SFORMAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#SFORMAT</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Multiple encodings are encouraged. <a href="/wiki/WAV" title="WAV">WAV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ogg_Vorbis" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogg Vorbis">Ogg Vorbis</a> are allowed, but <a href="/wiki/MP3" title="MP3">MP3</a> is not.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="One_of_the_contributors_is_being_unreasonable._Help!" data-mw-thread-id="h-One_of_the_contributors_is_being_unreasonable._Help!-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="One_of_the_contributors_is_being_unreasonable._Help.21"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-One_of_the_contributors_is_being_unreasonable._Help!-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="BAD"></span>One of the contributors is being unreasonable. Help!<span data-mw-comment-end="h-One_of_the_contributors_is_being_unreasonable._Help!-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <dl><dd>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Wikipedia:Etiquette</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Wikipedia:Dispute resolution</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I've_made_a_suggestion_on_an_article's_talk_page,_but_have_not_gotten_any_responses._How_long_should_I_wait_before_implementing_my_suggested_change?" data-mw-thread-id="h-I've_made_a_suggestion_on_an_article's_talk_page,_but_have_not_gotten_any_respon-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="I.27ve_made_a_suggestion_on_an_article.27s_talk_page.2C_but_have_not_gotten_any_responses._How_long_should_I_wait_before_implementing_my_suggested_change.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-I've_made_a_suggestion_on_an_article's_talk_page,_but_have_not_gotten_any_respon-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="WAIT"></span>I've made a suggestion on an article's talk page, but have not gotten any responses. How long should I wait before implementing my suggested change?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-I've_made_a_suggestion_on_an_article's_talk_page,_but_have_not_gotten_any_respon-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#WAIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#WAIT</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Wikipedia:Be bold</a>, there's no need to wait at all. Simply make your change. If someone else disagrees with it, they can always revert the change, and then you can talk the issue out with that person.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Can_I_change_the_default_number_of_contributions_displayed_in_the_"My_contributions"_list?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Can_I_change_the_default_number_of_contributions_displayed_in_the_"My_contributi-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Can_I_change_the_default_number_of_contributions_displayed_in_the_.22My_contributions.22_list.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Can_I_change_the_default_number_of_contributions_displayed_in_the_"My_contributi-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="DEFAULTCONTRIB"></span>Can I change the default number of contributions displayed in the "My contributions" list?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Can_I_change_the_default_number_of_contributions_displayed_in_the_"My_contributi-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#DEFAULTCONTRIB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#DEFAULTCONTRIB</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>No. You can, however, change the setting <i>on the page</i> and bookmark the resulting page.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Why_was_the_article_I_created_deleted?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_was_the_article_I_created_deleted?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Why_was_the_article_I_created_deleted.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_was_the_article_I_created_deleted?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="DELETE"></span>Why was the article I created deleted?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_was_the_article_I_created_deleted?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#DELETE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#DELETE</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>New articles are deleted for not following Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a>. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_was_my_article_deleted%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Why was my article deleted?">Wikipedia:Why was my article deleted?</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Why_was_the_edit_I_made_removed?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_was_the_edit_I_made_removed?-What_does_that_word_mean?"><span id="Why_was_the_edit_I_made_removed.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_was_the_edit_I_made_removed?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span><span id="REMOVE"></span>Why was the edit I made removed?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_was_the_edit_I_made_removed?-What_does_that_word_mean?"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#REMOVE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#REMOVE</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>There are a variety of reasons (some <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_common_mistakes" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes">common reasons</a>). The first thing you should do is look at the history page for the article you edited. This will tell you who changed it, when they changed it, and hopefully a short reason why they changed it. If it says something like <b>see talk</b>, then you should look at the <a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages">talk page</a> for the article. Also, you should look at your <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:USERTALK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:USERTALK">own talk page</a> to see if you have a message there. If you don't find a reason that is satisfactory, politely ask in the article's talk page about your proposed change, and maybe you will get suggestions about changes that you can make so that your change will go in, or you may get reasons why your change should not happen.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Links:_external_and_multilingual" data-mw-thread-id="h-Links:_external_and_multilingual"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span>Links: external and multilingual<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Should_I_translate_pages_across_the_various_Wikipedias?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Should_I_translate_pages_across_the_various_Wikipedias?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"><span id="Should_I_translate_pages_across_the_various_Wikipedias.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Should_I_translate_pages_across_the_various_Wikipedias?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span><span id="TRANS"></span>Should I translate pages across the various Wikipedias?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Should_I_translate_pages_across_the_various_Wikipedias?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#TRANS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#TRANS</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Yes, it's a good idea to cross-pollinate. Please give credit to the contributors of the original article by noting that you have done so, with a link to the original, in the edit summary or at the article's talk page. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation" title="Wikipedia:Translation">Wikipedia:Translation</a> for further information.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_about_using_machine_translation?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_about_using_machine_translation?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"><span id="What_about_using_machine_translation.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_about_using_machine_translation?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span><span id="MTRANS"></span>What about using machine translation?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_about_using_machine_translation?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#MTRANS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#MTRANS</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Machine_translation" title="Machine translation">Machine translation</a> is useful for obtaining the general idea of a text in an unfamiliar language, but it produces poor translations and should not be used on its own. If you want to use machine translation as a translation <i>aid</i> and intend to edit the result, please go ahead if you think it would be helpful. <b>Do not</b> paste a machine translation directly into an article.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_tell_if_an_article_exists_in_another_language_Wikipedia?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_can_I_tell_if_an_article_exists_in_another_language_Wikipedia?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"><span id="How_can_I_tell_if_an_article_exists_in_another_language_Wikipedia.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_can_I_tell_if_an_article_exists_in_another_language_Wikipedia?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span><span id="OTHERLANG"></span>How can I tell if an article exists in another language Wikipedia?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_can_I_tell_if_an_article_exists_in_another_language_Wikipedia?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#OTHERLANG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#OTHERLANG</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>We try to build links between different language pages – that's one way of seeing if an article exists elsewhere. If you don't see the language links at the left of a page, go looking for the corresponding article(s) on foreign Wikipedias. If you find them, make a link both ways; if not, you can translate. Bear in mind that article may not be in one-to-one correspondence between Wikipedias. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Interlanguage_links" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Interlanguage links">Wikipedia:Interlanguage links</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Multilingual_coordination" title="Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination">Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination</a> for more information.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Is_it_ok_to_link_to_other_sites?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Is_it_ok_to_link_to_other_sites?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"><span id="Is_it_ok_to_link_to_other_sites.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Is_it_ok_to_link_to_other_sites?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span><span id="OTHER"></span>Is it ok to link to other sites?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Is_it_ok_to_link_to_other_sites?-Links:_external_and_multilingual"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#OTHER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#OTHER</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>External links are certainly allowed. Properly used, they increase the usability of Wikipedia. Keep in mind, however, that Wikipedia is not a <a href="/wiki/Web_directory" title="Web directory">web directory</a>; external links should support the content of the article, not replace it. An article should be more than a container for external links, and the content should not require the reader to leave the site to understand the subject.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Do not place advertising links in Wikipedia. Commercial sites are obvious, but this prohibition <i>usually</i> includes links to fansites and discussion forums as well unless the site is a notable one in the field. As a general rule of thumb: if you wish to place the link in Wikipedia in order to drive traffic to a site, it probably doesn't belong here.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>The current convention is to place external links in a separate "External links" section at the bottom of the article. Sites used as references for the article should be listed under a "References" section, or sometimes placed within the article as a footnote. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:How to edit a page">Wikipedia:How to edit a page</a> for different ways to create external links.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">relevant guideline</a> for more examples on when external links are appropriate.</dd></dl> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#BOOK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#BOOK</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><span id="BOOK"></span> There are many templates that help to add formatted links to specific sites at <a href="/wiki/Category:External_link_templates" title="Category:External link templates">Category:External link templates</a>. For example, you can link articles about books to the online copies of those books on <a href="/wiki/Project_Gutenberg" title="Project Gutenberg">Project Gutenberg</a> using the template <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Gutenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Gutenberg">Gutenberg</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Copyrights" data-mw-thread-id="h-Copyrights"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Copyrights"></span>Copyrights<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Copyrights"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I_have,_or_can_get,_special_permission_to_copy_an_image_or_article_to_Wikipedia._Is_it_OK_to_do_that?" data-mw-thread-id="h-I_have,_or_can_get,_special_permission_to_copy_an_image_or_article_to_Wikipedia.-Copyrights"><span id="I_have.2C_or_can_get.2C_special_permission_to_copy_an_image_or_article_to_Wikipedia._Is_it_OK_to_do_that.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-I_have,_or_can_get,_special_permission_to_copy_an_image_or_article_to_Wikipedia.-Copyrights"></span><span id="IMAGE"></span>I have, or can get, special permission to copy an image or article to Wikipedia. Is it OK to do that?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-I_have,_or_can_get,_special_permission_to_copy_an_image_or_article_to_Wikipedia.-Copyrights"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#IMAGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#IMAGE</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Unless the article you want to copy to Wikipedia is covered by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License">Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License</a> (CC-BY-SA), a CC-BY-SA-compatible license or is in the public domain, it cannot be used on Wikipedia. Images, too, must be public domain or licensed under one of allowed licenses at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Image copyright tags">Wikipedia:Image copyright tags</a>. You have to ask the copyright holder of the material to license it so it can be used. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission" title="Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission">Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission</a>. Under very limited conditions we can use copyrighted material even if it is not licensed compatibly; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">Wikipedia:Non-free content</a> for how and when.</dd> <dd>The text of Wikipedia is covered by the (CC-BY-SA) and, in most cases, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License">GNU Free Documentation License</a> (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). Images are covered by various free licenses (see the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy">Wikimedia Foundation Licensing Policy</a>).</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I_have_an_out-of-copyright_image_(or_text)_that_is_reproduced_in_an_in-copyright_book._Can_I_scan_/_type_it_into_Wikipedia?" data-mw-thread-id="h-I_have_an_out-of-copyright_image_(or_text)_that_is_reproduced_in_an_in-copyright-Copyrights"><span id="I_have_an_out-of-copyright_image_.28or_text.29_that_is_reproduced_in_an_in-copyright_book._Can_I_scan_.2F_type_it_into_Wikipedia.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-I_have_an_out-of-copyright_image_(or_text)_that_is_reproduced_in_an_in-copyright-Copyrights"></span>I have an out-of-copyright image (or text) that is reproduced in an in-copyright book. Can I scan / type it into Wikipedia?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-I_have_an_out-of-copyright_image_(or_text)_that_is_reproduced_in_an_in-copyright-Copyrights"></span></h3></div> <dl><dd>Providing they haven't altered the image then they can't claim a copyright on it. If it was in the public domain before they used it, it's still in the public domain afterward.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Does_using_a_GIF_image_in_Wikipedia_violate_its_patent?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Does_using_a_GIF_image_in_Wikipedia_violate_its_patent?-Copyrights"><span id="Does_using_a_GIF_image_in_Wikipedia_violate_its_patent.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Does_using_a_GIF_image_in_Wikipedia_violate_its_patent?-Copyrights"></span>Does using a <a href="/wiki/GIF" title="GIF">GIF</a> image in Wikipedia violate its patent?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Does_using_a_GIF_image_in_Wikipedia_violate_its_patent?-Copyrights"></span></h3></div> <dl><dd>No. The patent of the <a href="/wiki/LZW" class="mw-redirect" title="LZW">LZW</a> compression algorithm used with the GIF format has expired.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Miscellaneous" data-mw-thread-id="h-Miscellaneous"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Miscellaneous"></span>Miscellaneous<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Miscellaneous"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Can_I_really_change_whatever_I_want_on_Wikipedia?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Can_I_really_change_whatever_I_want_on_Wikipedia?-Miscellaneous"><span id="Can_I_really_change_whatever_I_want_on_Wikipedia.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Can_I_really_change_whatever_I_want_on_Wikipedia?-Miscellaneous"></span><span id="ALL"></span>Can I really change whatever I want on Wikipedia?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Can_I_really_change_whatever_I_want_on_Wikipedia?-Miscellaneous"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#ALL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#ALL</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Yes, you can on almost any page. There are some pages on Wikipedia that are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protected_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Protected page">protected</a>, so that only <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a> can modify them. This includes pages like the <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a>, which are permanently protected, or normal articles which are temporarily protected during the resolution of an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Edit war">edit war</a>. Some pages are also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Semi-protection" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Semi-protection">semi-protected</a>, so that anonymous and new users cannot edit them, to reduce vandalism. The vast majority of pages on Wikipedia are editable by anyone, at any time, and any changes made will be reflected instantly.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_get_a_count_of_my_edits?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_do_I_get_a_count_of_my_edits?-Miscellaneous"><span id="How_do_I_get_a_count_of_my_edits.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_do_I_get_a_count_of_my_edits?-Miscellaneous"></span><span id="COUNT"></span>How do I get a count of my edits?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_do_I_get_a_count_of_my_edits?-Miscellaneous"></span></h3></div> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-compact noprint" style="clear:right; float:right; border:1px solid #aaa; background:var(--background-color-base, #fff); color:inherit; margin: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em; padding:1px; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr><th><small> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COFAQ#COUNT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COFAQ">WP:COFAQ#COUNT</a> </small></th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Your edit count, including deleted edits, is displayed when you enter <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences">your preferences</a>.</dd> <dd>There are a number of tools called <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools#Edit_counters" title="Wikipedia:Tools">edit counters</a> that can display the total count of your edits as well as the number of edits in various namespaces.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_edit_the_Main_Page?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_do_I_edit_the_Main_Page?-Miscellaneous"><span id="How_do_I_edit_the_Main_Page.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_do_I_edit_the_Main_Page?-Miscellaneous"></span><span id="MAIN"></span>How do I edit the Main Page?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_do_I_edit_the_Main_Page?-Miscellaneous"></span></h3></div> <dl><dd>See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_the_main_page" title="Wikipedia:Editing the main page">Wikipedia:Editing the main page</a>.</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 href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers">Readers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools">Schools</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Contributing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing" 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href="/wiki/Help:Mobile_access" title="Help:Mobile access">Mobile access</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Navigation" title="Help:Navigation">Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Other_languages" title="Help:Other languages">Other languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Searching" title="Help:Searching">Searching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Student_help" title="Help:Student help">Students</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Viewing_media" title="Help:Viewing media">Viewing media</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia">Contributing<br/>to Wikipedia</a> <abbr title="Overviews and resources needed to comprehend, comment on, and edit">(?)</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 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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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