Make your first edit to Wikipedia
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Wikipedia is written by volunteers, and anyone can correct or improve an article. Wikimedia UK advises newcomers to resist creating a new article straight away and to start small, by copyediting, expanding a short stub or adding a reference from a book they own.
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How to start
- Read Wikimedia UK's guide for new editors and Wikipedia's own Getting Started page and Five Pillars.
- Pick an article on a subject you know and add one fact with a reference to a reliable source.
- Ask at the Teahouse, Wikipedia's message board for newcomers' questions, if you get stuck.
Where to go
- Wikimedia UK guide, "So you've decided to become a Wikipedia editor" (UK chapter of the Wikimedia movement)
- Wikimedia UK, "Get involved" (events and training for editors) UK
We opened these links on 8 October 2026 and found them to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
Plan this
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