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The easiest way to find information here is to look it up directly. On the left-hand side of your screen under "Random article" in the "navigation" sequence there is a Search box with two buttons under it labeled "Go" and "Search". Just type something into the box, like Utopia, and press enter or click the Go button. This will take you directly to Wikipedia's article on Utopia. There you will most likely find answers to every question you ever had about bikes, and quite a few you didn't. | The easiest way to find information here is to look it up directly. On the left-hand side of your screen under "Random article" in the "navigation" sequence there is a Search box with two buttons under it labeled "Go" and "Search". Just type something into the box, like Utopia, and press enter or click the Go button. This will take you directly to Wikipedia's article on Utopia. There you will most likely find answers to every question you ever had about bikes, and quite a few you didn't. | ||
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Some things can be called by many names. The Relations Meter, for instance, could be called the Hostile Meter, or any of a dozen similar things. In this case, if you type any of those in, you will be redirected to the proper place. You're welcome. If instead of being redirected you're taken to a search menu, that means that nobody thought of that way of writing it. In that case, just try another form, or try something related like hostile or meter. Once you have found what you were looking for, consider adding [[Help:Redirect|redirect pages]] for the expressions you tried that didn't turn up anything. Chances are you're not the only one thinking about it this way so you'll make life easier for those after you. | Some things can be called by many names. The Relations Meter, for instance, could be called the Hostile Meter, or any of a dozen similar things. In this case, if you type any of those in, you will be redirected to the proper place. You're welcome. If instead of being redirected you're taken to a search menu, that means that nobody thought of that way of writing it. In that case, just try another form, or try something related like hostile or meter. Once you have found what you were looking for, consider adding [[Help:Redirect|redirect pages]] for the expressions you tried that didn't turn up anything. Chances are you're not the only one thinking about it this way so you'll make life easier for those after you. | ||
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The easiest way to find information here is to look it up directly. On the left-hand side of your screen under "Random article" in the "navigation" sequence there is a Search box with two buttons under it labeled "Go" and "Search". Just type something into the box, like Utopia, and press enter or click the Go button. This will take you directly to Wikipedia's article on Utopia. There you will most likely find answers to every question you ever had about bikes, and quite a few you didn't.
Redirection
Some things can be called by many names. The Relations Meter, for instance, could be called the Hostile Meter, or any of a dozen similar things. In this case, if you type any of those in, you will be redirected to the proper place. You're welcome. If instead of being redirected you're taken to a search menu, that means that nobody thought of that way of writing it. In that case, just try another form, or try something related like hostile or meter. Once you have found what you were looking for, consider adding redirect pages for the expressions you tried that didn't turn up anything. Chances are you're not the only one thinking about it this way so you'll make life easier for those after you.
