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	Editing wikipedia

thinboy00

12-30-2007 2:37 PM

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wikipedia, writing, editing

thinboy00 says:

So few people realize that Wikipedia can be edited. Wikipedia is desperately trying to change this.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7ab8ce28-2f2e-45ea-a666-b9baf62e399e/F6EBF653-C1D3-4DCF-80FB-D6166EF2510E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Introduction&oldid=181030461" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Introduction&oldid=181030461" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Introduction&oldid=181030461"><P><BIG><B>How can I help?</B></BIG> <B>Don't be afraid to edit</B> — <I>anyone</I> can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to <B><A title="Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold_in_updating_pages">be bold</A></B>! Find something that can be improved, whether content, grammar or formatting, and make it better.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Introduction&oldid=181030461"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/6866FC07-CF0B-4E42-91B5-392BF212831A" alt="Click edit this page to change an article" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Introduction&oldid=181030461"><DIV>
<P><BIG><B>Make your first edit right now:</B></BIG></p> <OL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN class="plainlinks"><B><A rel="nofollow" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit">Click here</A></B></SPAN> to edit the sandbox, a place to make test edits. (If there is already some text there, add to the end of the text.)</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Type some text.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Please, remember that while Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, it is <A title="Wikipedia:FORUM" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FORUM">not a forum</A>! No profanity, libel, or <A title="Wikipedia:NPA" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA">personal attacks</A> will be tolerated.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A title="Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sign_your_posts_on_talk_pages">Sign</A> your posts on <A title="Wikipedia:Talk page" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page">talk pages</A> by entering four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking on the signature icon. <A title="Image:Signature_icon.png" class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Signature_icon.png"><IMG width="23" height="22" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Signature_icon.png" alt="Image:Signature_icon.png" /></A> This will automatically produce your name and the date.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Click <B>Show preview</B> to test your changes, or <B>Save page</B> when you're happy with the way it looks.</LI>
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