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TheBestLinks.com:Readers' FAQ
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How do I search Wikipedia?
- There should be a small search box at the top and bottom of the screen. Just type in what you're looking for and press enter. See Wikipedia:Searching for more details.
- You can also use Google to search Wikipedia by following this link (http://www.google.com/custom?sa=Google+Search&domains=wikipedia.org&sitesearch=wikipedia.org). Google index will be somewhat outdated, however.
- User:AxelBoldt has created some bookmarklets for Wikipedia searching. You can get them here (http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/bookmarklet.html).
- Finally, if you would like to search for Wikipedia articles in multiple languages, you can try the little-known but very cool multi-lingual Wikipedia search tool (http://www.wikipedia.org/tools/wikisearch.php) (currently disabled).
What is the license agreement on the contents of Wikipedia?
- Wikipedia articles are all open content and are covered by the GNU Free Documentation License. See Wikipedia:Copyrights.
Can I mirror entire sections of the Wikipedia to my site? How much can I quote?
- You may mirror or quote as much as you wish, as long as you maintain the text under the GNU Free Documentation License. See Wikipedia:Copyrights.
If I link a word from my site to the Wikipedia, am I required to use the GNU FDL for my site? What if I use a small quote (three or four sentences)? What if I quote entire articles?
- The answer to the first two is "no", since it is covered by the fair use doctrine. For the third, check with your lawyer. However, Wikipedians try to assume good faith, so we won't be suing you. :)
Can I get Wikipedia on CD, or download it for offline use?
- There are no CD images currently available. The database can be downloaded here, but you'll need to set up a web server, PHP, MySQL and our wiki software, MediaWiki, to make use of it. A paper or CD version of Wikipedia is currently under discussion at User:Jimbo Wales/Pushing To 1.0, but no solid plans have been made yet.
- However, several Wikipedians have made various Wikipedia databases available in TomeRaider format for offline reading. See Wikipedia:TomeRaider database for more details.
How do I cite a Wikipedia article in a paper?
- Cite it as you would any other web page in accordance with the normal citation practice the publication you are submitting the paper to follows. Citing the individual authors is not necessary, but you should at least include the date on which you retrieved the article (and ideally the full timestamp from the history).
- See Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia
Why are the background of some pages light yellow and others white?
- Encyclopedia article pages have white backgrounds, while dynamically generated special pages, talk pages, user pages, and about-wikipedia pages have yellow backgrounds. This is intended as a visual cue that you're not in the encyclopedia per se.
When I use the random page link, I get generic articles about obscure US cities a lot more often than I'd like. What can I do about it?
- Yes, there are a lot of these pages, and they're going to come up fairly often on random. If they just don't interest you, hit the random button another time or two until something that does interest you comes up.
- But if you would like to help flesh out these census-based stubs and build Wikipedia membership, please consider spending a few minutes recruiting: look up the town on google (http://google.com/) and see if there's a city web page or local historical society. You can E-mail them and ask for "real information" about their town's history.
- See User talk:Rambot/Random page for further discussion.
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