User:Rkmarino/sandbox

Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that gives the general public availability to thousands, if not millions, of articles on various subjects, events, people, companies etc. If you need a quick definition of a word then wikipedia is your place to go. A continually high hit rate per day and generating new pages all the time, Wikipedia is a fast moving, ever developing hub of knowledge that is free and easy for anyone with internet access on a computer or a phone.
 * But a Wikipedia page does not go without some rules. The first being the most obvious, you cannot add content which will offend a person, is rude, crude or illegal. So with that covered, the more complex rules can be adhered to.

Do's and Don'ts

 * Wikipedia prides itself in being fair and neutral, which is why autobiographies are discourages by the Wikipedia team. They state that it is difficult to write from a subjective viewpoint that produces the opinions of others about that person with reliable sources, references and citations and could find that the page is deleted by the consensus.
 * Content forking is a rule that you must comply with to be an editor in Wikipedia. Forking is the creation of multiple pages about one topic which will over crowd the space and result in information being sporadic and not in the same place. This is why Wikipedia is a community page; changes can be added to the existing page so other ones don't need to be created. The information is generally up to date and relevant (as evident of the links).


 * 1) Plagiarism and copyright laws need to be carefully considered when writing a Wikipedia article. Information accessed from somewhere else needs to be correctly sourced and referenced.

Come on girls!
Ladies, we need to step up our editing game here. Only 9% of the editors on Wikipedia are women