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{{redirects here|Wikipedia:Editing guidelines|editing guidelines that are not part of this policy|Wikipedia:List of guidelines#Editing}}
{{Short description|Wikipedia policy}}
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==Adding information to Wikipedia==
{{See also|Wikipedia:Plagiarism#Copying material from free sources}}
Wikipedia ''[[WP:What Wikipedia is not#Encyclopedic content|summarizes]]'' accepted knowledge. As a rule, the more accepted knowledge it contains, the better. Please [[WP:Be bold|be bold]] and add content summarizing accepted knowledge, but be particularly cautious about removing sourced content. Information in Wikipedia must be [[WP:Verifiability|verifiable]] and cannot be [[WP:No original research|original research]]. Show that content is verifiable by citing [[WP:Reliable sources|reliable sources]]. Because a lack of content is better than misleading or false content, unsourced content may be challenged and [[WP:BURDEN|removed]]. To avoid such challenges, the best practice is to provide an [[WP:inline citation|inline citation]] when adding content (see: [[WP:Citing sources]] for instructions on how to do this, or ask for help at the [[WP:Help desk|Help desk]]).
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==Talking and editing==
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{{seealso|WP:PGCHANGE|label 1 = Policies and guidelines § Content changes}}
''[[Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold in updating articles]], especially for [[Help:Minor edit|minor changes]], fixing problems, and changes that you believe are [[wikipedia:Likely to be challenged|unlikely to be controversial]].'' Previous authors do not need to be consulted before making changes. [[WP:Ownership of content|Nobody owns articles]], so if you see an improvement you can make, make it.
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===Be cautious with major changes: discuss===
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''Be cautious about making a major change to an article.'' Prevent [[WP:Edit warring|edit warring]] by discussing such edits first on the [[Help:Talk pages|article's talk page]].
===But – Wikipedia is not a discussion forum===
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* [[Help:Edit conflict|Edit conflicts]]: how to deal with an edit conflict
* [[Wikipedia:There is no deadline|There is no deadline]]: various points of view on what this lack of a deadline means
* [[Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace/Multi-level templates#Blanking/Removal of content]] (warning templates)
{{Wikipedia principles}}
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