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New to Wikipedia? Below is a curated list of resources that can help you get started!

Wikipedia Overview

• Wikipedia: Plain and Simple
• Wikipedia: Five Pillars
• What Wikipedia is Not: a good general guide to start.

Guidelines and Policy

• Core Content Policies
• Wikipedia's Notability Guidelines: how to ensure that what you write is verifiable by readers.
• Wikipedia Policies on Biographies of living persons

Editing Support

• General Wikipedia Editing
• 10 Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia

Printable Guides

• Editing Wikipedia Guide for Student Editors (Note: If you are not using WikiEdu, pgs 4-6 will be most relevant to you)
• Illustrating Wikipedia
• Evaluating Wikipedia
• Other resources for students - including subject specific handouts.

Drafts and Publishing

• Wikipedia Drafts
• Moving out of your Sandbox: Creating an Article

Stubs

• Wikipedia Stubs: explains what stubs are.
• Stubs for development/expansion

Tools

• Citation Hunt
• Duplication Detector