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These pages can answer some of the questions about how Wikipedia works and the ideas driving its continued development.
Updated on Aug 31, 09
Created on Aug 31, 09
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g c's List: Helpful Pages for Using Wikipedia
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This page explains the foundation beliefs of the Wikipedia community.
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Explanation of what Wikipedia "is not" and thus ways that it should not be used. This is a good page explaining many of the core ideas behind Wikipedia.
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Explains the Wikipedia approach to Verifiability. This is a very important page for understanding how Wikipedia thinks of source material
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The specifics of when, where, and how to cite sources in Wikipedia, includes information about code to use
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As with academic writing, the Wikipedia community is very concerned about plagiarism in Wikipedia articles. This page explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid it when editing Wikipedia articles
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This page has everything you need to know about writing in Wikipedia and how to do it. If you have a specific question about how something should be formatted or arranged in Wikipedia, there is probably an answer here.
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A quick reference for some of the more common codes used when writing in Wikipedia.
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This page provides criteria for the different levels of status for articles within Wikipedia. It is very helpful for understanding what is valued in Wikipedia. It can also help one understand how to reach a particular status with an article.
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This page explains everything you need to know about Wikipedia feature articles or provides a link it.
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This page explains good articles in Wikipedia and provides links to articles that have qualified for this status.
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Explains what you are looking at when you look at a "history" page in Wikipedia.
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This page explains what you are looking at when you look at a "diff" page-- the pages that show the differences between past versions of the page.
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This page explains what a Talk or Discussion page is and how it works.
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This page discusses how to organize an article in Wikipedia.
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This page provides links to "common grammatical errors," "common misspellings," and other issues of copy editing related to Wikipedia articles. This is a good page to visit before putting those final touches on your edits.
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