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Have you ever edited Wikipedia?

Yes, edited an article
32.4%
Yes, user/talk pages/etc.
1.1%
Yes, both of the above
6.8%
No
59.6%

1,467 votesFinal results

11:56 PM · Jun 26, 2019

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I've created some pages from scratch back in 2003 or thereabouts when I was very active on the site. A lot less so recently.

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Handful of occasions, majority was just reverting really obvious vandalism I happened to stumble over

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Edited a few and started a few circa 2004. Probably one of the most significant parts of the internet along with Google (and Google Maps in particular), eBay, Amazon, and Craigslist.

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I've never even used it.

Zaphod Beeblebrox

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Admittedly, usually a grammar issue, or redundant wording that makes for bad reading flow.

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I immersed myself pretty deeply in the Wikipedia/Wikimedia volunteer subculture for a time a few years back. Outfacing PR led me to enter into the experience with a great deal of rose colored naïveté which set me up for disappointing disillusionment later. Needs more caveats.

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