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==Who has worked on the page==
First and foremost, the page history tells you something about who has worked on the page, and allows you to examine the successive versions of the article and the differences between them. Usually by looking through the edit history, you can quickly tell who has made substantive contributions to the article.
 
If an edit was made by a registered user, you can follow up to their [[Wikipedia:User page|user page]] to see who they are (or at least who they claim to be). Associated with each user page is an accompanying user talk page, which often gives the flavor of their interactions with other users: is it full of thank you notes or vitriolic arguments? There is also their [[m:Help:User contributions|user contributions]] page, which lets you look at all the work this particular person has done in Wikipedia, including their side of online discussions with other users.