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Undid revision 1046911364 by EthanGaming7640 (talk) The protection policy is not an important page for newcomers to read, so I don't think we ought to link it right at the top here. And we certainly should not be bolding it (why would we want to emphasize to people what they cannot do?)
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<big>'''Welcome to [[Wikipedia!''']] ''Anyone''is canmade edit almost every page, andby [[Special:RecentChanges|millionspeople alreadylike do<strong>you</strong>]].'''</big>
 
This page takes you through a set of tutorials aimed at '''<em>complete newcomers'''</em> who interestedwish into contributingcontribute. It covers all the basics<noinclude>, and each tutorial takes only a few minutes, so you couldcan become a proficient [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]] in no time!quickly.</noinclude>
 
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| left1 = The '''[[Help:Wikitext|wiki markup source editor]]''' shows the underlying page source code. It works like a plain text file, indicating links and other items using simple code like this: <code><nowiki>[[Earth]]</nowiki></code>.
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'''For more training information, see also:'''
 
* [[Help:Contents|Full help contents page]]<br/>
* [[Wikipedia:Training/For_students|Training for students]]<br/>
* [[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|A single-page guide to contributing]]<br/>
* [[Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure|A training adventure game]]<br/>
* [[Help:Getting started|Resources for new editors]]
 
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