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Wikipedia has no central editorial board. Contributions are made by a large number of volunteers at their own discretion. Edits are neither the responsibility of the Wikimedia Foundation (the organisation that hosts the site) nor of its staff and edits will not generally be made in response to an email request.
If you are a member of the press looking to contact the Wikimedia Foundation, our press department can be contacted at press wikimedia.org, or by phoning +1 415-839-6885. We also have international contacts, some of whom work for various affiliated organisations and some of whom are editors.
Tip of the day – provides "very useful" advice daily on how to use or develop Wikipedia more effectively. See also Wikipedia:Tips , the complete library of tips arranged by subject. User page design center – where you will find all the resources for developing your user page.
When you first mention an article or any other Wikipedia page, provide a wikilink to it by wrapping its name into a pair of square brackets ([[ ]]). For example, [[Horse]] links to Horse . When you first mention other users, link to their user page by using the template {{user|Username}} .
Wikipedia is written almost exclusively by volunteers — people from across the world, just like you. This means that sometimes it contains incorrect information, either accidentally or deliberately. If you find some incorrect information, there are a few things you can do. First, you can fix it yourself! Anyone can edit Wikipedia.
You must have years of a good edit history that shows you understand Wikipedia policies, have good judgement, a good temperament, and have a need for the administrator toolset. A nomination is then made at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship where the community decides if the user deserves the tools. Honestly, you can do 95% of tasks on Wikipedia ...
Wikipedia:Questions — another help page Wikipedia:Teahouse — friendly place for new editors to become accustomed to Wikipedia culture, ask questions, and develop community relationships. Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) — the place to ask technical questions about Wikipedia and all related technology.
Wikipedia is not Yahoo! Answers. But if you have a general question such as, "Why is the sky blue?", and you cannot find a Wikipedia article that answers it, you can ask your question at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. If it turns out that no article on the subject exists, you can request one be written at Wikipedia:Requested articles