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== What is Wikipedia? ==
 
== What is Wikipedia? ==
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[[Image:Edit-this-page-large.png|frame|right|Click '''edit this page''' to change an article]]
 
 
Wikipedia is an [[encyclopedia]] written [[Collaborative writing|collaboratively]] by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes an hour, all of which are recorded on the [[Wikipedia:Page history|page history]] and the [[Wikipedia:Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] page. [[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense|Nonsense]] and [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] are usually removed quickly.
 
Wikipedia is an [[encyclopedia]] written [[Collaborative writing|collaboratively]] by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes an hour, all of which are recorded on the [[Wikipedia:Page history|page history]] and the [[Wikipedia:Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] page. [[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense|Nonsense]] and [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] are usually removed quickly.
  
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<div style="float:right;clear:right;font-size:100%;width:400px;max-width:60%;margin:1ex 0 1ex 1ex;border:1px solid #fc0;padding:.3em;text-align:center;background-color:#ff9;">When you're finished testing, <div style="display:inline;font-size:120%;">[[Wikipedia:Introduction 2|'''find out more about editing''' &gt;&gt;]]</div></div>
 
<div style="float:right;clear:right;font-size:100%;width:400px;max-width:60%;margin:1ex 0 1ex 1ex;border:1px solid #fc0;padding:.3em;text-align:center;background-color:#ff9;">When you're finished testing, <div style="display:inline;font-size:120%;">[[Wikipedia:Introduction 2|'''find out more about editing''' &gt;&gt;]]</div></div>
 
Editing is very easy:
 
Editing is very easy:
# Click '''edit this page'''.  You can test your first edit right here on this page.
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# Type a message.
 
# Type a message.
# Click '''save page''' to save your writing<div style="display:inline;font-size:88%">... or "show preview" to test your changes.</div>
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# Click '''save page''' at the bottom of the page to save your writing<div style="display:inline;font-size:88%">... or "show preview" to test your changes.</div>
 
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[[Category:Wikipedia help|Introduction]]
 
[[Category:Wikipedia help|Introduction]]

Revision as of 13:40, 28 March 2005

See the "edit this page" tab at the top of each article? On Wikipedia, you can edit pages whenever you want, logged in or not.

What is Wikipedia?

Click edit this page at the top of the page to change an article

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes an hour, all of which are recorded on the page history and the Recent Changes page. Nonsense and vandalism are usually removed quickly.

How can I help?

Don't be afraid to edit pages on Wikipediaanyone can edit, and we encourage users to be bold! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, then fix it. Worried about breaking Wikipedia? Don't be: it can always be fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make Wikipedia the best source for information on the Internet!

When you're finished testing,

Editing is very easy:

  1. Click edit this page at the top of the page. You can test your first edit right here on this page.
  2. Type a message.
  3. Click save page at the bottom of the page to save your writing
    ... or "show preview" to test your changes.

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