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This is what we are up against
11 December: An important update for readers in the UK.
You deserve an explanation, so please don't skip this 1-minute read. It's Wednesday, 11 December. Our fundraiser will soon be over, but we're short of our goal. If you've lost count of how many times you've visited Wikipedia this year, we hope that means it's given you at least £2.75 of knowledge. If everyone who finds Wikipedia useful gave £2.75, we'd hit our goal in a few hours.
The internet we were promised—a place of free, collaborative, and accessible knowledge—is under constant threat. Wikipedia's volunteers create and verify the pages you rely on, supported by tools that undo vandalism within minutes, ensuring the information you seek is trustworthy.
Just 2% of our readers donate, so if you have given in the past and Wikipedia still provides you with £2.75 worth of knowledge, donate today. If you are undecided, remember any contribution helps. Thank you.
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Important things to remember
- Be nice! If someone makes a change you don't like, leave a polite message on the article's talk page asking why.
- Keep a neutral point of view (NPOV). This means that when you make changes try to consider other ways of looking at things, not just your own opinion.
- Watch what you write. We are an encyclopedia, so articles must be about something important. See What Wikipedia Is Not for more of what you shouldn't write.
- Be aware of copyright. Do not put material on Wikipedia that is copyrighted by somebody else. As most things on the Internet are copyrighted, do not just copy information from a web page. Use your own personal knowledge.
