Hi! I'm a child of the 90's and a product of divorce. I'm sort of new at Wikipedia as a user, but have been a longtime avid admirer of the site. Decided to finally start helping contribute. I am still learning the ropes a bit, so feel free to drop a line on my talk page and let me know if I do anything incorrectly.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, that explains millions of things about the world, the people and things on it, and beyond. There are 2 ways to look things up in Wikipedia: by searching or by browsing...
If you know the name of the topic you are looking for, simply type it into Wikipedia's search box, press ↵ Enter, or click on the magnifying glass.
If you would like to look around Wikipedia to see what is on it, keep in mind that many major subjects have a root article on the Portal:Contents/Overviews page, and an outline listed at Portal:Contents/Outlines.
There are some other "Tables of Contents" type pages on Wikipedia. They are:
Wikipedia also has an alphabetical index of all of its articles, and a categorical index of most of them.
