Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia

==Getting started==

==Getting started==

{{See also|Help:Wikipedia development environment}}

As a new editor, or contributor, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the sheer size and scope of [[Wikipedia:About|this project called Wikipedia]]. Don't worry too much if you don't understand everything at first, as it is acceptable to [[WP:COMMONSENSE|use common sense]] as you go about editing. Wikipedia not only allows you to create, revise, and edit articles, but it wants you to do so. You just need to remember that you can't break Wikipedia and although there are many protocols, [[WP:PERFECTION|perfection is not required]], as [[WP:WIP|Wikipedia is a work in progress]]. Collaborative editing means that incomplete or poorly written first drafts can [[Wikipedia:Article development|evolve over time into excellent articles]].

As a new editor, or contributor, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the sheer size and scope of [[Wikipedia:About|this project called Wikipedia]]. Don't worry too much if you don't understand everything at first, as it is acceptable to [[WP:COMMONSENSE|use common sense]] as you go about editing. Wikipedia not only allows you to create, revise, and edit articles, but it wants you to do so. You just need to remember that you can't break Wikipedia and although there are many protocols, [[WP:PERFECTION|perfection is not required]], as [[WP:WIP|Wikipedia is a work in progress]]. Collaborative editing means that incomplete or poorly written first drafts can [[Wikipedia:Article development|evolve over time into excellent articles]].