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{|width="100%" style="background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:inherit;width:100%;border:1px solid #aae1ff;"width="50%"|There are many ways you can contribute to Wikipedia. Here are a few ideas:

:File:Edit-find-replace.svg   Fight vandalism

:File:Vista-Login Manager.png   Be a WikiFairy or a WikiGnome

:File:Crystal package settings.png   Help contribute to articles

:File:Vista-advancedsettings.png   Perform maintenance tasks

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:File:Vista-messenger.png   Become a member of a project that interests you

:File:Curly Brackets.svg   Help design new templates

:File:Emblem-readnews.svg   Subscribe and contribute to The Signpost

:File:Translation icon cropped.svg   Translate articles from Wikipedias in other languages

To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|If you register an account, y|Y|Y}}ou can {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|create your own personal sandbox|[{{{{{|safesubst:}}}fullurl:Special:Mypage/sandbox|action{{{|=}}}edit&preload{{{|=}}}Template:User_Sandbox/preload}} create your own personal sandbox]}}Different message for users and IP's on users creating their own sandbox for use any time. It's perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|could|can|can}} put {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|a link to it|{{T|My sandbox}}|a link to it}} on {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|your user page|{{{{{|safesubst:}}}#ifexist:User:{{{{{|safesubst:}}}BASEPAGENAME}}|your userpage|your user page. By the way, seeing as you haven't created a user page yet, simply click here to start it}}}}your user page. Message to encourage users to create their own user page..

Please remember to:

• Always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Usig|i}} button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|IP address linked to Special:Contributions/{{{{{ (however, if you create an account, your IP address will be hidden and you will be able to build a custom signature that can link to your own user page)|signature}}"IP address" (For IP's) or "signature" (For users), a link to {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|this IP's|your}}"this IP's" (For IP's) or "your" (For users) talk page, and a timestamp.
• Leave descriptive edit summaries for your edits. Doing so helps other editors understand what changes you have made and why you made them.
  

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