how do people work on Wikipedia
this is Veronica like millions of people
she reads Wikipedia daily but Veronica
wants to do more she wants to join the
enormous community behind the articles
these are the people who keep everything
up to date and neutral but how do they
do it in addition to all the articles
there are numerous other user created
pages including help pages and tutorials
Veronica can even find a mentor because
the members of the Wikipedia community
help each other so Veronica creates her
own user page there she tells the
community about her work on Wikipedia
and her favorite subject Railroad's
on Wikipedia she encounters thousands of
inquisitive people who not only want to
share their knowledge but also talk
about it what does she do when there's
new exciting information about a train
related topics easy
Veronica simply posts the link to the
talk page of that Wikipedia article
together with other users she now
discusses how to use this new
information to make the article even
better on the talk page everyone
contributes their own perspective
forming a coherent overall picture of
the topic Veronica
also checks the wiki projects and
thematic portals that especially
interest her she finds a list of topics
that Wikipedia already covers and topics
that are not yet covered adequately but
Veronica isn't satisfied yet she also
wants to discuss things offline in most
countries she can participate in regular
Wikipedia meetups and editorial meetings
some cities even have a dedicated
Wikipedia office where volunteers me to
edit collaboratively or hold events
of course Veronica can also work alone
but as a part of Wikipedia she doesn't
just share her knowledge with others
she learns plenty of fascinating things
herself
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