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Welcome to the '''Getting Started''' guide of the '''[[Wikipedia:Simple English Wikipedia|Simple English Wikipedia]]'''. 

What you may not know is that we are not just an '''[[encyclopedia]]''', but a [[wiki]]-'''community''' as well{{ndash}} and you can join us. If you don't have an account already, why not [[Special:Userlogin|create one now]]?

If you create an account, you can:
* See all the changes you have made to pages at this wiki on your [[Special:Mycontributions|contributions]] page, and in the [[Help:Page history|histories]] of the pages themselves.
* [[Help:User settings|Control]] the way this Wikipedia looks and behaves for you, including choosing a different "[[Help:Skins|skin]]", at [[Special:Preferences|your settings]] page.
* Keep track of changes anyone has made to any pages you like in your [[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]].
* [[Help:Moving a page|Move pages]]

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====Contents: [[#Things you can do|Things you can do]] - [[#Community|Community]] - [[#Work with other wikis|Work with other wikis]] - [[#Help|Help]]====
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== Things you can do ==
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* [[Wikipedia:Requested articles|Create an article]]
* [[:Category:Stubs|Expand an article]]
* [[:Category:Complex pages|Simplify an article]]
* [[Wikipedia:Cleanup|Clean up an article]]
* [[:Category:Articles to be updated|Update an article]]
* [[:Category:Pages to merge|Merge (combine) many articles into one]]
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===Other things you can do===
*[[Special:Doubleredirects|Fix double redirects (articles which direct to another redirected page)]]
*[[Special:Lonelypages|Fix orphan articles (articles with no links to them)]]
*[[:Category:Accuracy disputes|Check facts in articles]]
*[[:Category:Articles lacking sources|Check sources in articles]]

===Making articles even better===
*[[:WP:PGA|Some articles]] can be made into ''[[:WP:GA|Good articles]]''. Add articles or review ones there already.
*[[:WP:PVGA|Improve]] or propose an article, so it can become ''[[:WP:VGA|Very good]]''.
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== Community ==
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* Visit '''[[Wikipedia:Simple talk|Simple talk]]''' to ask questions or make suggestions for this Wikipedia
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* [[Wikipedia:Simple talk|Tell]] editors how they are doing in this project, or ask for a review.
* [[WP:CENTRAL|Talk about]] the [[WP:RULES|rules]].  Do we need new ones?  Should we change them?
* Read the latest [[Wikipedia:Announcements|Wikipedia announcements]]
* Talk to other users on the [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-simple Simple English Wikipedia IRC Channel]
* Ask an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] for [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|help]]
* Learn how to deal with [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]
* '''[[Special:Confirmemail|Confirm your email address]]'''
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== Work with other [[meta:List_of_Wikipedias|wikis]] ==
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[[:en:Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination|Coordinate with Wikipedias in other languages...]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Sister projects|Link with articles in Wikipedia's sister projects]]
* [[Wikipedia:interwiki|Link with articles in other languages]]

=== Wikipedia sister projects ===
*[[wikt:Main_Page|Simple English Wiktionary]], a dictionary and thesaurus in Simple English
*[[wikispecies:Main Page (Simple English)|Wikispecies]], a directory of species
*[[wikisource:Main_Page|Wikisource]], the free library with source texts
*[[meta:Main_Page|Meta Wiki]], where all [[Wikimedia]] projects are co-ordinated
*[[commons:Simple English|Wikimedia Commons]], a place to share images and other media files between wikis
*[[d:Wikidata:Main Page (Simple English)|Wikidata]], a place to share data between wikis

[[Special:SiteMatrix|more...]]
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== Help ==
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* Visit the [[Help:Contents|Help Centre]] for help on editing pages
* Read [[Wikipedia:Simple English Wikipedia|what Simple English Wikipedia is about]]
* Read about [[Wikipedia:How to write Simple English articles|how to write Simple English articles]]
* Ask a question at [[Wikipedia:Simple talk|Simple talk]]
* Use an article's [[:m:Help:Talk page|talk page]]
* Try out your editing skills in the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]
* '''[[Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress|Report a vandal]]'''
* Read our [[Wikipedia:Rules|Rules]]
* See our list of [[Wikipedia:Useful|useful pages]]
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