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Wikipedia is a free [[encyclopedia]], written [[Collaborative editing|collaboratively]] by [[Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia|the people who use it]]. It is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy, called a [[wiki]]. Many people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes per hour. All of these changes are recorded in [[Help:Page history|article histories]] and [[Help:Recent changes|recent changes]]. For a more detailed account of the project, see '''[[Wikipedia:About|About Wikipedia]]'''.

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===How you can contribute===

[[File:Great Feeling.ogv|250px|thumb|A short video about the satisfaction editors get from contributing]]

[[File:Edit-this-page-large.png|right|thumb|250px|alt=Image of Wikipedia showing the edit link above the page title. Screen readers may show this under the "views" heading.|Click "Edit" to change an article]]

[[File:Wikipedia video tutorial-1-Editing-en.ogv|right|thumb|250px|alt=Video inviting you to edit pages on Wikipedia.|Editing tutorial for Wikipedia]]

'''Don't be afraid to edit''' – ''anyone'' can edit almost every page, and we are encouraged to '''[[Wikipedia:Bebe bold|be bold]]'''! Find something that can be improved and make it better—for example, spelling, grammar, rewriting for readability, adding content, or removing non-constructive edits. If you wish to add new facts, please try to provide [[Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor/1|references]] so they may be [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verified]], or suggest them on the article's [[Help:Introduction to talk pages|discussion page]]. ChangesRemember, toyou controversialcan't topics andbreak Wikipedia's; mainall pagesedits should usuallycan be discussedreversed, firstfixed or improved later. '''Wikipedia is [[Wikipedia:ContributingEditing to Wikipediapolicy|Contributingallowed to Wikipediabe imperfect]]'''. willSo providego youahead, withedit resourcesan onarticle alland thehelp basicsmake neededWikipedia tothe use,best information commentsource on, andthe contributeInternet! to Wikipedia.

'''Donate''' – Wikipedia is free to use, but relies on donations and grants to do so. Please consider donating using the '''Donate to Wikipedia''' link on the left to help with the project's running costs and expansion.

Remember – you can't break Wikipedia; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. Wikipedia is [[Wikipedia:Editing policy|allowed to be imperfect]]. So go ahead, edit an article and help make Wikipedia the best information source on the Internet!

'''Donate''' – Wikipedia is free to use, but relies on donations and grants to do so. Please consider donating using the '''Donate to Wikipedia''' link on the left to help with the project's running costs and expansion.

===Why not try out the editor right now?===

You can test out how editing feels now, by editing one of the sandbox pages below.

# '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&veaction=edit Click here]''' to edit the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], a place to make test edits. (If there is already some text there, add to the end of the text<!-- or click [http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~jylee/cgi-bin/sandbot/Wikipedia/Sandbox.cgi here] to clear the sandbox out from previous edits -->.)

# Type some text.

{{clickable button 2|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sandbox?veaction=edit|Edit page visually}}

# Click '''{{int:showpreview}}''' to test your changes, or '''{{int:savearticle}}''' when you're happy with the way it looks.

or

{{clickable button 2|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit|Edit source code}}

#Just Clicktype '''{{int:showpreview}}'''some totext test your changes, orand '''{{int:savearticle}}''' when you're happy with the way it looks.

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* Read '''[[Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual|The Missing Manual]]''' for detailed guidance and tutorials.

*Explore the '''[[Help:Contents/Directory|Help directory]]''' for a comprehensive list of informative pages.

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===Before you continue, you might like to '''[[Special:Userlogin/signup|create your own username]]'''===

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