Finding information
e.g. To find the capital of South Africa, type South Africa in the box on the left and click Search.
- Reference Desks — for knowledge questions (about anything other than how to use Wikipedia) you can ask our volunteers.
e.g. "What country has the world's largest fishing fleet?"
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How to use Wikipedia
- FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions about Wikipedia
- Advice for parents - information about Wikipedia for parents and guardians.
- Help:Contents — information about using Wikipedia.
- Help Desk — the place to ask volunteers questions on how to use and edit Wikipedia.
e.g. "How do I add an image to an article?"
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Asking questions or making comments
- Each article has a Talk page — click on the article's discussion link at the top of the page — for questions, reporting vandalism or discussions about the article.
- Village pump is the discussion forum for many technical and policy issues.
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IRC — help chat
You are also welcome to ask questions in one of Wikipedia's IRC channels. If you have an IRC client installed you can join a channel by connecting to #wikipedia-en-help (a help channel for English Wikipedia users) or #wikipedia (for general chat about Wikipedia). Wikipedia's IRC channels are found on the freenode network.
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