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See "'''edit this page'''" above? On Wikipedia, you can '''edit articles right now''', even without logging in.
[[Image:Edit-this-page-large.png|frame|right|Click '''edit this page''' to change an article]]
Wikipedia is an [[encyclopedia]] written [[Collaborative writing|collaboratively]] by [[Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia|dummies]]. Lots of dummies are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes an hour, all of which are recorded on [[Wikipedia:Page history|article histories]] and [[Wikipedia:Recent Changes|recent changes]]. Inappropriate changes are usually removed quickly.
== How can I help being a dummy? ==
'''Don't be afraid to edit'''—''anyone'' can edit almost any page, and we encourage you to '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|be bold]]''' (but please don't [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]])! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, and fix it. 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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=== Make your first edit right now: ===
#Click '''edit this page''' above
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#Click '''save page''' to save your writing <div style="font-size:88%;margin-top:-.1em">...or "show preview" to test your changes</div>
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