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The content of all Wikimedia projects is released under free licenses. Write code to access, remix and grow this immense pool of free knowledge. Follow the tutorial to get started with the API, available on all MediaWiki wikis, and other APIs for content and Wikidata. Other open data sources, including XML and SQL dumps, are also available.
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English writers can improve the MediaWiki documentation, other essential support pages and, in fact, any page of this website.
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Communication

There are several ways you can get into contact with the Wikimedia community.

Editing and discussing in MediaWiki

If you have not used MediaWiki before: