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Editing resources

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Get oriented with Wikipedia editing by exploring our resources below. For more editing resources and tasks, head to WikiProject Writing.

Housekeeping: Choose a username & create an account

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Welcome to Wikipedia! Before creating an account, we recommend reviewing WikiProject Writing's information on choosing a username. After creating a username, review Wikipedia's guidelines, policies, and standard practices to get a feel for Wikipedia's editing culture.

Getting started: Learn to edit

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Check out WikiProject Writing's curated list of recommended sources for editing or join us for our monthly introductory editing workshop. For additional resources including video tutorials and brochures, check out the Wikimedia bookshelf.

Advice for academics: CCCCWI advice manuals & Wikipedia help pages

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Check out our curated list of guides for academic editors. We have listed in-house advice manuals and relevant Wikipedia help pages catered to the expert editing experience, as well as style recommendations for different types of articles of interest to the academic community.For more editing tasks, check out the WikiProject Writing open tasks page.

Editing advice

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Style advice

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Editing activities: WikiProject Writing article lists

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In an effort to improve, as well as create, articles that define the fields of rhetoric, composition, technical communication, literacy, and language studies, WikiProject Writing participants have developed a list of articles in need of creation and edits. For more editing tasks, check out the WikiProject Writing open tasks page.

Vital articles in need of edits

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Vital articles are articles deemed most important to improve to the highest quality standard on Wikipedia (featured article status). There are five levels of vital articles categorized by subject. If you find an article you believe could be vital, check the talk page for a banner that mentions whether the subject is vital or not.

Article How vital? Quality rank Average monthly pageviews
Code switching level-5 vital article C 27,747
Communication level-2 vital article in Society C 78,204
Essay level-4 vital article in Art Start 49,720
Grammar level-3 vital article in Society C 39,356
Literacy level-4 vital article in Society C 21,904
Plagiarism level-4 vital article in Philosophy B 43,465
Rhetoric level-4 vital article in Society B 34,746
Writing level-2 vital article in Society C 26,081

General articles in need of improvement

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General articles are articles under the scope of WikiProject Writing that need some work. We encourage you to add articles to this along with a note describing how the article can be improved. This can be as simple as mentioning an award a scholar received or restructuring the article for clarity.

See more at Article lists

Articles in need of creation

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Redlinked articles are articles in need of creation on Wikipedia. If you see a topic, figure, concept, etc. that is notable yet does not exist on Wikipedia yet, please do add it to our list along with a short note mentioning a source, award, or anything else that emphasizes the notability of the article.

See more at Article lists