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Becoming an Editor
Creating an Account
Wikipedia is free to read and free to edit. Go beyond reading, and join the world's community of volunteers.
Welcome to Wikipedia
This page provides brief introductions containing all the basics you need to use, comment on, and edit Wikipedia.
Expectations and Norms of the Wikipedia Community
People wishing to edit as part of the Wikipedia community should make themselves aware of the social norms and expectations that apply to all editors.
Wikipedia's Teahouse
A friendly place where you can ask questions
and get help with using and editing Wikipedia.
Finding Articles to Edit
WikiProjects Directory
Extensive list of topic related groups working together to improve articles relevant to the topic.
Wikipedia Articles Needing Copy Edit
Articles for Improvement
Requested Articles
Editing Wikipedia Articles
What Makes for a Good Wikipedia Article?
Criteria for an article to be noted as a Featured Article, "considered to be the best articles Wikipedia has to offer as determined by Wikipedia's editors."
Contributing to Wikipedia
"Information and resources needed to comprehend, comment on, and edit Wikipedia."
Help - Getting Started
A list of "brief introductions containing all the basics you need to use, comment on, and edit Wikipedia."
Editing Wikipedia
A 20-page PDF guide.
The Wikipedia Adventure
A gamified interactive introductory tutorial.
Wikipedia Tutorial
Brief summaries of how to format text, create links, cite sources, etc.
Wikipedia - The Missing Manual
"Editing, creating, and maintaining articles."
Wikipedia Manual of Style
Wikipedia FAQ
Cheatsheet
A brief list of common wiki markup codes, with a link to the full list of wiki markup.
Creating New Wikipedia Articles
Your First Article
"Learn how you can create an article."
Article Wizard
"This wizard will help you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia."
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