One of the largest open encyclopedias of the internet. Free and available for everyone to use and edit as long as it is properly cited. 

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# Create an Account 

Anyone that has learned things can be a contributor to Wikipedia as long as they cite their sources. 

In order to contribute to Wikipedia you must sign up with an account. 

You can [set your preferences here. ](https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=vector#mw-prefsection-rendering-skin)

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# Page Bios

Your page is where others get to learn more about you. Make sure to present yourself well. 
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## About Page bios:
- About [Global Pages](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GlobalUserPage)

**Global user pages** are [user pages](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:User_page "Special:MyLanguage/Help:User page") defined on Meta that apply on other Wikimedia wikis. This includes three pages:

1. Your [Meta user page](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage "Special:MyPage") will be shown on any wiki where you don't have a local user page.
2. Your [`global.css`](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/global.css "Special:MyPage/global.css") contains [styles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets "en:Cascading Style Sheets") that are imported on every wiki when you're logged in.
3. Your [`global.js`](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage/global.js "Special:MyPage/global.js") contains [scripts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript "en:JavaScript") that are loaded on every wiki when you're logged in.

--via [here](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_user_pages)
### Translation

While you can't translate your user page automatically into the local content language, you can translate it into the reader's user interface language (which may not be the wiki's default language!). For example, this adds a [user language box](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User_language "Special:MyLanguage/User language"), and a sentence translated into either German or English:

```wiki
{{#babel:en|de-2}}
{{#switch:{{int:lang}}
 |de=Willkommen auf meiner Benutzerseite!
 |en=Welcome to my user page!
 |#default=Welcome to my user page!
}}
```


The text in any language can be any number of lines, but every language can only occur once inside the #switch-block. The #default-block must not be missed, as it is the fallback for all possible languages, that are not explicitly mentioned.

You can see [a more complex example](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%C2%B0/multilingual_global_user_page_%E2%88%92_how_to "User:°/multilingual global user page − how to").
You must have a [global account](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Unified_login "Special:MyLanguage/Help:Unified login") to use these features. The global pages will only be inherited on wikis where you have a local account (see [a list of accounts attached to your global account](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth "Special:CentralAuth")), meaning your global user page won't appear on wikis you've never visited.


## My page

My page at [Shwethaaa](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shwethaaa)

About me: 

Hii! My name is Shwetha & spend my life doing quantum computing research! I really love folklore & programming languages as well as exploring interesting phenomena of the world of physics. 
I live in NYC and am a proud Wikipedian. 


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# Books
You can create a book off of Wikipedia!! Via [PediaPress](https://pediapress.com) to publish as well. 

- Here is a PediaPress example of [Programming Languages](https://pediapress.com/books/show/programming-languages-the-theory-of-progr/) book 



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# Creating Edits 

For example, I will be going to make an edit to the Elham Kashefi wiki by adding a reference to the qc report podcast. 

After your edit, it must be followed by a citation. 

```
<ref></ref>
```

and ideally with additional information. 

```
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://quantumcomputingreport.com/podcast-with-david-shaw-chief-analyst-at-global-quantum-intelligence/ |title=Podcast with David Shaw, Chief Analyst at Global Quantum Intelligence |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024-07-30 |website=Quantum computing Report |publisher=Global Quantum Intelligence, LLC    |access-date=2024-09-30 |quote=A very strong crossover into the world of quantum communications and distributed quantum networks. It’s led by Elham Kashefi and she was one of the inventors of blind quantum computing, which is a very important...application between..early quantum computing and early quantum security.}}</ref>

```

Her work has included contributions to quantum cryptography, verification of quantum computing, and cloud quantum computing.

And the edit is [live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elham_Kashefi)!

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In order to create a proper citation, one should typically follow this format: 

For references with author credit

```
`{{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date=|website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}`
```


For references without author credit

```
`{{cite web |url= |title= |author=<!--Not stated-->|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}`
```

via [source and see examples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)