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'''<span style="font-size:x-large; padding-top: 0.3em; display: block;">What is Wikipedia?</span>'''
==What is the Absit Omen Lexicon?==
[[File:Great Feeling.ogv|250px|thumb|A short video about the satisfaction editors get from contributing]]
The Absit Omen Lexicon is an encyclopedia, written collaboratively by [http://absitomen.com Absit Omen] members.. It is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy, called a wiki, just like {{wplink|Main page|Wikipedia}}. Members are constantly improving the Lexicon. All of these changes are recorded in [[Help:Page history|article histories]] and [[Help:Recent changes|recent changes]].
Wikipedia is a free [[encyclopedia]], written [[Collaborative editing|collaboratively]] by [[Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia|the people who use it]]. It is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy, called a [[wiki]]. Many people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes per hour. All of these changes are recorded in [[Help:Page history|article histories]] and [[Help:Recent changes|recent changes]]. For a more detailed account of the project, see '''[[Wikipedia:About|About Wikipedia]]'''.<br /><br />
==='''How you can contribute'''===
<big>'''How you can contribute'''</big><br />
[[File:Edit-this-page-large.png|right|thumb|250px|alt=Image of the Lexicon showing the edit link above the page title. Screen readers may show this under the "views" heading.|Click "Edit" to change an article]]
[[File:Edit-this-page-large.png|right|thumb|250px|alt=Image of Wikipedia showing the edit link above the page title. Screen readers may show this under the "views" heading.|Click "Edit" to change an article]]
'''Don't be afraid to edit''' – ''anyone'' can edit almost every page, and we are encouraged to '''be bold'''! Find something that can be improved and make it better—for example, spelling, grammar, rewriting for readability, adding content, or removing non-constructive edits. Or add more information about events that have happened in the story.
[[File:Wikipedia video tutorial-1-Editing-en.ogv|right|thumb|250px|alt=Video inviting you to edit pages on Wikipedia.|Editing tutorial for Wikipedia]]
'''Don't be afraid to edit''' – ''anyone'' can edit almost every page, and we are encouraged to '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold|be bold]]'''! Find something that can be improved and make it better—for example, spelling, grammar, rewriting for readability, adding content, or removing non-constructive edits. If you wish to add new facts, please try to provide [[Help:Introduction to referencing/1|references]] so they may be [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verified]], or suggest them on the article's [[Help:Introduction to talk pages|discussion page]]. Changes to controversial topics and Wikipedia's main pages should usually be discussed first. '''[[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing to Wikipedia]]''' will provide you with resources on all the basics needed to use, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia.  


Remember – you can't break Wikipedia; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. Wikipedia is [[Wikipedia:Editing policy|allowed to be imperfect]]. So go ahead, edit an article and help make Wikipedia the best information source on the Internet!   
Remember – you can't break the Lexicon; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. The Lexicon is allowed to be imperfect. So go ahead, edit an article and help make the Lexicon the best information source about the goings-on at Absit Omen!   


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===Why not try out the editor right now?===
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# <span class="plainlinks">'''[//www.absitomen.com/wiki/index.php?title=Absit_Omen_Lexicon:Sandbox&action=edit Click here]'''</span> to edit the [[Absit Omen Lexicon:Sandbox|sandbox]], a place to make test edits. (If there is already some text there, add to the end of the text.)
<big>'''Why not try out the editor right now?'''</big>
# <span class="plainlinks">'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit Click here]'''</span> to edit the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], a place to make test edits. (If there is already some text there, add to the end of the text<!-- or click [http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~jylee/cgi-bin/sandbot/Wikipedia/Sandbox.cgi here] to clear the sandbox out from previous edits -->.)
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Introduction   Learn more about editing   Explore the Lexicon   Tutorial

What is the Absit Omen Lexicon?

The Absit Omen Lexicon is an encyclopedia, written collaboratively by Absit Omen members.. It is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy, called a wiki, just like Wikipedia. Members are constantly improving the Lexicon. All of these changes are recorded in article histories and recent changes.

How you can contribute

Image of the Lexicon showing the edit link above the page title. Screen readers may show this under the "views" heading.
Click "Edit" to change an article

Don't be afraid to editanyone can edit almost every page, and we are encouraged to be bold! Find something that can be improved and make it better—for example, spelling, grammar, rewriting for readability, adding content, or removing non-constructive edits. Or add more information about events that have happened in the story.

Remember – you can't break the Lexicon; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. The Lexicon is allowed to be imperfect. So go ahead, edit an article and help make the Lexicon the best information source about the goings-on at Absit Omen!

Why not try out the editor right now?

  1. Click here to edit the sandbox, a place to make test edits. (If there is already some text there, add to the end of the text.)
  2. Type some text.
  3. Click Show preview to test your changes, or Save page when you're happy with the way it looks.