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| Certain automated filters are in place that will detect when information that is likely inappropriate to add has been introduced. The filter will either warn the editor to exercise caution or disallow the edit entirely. '''Listen to them'''. | | Certain automated filters are in place that will detect when information that is likely inappropriate to add has been introduced. The filter will either warn the editor to exercise caution or disallow the edit entirely. '''Listen to them'''. |
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| == Terms ==
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| It will be quite helpful if you learn the difference between the following terms. They are ''not'' synonymous.
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| |'''Wiki'''
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| |A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog. Think the [https://zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Main_Page Zelda Wiki], or [https://www.fandom.com/ Fandom] itself.
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| |[[wikipedia:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']]
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| |More properly known as the ''English'' Wikipedia, it is the famous online encyclopedia that everyone can edit.
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| |[https://wikimediafoundation.org/ '''Wikimedia''']
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| |A non-profit foundation that performs the administration and systems upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia.
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| |[[mediawikiwiki:MediaWiki|'''MediaWiki''']]
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| |A [[wikipedia:Free and open-source software|'''free and open source''']] software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website and the English Wikipedia.
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| == Done == | | == Done == |