<commit_before>.. _faq:

===========================
Frequently Asked Questions
===========================

Here we try to give some answers to questions that regularly pop up on the mailing list.

What is the project name (a lot of people get it wrong)?
--------------------------------------------------------
scikit-learn, but not scikit or SciKit nor sci-kit learn.
Also not scikits.learn or scikits-learn, which were previously used.

How do you pronounce the project name?
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sy-kit learn. sci stands for science!

Why scikit?
------------
There are multiple scikits, which are scientific toolboxes built around SciPy.
You can find a list at `<https://scikits.appspot.com/scikits>`_.
Apart from scikit-learn, another popular one is `scikit-image <http://scikit-image.org/>`_.

How can I contribute to scikit-learn?
-----------------------------------------
See :ref:`contributing`. Before wanting to add a new algorithm, which is
usually a major and lengthy undertaking, it is recommended to start with :ref:`known
issues <easy_issues>`_. Please do not contact the contributors of scikit-learn directly
regarding contributing to scikit-learn.

What's the best way to get help on scikit-learn usage?
--------------------------------------------------------------
**For general machine learning questions**, please use
`Cross Validated <http://stats.stackexchange.com>`_ with the ``[machine-learning]`` tag.

**For scikit-learn usage questions**, please use `Stack Overflow <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/scikit-learn>`_
with the ``[scikit-learn]`` and ``[python]`` tags. You can alternatively use the `mailing list
<https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scikit-learn>`_.

Please make sure to include a minimal reproduction code snippet (ideally shorter
than 10 lines) that highlights your problem on a toy dataset (for instance from
``sklearn.datasets`` or randomly generated with functions of ``numpy.random`` with
a fixed random seed). Please remove any line of code that is not necessary to
reproduce your problem.

The problem should be reproducible by simply copy-pasting your code snippet in a Python
shell with scikit-learn installed. Do not forget to include the import statements.<commit_msg>[MRG] DOC Fix known issues link in faq (#9418)<commit_after>.. _faq:

===========================
Frequently Asked Questions
===========================

Here we try to give some answers to questions that regularly pop up on the mailing list.

What is the project name (a lot of people get it wrong)?
--------------------------------------------------------
scikit-learn, but not scikit or SciKit nor sci-kit learn.
Also not scikits.learn or scikits-learn, which were previously used.

How do you pronounce the project name?
------------------------------------------
sy-kit learn. sci stands for science!

Why scikit?
------------
There are multiple scikits, which are scientific toolboxes built around SciPy.
You can find a list at `<https://scikits.appspot.com/scikits>`_.
Apart from scikit-learn, another popular one is `scikit-image <http://scikit-image.org/>`_.

How can I contribute to scikit-learn?
-----------------------------------------
See :ref:`contributing`. Before wanting to add a new algorithm, which is
usually a major and lengthy undertaking, it is recommended to start with
:ref:`known issues <new_contributors>`. Please do not contact the contributors
of scikit-learn directly regarding contributing to scikit-learn.

What's the best way to get help on scikit-learn usage?
--------------------------------------------------------------
**For general machine learning questions**, please use
`Cross Validated <http://stats.stackexchange.com>`_ with the ``[machine-learning]`` tag.

**For scikit-learn usage questions**, please use `Stack Overflow <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/scikit-learn>`_
with the ``[scikit-learn]`` and ``[python]`` tags. You can alternatively use the `mailing list
<https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/scikit-learn>`_.

Please make sure to include a minimal reproduction code snippet (ideally shorter
than 10 lines) that highlights your problem on a toy dataset (for instance from
``sklearn.datasets`` or randomly generated with functions of ``numpy.random`` with
a fixed random seed). Please remove any line of code that is not necessary to
reproduce your problem.

The problem should be reproducible by simply copy-pasting your code snippet in a Python
shell with scikit-learn installed. Do not forget to include the import statements.
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