Wikiquote:About

Wikiquote is a free collection of quotations that is being written by every user, even you. The site is a wiki, meaning that anyone, even you, can edit almost any page right now by clicking on the change this page link that is in almost every Wikiquote page. The project was started on June 27, 2003 and there are 588 articles in simple English that we are working on. There are a lot more pages in other languages. Every day users from all over the world make changes and make new articles.

All of the pages on the site are covered by the GNU Free Documentation License. Changes belong to the users that start them. The copyleft license makes sure that the pages will always remain free.

Please see copyrights if you want to know more about the copyrights on Wikiquote.

Note: Wikiquote contains some information that some users might not like or information that is not safe for children. Please see the content disclaimer if you want to know more about the information on Wikiquote.

More about Wikiquote

Wikiquote, an article about quotations and why they are important.
Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit group that started Wikiquote and projects like it.
Common questions you may have about Wikiquote
Announcements
Wikiquote in the news

Exploring the Wikiquote

New changes - see pages that are being worked on right now.
Show any page
Newest pages

Using Wikiquote

Welcome!, a place to start for new users.
Rules
Help pages, help on changing pages and more.

Getting in touch

Simple talk, a place to ask a question when you can't find the answer in the Common questions page or the help pages.
Wikiquotians, a list of Wikiquote users.
Wikimedia Meta, a site that works with all of the Wikimedia sites. Here you can make pages and talk about Wikimedia projects.