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Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. You can read Wikipedia in your language or choose from over 100 languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Arabic and more.
- English Site
English Site - Wikipedia
- Search Wikipedia
Use the search feature in Wikipedia to find something.
- Espanol Site
La enciclopedia de contenido libre que todos pueden editar.
- Random Article
Random Article - Wikipedia
- Featured Content
Featured content represents the best that Wikipedia has to...
- Current Events
Worldwide current events /topics in the news
- About Wikipedia
This is a general introduction for visitors to Wikipedia.
- Community Portal
About the project, what you can do, where to find things
- English Site
Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Reference desk – Ask research questions about encyclopedic topics. Content portals – A unique way to navigate the encyclopedia.
Wikipedia is a collaborative project that allows anyone to edit its articles on various topics. It is the largest and most-read reference work in history, with over 63 million articles in more than 300 languages.
English Wikipedia is the primary and most-read edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It has over 6.8 million articles, 47 million users, and various policies, features, and controversies.
Wikipedia uses a powerful search engine, with a search box on every page. The search box will navigate directly to a given page name upon an exact match. But, you can force it to show you other pages that include your search string by including a tilde character ~ anywhere in the query.
This article provides a detailed overview of Wikipedia's search feature, and instructions on using external search engines, such as Google, to find information. For a short introduction to searching Wikipedia, see Look it up. Contents: 1 Wikipedia search 2 External search engines 3 Browser specific help 4 See also.
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Learn how to set up your web browser to search Wikipedia from its search box or address bar. Find the instructions for different browsers, such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, and more.
