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Typical Wikipedian tasks

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Wikipedia editors do all sorts of things to maintain and expand the projects; this is just a sample (which is a regularly updated template -- so all of the 'tasks' listed will be current whenever you look at it):


You can help improve the articles listed below! This list updates frequently, so check back here for more tasks to try. (See Wikipedia:Maintenance or the Task Center for further information.)

Fix spelling and grammar
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Help counter systemic bias by creating new articles on important women.

Help improve popular pages, especially those of low quality.