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== What is the Super Mario Wiki? ==
== What is the Super Mario Wiki? ==
The Super Mario Wiki is a knowledge base written collaboratively by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving the wiki, making changes every day, all of which are recorded on the page history and the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] page. Nonsense and vandalism are usually removed quickly.
The Super Mario Wiki is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving the wiki, making changes every day, all of which are recorded on the page history and the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] page. Nonsense and vandalism are usually removed quickly.


== How can I help? ==
== How can I help? ==
'''Don't be afraid to edit pages on the wiki''' — ''anyone'' can edit, and we encourage users to be '''bold'''! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, then fix it. Worried about breaking the wiki? Don't be: it can always be fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make the wiki the best source for ''Mario'' information on the Internet!
'''Don't be afraid to edit pages on the wiki''' — ''anyone'' can edit, and we encourage users to be '''bold'''! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, then fix it. Worried about breaking the wiki? Don't be: it can always be fixed or improved later. So go ahead, edit an article and help make the wiki the best source for ''Super Mario'' information on the Internet!


You can test your first edit [[MarioWiki:Sandbox|right here]] in the sandbox. Editing is very easy:
You can test your first edit [[MarioWiki:Sandbox|right here]] in the sandbox. Editing is very easy:
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<div style="font-size:125%;text-align:center;background:#ff9;border:1px solid #fc0;padding:.3em 0;margin-top:.5em">Now let's [[MarioWiki:Introduction 2|'''find out more about editing''' &raquo;]]</div>
<div style="font-size:125%;text-align:center;background:#ff9;border:1px solid #fc0;padding:.3em 0;margin-top:.5em">Now let's [[MarioWiki:Introduction 2|'''find out more about editing''' &raquo;]]</div>
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