Wikipedia:You can and cannot change Wikipedia: Difference between revisions

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{{nutshellnut|Everyone is empowered to change Wikipedia, but that means less than you might think}}

'''Almost every''' Wikipedia user, whether they are a registered [[wp:Wikipedian|Wikipedian]] with an account and password or are just anonymously browsing, sees and can use an ''edit'' link on almost every page of the Encyclopedia, and following that link, can change the content of the page.

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And these changes are then '''immediately''' visible to '''anyone''' who views that page. And this applies to our articles, and our policies, and other people's user pages, and many others. Isn't it exciting?

'''Yes'''. But... isn't it also suicide? Or homicide?

'''No'''. And that is even more exciting! And the whole reason Wikipedia works.