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Community
Wikipedians are the people who write and edit articles for Wikipedia. Together they form the Wikipedia Community. There are currently 47,381,808 registered user accounts plus an unknown, but relatively large, number of unregistered contributors. There are many ways in which Wikipedians may communicate with each other.
WikiProjects
A WikiProject is a collection of pages devoted to the management of a specific topic or family of topics within Wikipedia; and, simultaneously, a group of editors that use said pages to collaborate on encyclopedic work. It is not a place to write encyclopedia articles directly, but a resource to help coordinate and organize article writing and editing.

The development of active WikiProjects is encouraged and assisted by the WikiProject Council, a group of Wikipedians gathered to act as a central point for inter-WikiProject discussion and collaboration. The Council maintains a directory of all active WikiProjects.



Antarctica Highways Automobiles External links
Astronomy Biography Citation cleanup
Cats Companies Good articles
Geography European Union Redirect
Physics Military history Spam
Tree of life Xbox Stub sorting

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Core principles
Wikipedia's official policies and guidelines can be summarized as five pillars that define the character of the project:
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia incorporating elements of general encyclopedias, specialized encyclopedias and almanacs.
What Wikipedia is notVerifiabilityNo original research
Wikipedia has a neutral point of view, which means we strive for articles that advocate no single point of view.
Neutral point of viewCiting sourcesControversial articlesDispute resolution
Wikipedia is free content that anyone may edit.
CopyrightsOwnership of articles
Wikipedia has a code of conduct: Respect your fellow Wikipedians even when you may not agree with them.
EtiquetteCivilityConflict of interestNo personal attacksConsensusEdit warsAssume good faith
Wikipedia does not have firm rules besides the five general principles presented here.
Ignore all rulesBe bold in editing, moving, and modifying articles
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Help counter systemic bias by creating new articles on important women.

Help improve popular pages, especially those of low quality.

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