Wikipedia:Simple start

Welcome to theGetting Startedguide of theSimple English Wikipedia. What you may not know is that we are not just anencyclopedia,but awiki-communityas well– and you can join us. If you don't have an account already, why notcreate one now? If you create an account, you can: See all the changes you have made to pages at this wiki on yourcontributionspage, and in thehistoriesof the pages themselves. Controlthe way this Wikipedia looks and works for you, including choosing a different "skin",atyour settingspage. Keep track of changes anyone has made to any pages you like in yourwatchlist. Move pages Contents:Things you can do-Community-Work with other wikis-Help

Things you can do Create an article Expand an article Simplify an article Clean up an article Update an article Merge (combine) many articles into one Other things you can do Fix double redirects (articles which direct to another redirected page) Fix orphan articles (articles with no links to them) Check facts in articles Check sources in articles Find an interesting fact in an article and propose the article for 'Did you know?' Making articles even better Some articlescan be made intoGood articles.Add articles or review ones there already. Improveor propose an article, so it can becomeVery good. Community VisitSimple talkto ask questions or make suggestions for this Wikipedia Telleditors how they are doing in this project, or ask for a review. Talk abouttherules.Do we need new ones? Should we change them? Read the latestWikipedia announcements Talk to other users on theSimple English Wikipedia IRC Channel Ask anadministratorforhelp Learn how to deal withvandalism Confirm your email address Work with otherwikis Coordinate with Wikipedias in other languages... Link with articles in Wikipedia's sister projects Link with articles in other languages Wikipedia sister projects Simple English Wiktionary,a dictionary and thesaurus in Simple English Wikispecies,a directory of species Wikisource,the free library with source texts Meta Wiki,where allWikimediaprojects are coordinated Wikimedia Commons,a place to share images and other media files between wikis Wikidata,a place to share data between wikis more... Help Visit theHelp Centerfor help on editing pages Readwhat Simple English Wikipedia is about Read abouthow to write Simple English articles Ask a question atSimple talk Use an article'stalk page Try out your editing skills in thesandbox Report a vandal Read ourRules See our list ofuseful pages