After registering near the end of 2012, making my first edit 8 months later in August 2013, and then sauntering about during the subsequent 4 years, I started taking contributing to Wikipedia more to heart; I continued to do so in the ensuing years, which takes us to the present᎓ May of 2024.
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Perhaps somewhat uncommonly, or perhaps not— I really can't say with any degree of confidence— I don't access Wikipedia with the explicit purpose of editing. Rather, I'm just a voracious reader with a wide range of interests that I enjoy learning about, and the edits I do are based on perceived need as I come across them.
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Most edits fall into one of only a handful of categories: improvement of diction, correction of grammar, addition of links, improvement of presentation, and, less frequently, handling of citations and clarifications— these all form the bulk, along with the occasional redaction. The overall goal is simply enhancing reader experience through improvement of article quality, whenever and wherever this seems warranted.
(Just read this over— comes across as kinda stiff, dontcha think? I know right ? Yeah, I really hate it.)