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Sometime in 2005 I added the Wikipedia search box to
Firefox
and my life changed, suddenly enlightenment was only a tab away. I started correcting typos, adding a few paragraphs here and there, until I set myself the challenge of making a serious contribution, of finding a deficient article and bringing it up to standard. The
Core Contest
, a push to improve flawed or incomplete articles on crucial topics, gave me the impetus needed, and the
list of entries
confronted me with
Pop music
, the only candidate I could possibly contemplate. Although a musicologist and a melomaniac, pop is by no account one of my favourite styles, but at least I was versed on its history. My only significant contribution to this encyclopædia, therefore, is encapsulated between these two diffs,
26 November
and
27 December 2007
.
During the month it took me to research and write the page I discovered
the other side
of Wikipedia, the talk pages and userspace, the noticeboards, commitees and IRC channels. I didn't like what I found, and as I finish the rewrite I've decided to end my editing days. I shall continue to use Wikipedia as my main reference but never again will I click an [edit] link.
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It will begin on 1 July, 00:00 (UTC), and end on 31 July, 23:59 (UTC).
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red
2024 Events
:
WP:WIR/EVENTS
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- The 100,000 Challenge
.
The quest to bring about 100,000 article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions and countries. This is a loose challenge, a list will not be maintained here, but the components will function independently on each of the subpages. Will be updated every week or two.
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