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Policies and guidelines

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Conduct

Summary

You can edit other people's work, they will edit yours. If your edits are undone, don't take offense - it is just part of the wiki process. Here are some tips that will help when doing basic editing on Wikipedia:

Do's

• Use the Help desk for problems or even uncertainties
• Fill in the edit-summary box when making an edit
• Communicate on a talk page about changes, concerns or contentions

• When using a talk page, sign your comment with ~~~~ so people know who added it

Don'ts

• Stress too much about formatting at first, focus on getting the information clear, neutral and sourced
• Use multiple user accounts
• Edit war, like reverting others edits over and over - instead use the talk page
• Add anything you didn't personally write yourself (copyright is important!)

You should now have enough idea of the spirit of the guidelines and policies to begin editing with some confidence! Check out further introductions and help in the links below.

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