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Wikipedia has a variety of experienced editors with various skillsets. Some of us are good at spotting spam and vandalism, and giving the perpetrators a "whack" as they tell them not let the door hit them on the way out. Some of us are good at fixing spelling errors, typos, or strange bits of grammar. Some are good at identifying copyright violations in both articles and files and rigorously ensuring they don't stay around.
However, you can't make an omelette without eggs, and the "eggs" in this analogy are the people who actually write the encyclopedia.
I find it strange that many experienced editors, including administrators find writing articles and citing sources hard. It really isn't. As long as you remember your factual writing classes at school, and the lesson where the teacher told you about the Dewey decimal system and where you can find information, you should have no problems doing it.
In addition to making our readership happy, you can expect the following benefits:
To put together an article, you need three things:
You absolutely have to have to have 1. and 2. in hand before you start, otherwise your new article runs the risk of being deleted pretty quickly by a new page patroller who's quick on the ball.
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![]() | This is an
essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
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Wikipedia has a variety of experienced editors with various skillsets. Some of us are good at spotting spam and vandalism, and giving the perpetrators a "whack" as they tell them not let the door hit them on the way out. Some of us are good at fixing spelling errors, typos, or strange bits of grammar. Some are good at identifying copyright violations in both articles and files and rigorously ensuring they don't stay around.
However, you can't make an omelette without eggs, and the "eggs" in this analogy are the people who actually write the encyclopedia.
I find it strange that many experienced editors, including administrators find writing articles and citing sources hard. It really isn't. As long as you remember your factual writing classes at school, and the lesson where the teacher told you about the Dewey decimal system and where you can find information, you should have no problems doing it.
In addition to making our readership happy, you can expect the following benefits:
To put together an article, you need three things:
You absolutely have to have to have 1. and 2. in hand before you start, otherwise your new article runs the risk of being deleted pretty quickly by a new page patroller who's quick on the ball.
(to follow)