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'''Wikipedia''' is a '''free content encyclopaedia''', written thegither bi fowk fae across the world. The steid is a [[wiki]], that means that ''onybody'' can edit airticles juist bi sneckin on the ''edit tag'' abuin.  It rins on [[MediaWiki]] saftware.

''[[Wikipedia]]'' is a [[tredmerk]] o the [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.]]


'''Help''': A full list o help topics is tae haund [[Help:Contents|here]].<br>
'''Quaistens''': Please speir at the [[Wikipedia:Mercat Cross]].<br>
'''Contacts''': Find contact details at [[Wikipedia:Contact us]].<br>


== Innin ==

Wikipedia stairtit on [[Januar 15]]t, [[2001]] bi the foonders [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Larry Sanger]], an a puckle fain English-langage collaborators. Fower year efter, as o December 2004, thare wis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/TablesWikipediansEditsGt5.htm 13,000 active contreebutors] wirkin on mair nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/TablesArticlesTotal.htm 1,300,000 airticles] in mair nor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/Sitemap.htm 100 leids]. The day, thare's {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} airticles in [[Scots leid|Scots]]; ilka day [http://www.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/TablesUsageVisits.htm hunders o thoosands] o veesitors fae athort the warld maks tens o thoosands o edits an creates thoosands o new airticles.

Aw text in Wikipedia, an maist picturs an ither content, comes unner  the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL). Contreebutions bides the property o thair creators, while the GFDL license ensures the content will bide freely distreebutable an reproducible (see the [[Wikipedia:Copyrichts|copyricht notice]] an the [[Wikipedia:General disclamation|disclamation]] for mair anent this).

== Stravaigin Wikipedia ==  
 
* [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] &mdash; airticles chynged short syne.  
* [[Special:Newpages|New airticles]], [[Wikipedia:Leet o airticles that aa Wikipedias shuid hae|speirt airticles]], or [[Special:Random|an allevolie airticle]].

== Hou tae contact project members ==  
 
Staundart places tae ask quaistens adae wi policy an projects is the [[Wikipedia:Mercat Cross|Mercat cross]], online, an the [[Wikipedia:mailing lists|Wikipedia mailing lists]], ower email. Ye can win at ither [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] ower [[Wikipedia:IRC channels|IRC]] an the [[Wikipedia:Instant Messaging Wikipedians|instant messenger]].  
 
Thare's a [[m:|'''meta'''-Wikipedia]] an aw, a steid for coordinatin the sindry Wikipedia projects (an abstract colloguin anent policy an the airt thing's is gaun), an thare's mony differin steids for submeettin [[Wikipedia:Bug reports|bug reports an featur requests]]. 
 
''See forby'': [[Wikipedia:Contact us]].
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Japanese song to remind them of the earthquake

== Conceits an pleens ==  
 
* The [[Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is so great|strenths o Wikipedia]] an some [[Wikipedia:Repones tae common pleens|repones tae common pleens]].

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