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Where to ask questions or make comments

Please choose the most appropriate place to ask your question, as misplaced questions may get overlooked! A helpful volunteer will answer it shortly ...

Factual questions

e.g. "What country has the world's largest fishing fleet?"
It is divided into several departments to answer questions on the following topics:
Computing - Entertainment - Language - Humanities - Mathematics - Science - Miscellaneous
  • Additionally, each article has its own Talk page to ask questions or make constructive comments regarding its specific content, just click on the article's discussion link at the top of the page.

Questions about using and contributing to Wikipedia

Shortcuts:
WP:Q
WP:?
WP:DESK

Your question might already be answered in the Frequently Asked Questions, otherwise:

  • Help Desk is the main place to ask a question and also where to turn when all else fails.
  • New users' help page is the place to ask your first questions.
  • The village pump is the community portal to discuss more complex technical issues, policies and operations of Wikipedia,
  • Requests for comment (RfC) is for requesting objective opinions on article content, user conduct, and proposed policies and guidelines.
  • Media copyright questions covers the use of images and other media on wikipedia

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