how to search on wikipedia ?

Question

how to search anything on this ? suppose any particular biography or any other thing.

Answer 1

Step One

Go to Wikipedia's main page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page. You can also key in Wikipedia in any search engine.



Step Two

Type the subject you want to know more information about in the search box on the left-hand side of the screen.



Step Three

Click on the "Search" button. Wikipedia will list the results. Double-click on the articles you want to read.

Answer 2

I even have iGoogle as my homestead website, and all my searches are made by applying applying Google. i'm going to apply Wikipedia for some issues like computing device words which at the instant are not elementary to locate different places with a stable intensity of precise advice. sure, you will locate flaws with Wikipedia with incorrect advice, yet giving the benifit of the doubt (till I doubt the benifit), Wikipedia is notably lots (guessing approximately ninety 5%+) precise with the help.

Answer 3

Search a celeb on Google and a wikipedia result should be in the top 5 results for the Celeb

Answer 4

The easiest way, without even a need to open wikipedia, is to type in the google search box, e.g., to find "India":



India site:wikipedia.org

(this one searches entire wikipedia)

or

India site:en.wikipedia.org

(this one searches English pages only)

or

India site:ru.wikipedia.org

(this searches Russian pages only)

and so on..

The search results will be somewhat broader, since the generic wikipedia search engine is not so powerful as Google

Answer 5

it's really easy...



1) go to the main page - http://wikipedia.org/

2) underneath the globe puzzle, there is a search box. type in whatever you want to search for (for example, britney spears..it could be ANYTHING, even apples).

3) click on the arrow

4) a page about ALL the info you searched for will come up.

5) enjoy!

Answer 6

go to wikipedia.com

and type in the name of that person ur looking for in the search bar.

then press enter...



but when looking for other stuff, just type in the topic name.

ie: if u wanna find stuff about mario games, then just type in mario.

at the bottom of the page, there will be sources and other articles that relate to that topic.



good luck.

for more help, feel free to email me.

Answer 7

just search it on google it will also list u the site of wikipedia if it has the matter

Answer 8

Personally I find searching Google (or any other search engine) with the following syntax to work best:



wiki george washington

Answer 9

You type in the key words, i.e. a person's name or an event, in the search box.

Answer 10

just type words which u want to search in the search category then press search botton ,it is as easy as u enter in net

Answer 11

Type wikipedia.org on address tool bar, then click on which language u prefer...

then what stuff u want to know type in search bar

Answer 12

hey its simple.just type the subject in the search box

Answer 13

type the persons name on the little bar some where near the languages

Answer 14

just go to en.wikipedia.org and type the name of the person you want to research in the search dialog box and click go

Answer 15

type wikipedia.org in address bar. enter your keywords in the text box. as simple as that.

Answer 16

if your looking for biograghy type info i suggest using google scholar. its built around education.