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Most of this book is aimed at folks who want to edit Wikipedia articles and become more active in the Wikipedia community. But this appendix is all about appreciating Wikipedia as a ''reader''. It gives you some background on what Wikipedia is and how to get the most out of it even if you have no intention of editing an article.
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Wikipedia is a collaboratively written encyclopedia. It's a ''wiki'', which means that the underlying software (in this case, a system called ''MediaWiki'') tracks every change to every page. That change-tracking system makes it easy to remove (''revert'') inappropriate edits, and to identify repeat offenders who can be blocked from future editing.
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