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Title: Wikipedia


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Wikipedia
  • http//www.wikipedia.org/

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What is Wikipedia?
  • Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written
    collaboratively by many of its readers. It uses a
    special type of website, called a wiki, that
    makes collaboration easy.

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What is Wikipedia?
  • Lots of people are constantly improving
    Wikipedia, making thousands of changes an hour,
    all of which are recorded on article histories
    and recent changes. Inappropriate changes are
    usually removed quickly.

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How can I help?
  • Don't be afraid to editanyone can edit almost
    any page, and we encourage you to be bold (but
    please don't vandalize)! Find something that can
    be improved, either in content, grammar or
    formatting, and fix it.

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How can I help?
  • You can't break Wikipedia. Anything can be
    fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an
    article and help make Wikipedia the best
    information source on the Internet!

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Who writes Wikipedia?
  • Unlike other encyclopedias, the volunteer
    authors of articles in Wikipedia don't have to be
    experts or scholars (though some certainly are).
    They can be anyone, including you! Volunteers do
    not need to go through any formal process before
    creating an article or editing an existing
    article.

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Who writes Wikipedia?
  • It is Wikipedia policy to add to the
    encyclopedia only statements that are verifiable,
    and not to add original research. The Wikipedia
    style guide encourages editors to cite sources.
    Sometimes Wikipedians do not follow these
    policies, because they forget or because they are
    not aware of the policy. Then readers of the
    article cannot be sure that a statement is
    verifiable

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Who writes Wikipedia?
  • Many people have created or edited articles in
    Wikipedia. They come from countries around the
    world and are of all ages and backgrounds. Anyone
    who contributes to this encyclopedia is called a
    Wikipedian

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Wikipedia Exercise
  • Go to http//www.wikipedia.org/
  • In the Search window on the left type in your
    home town
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