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Gamerpedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the [[:Category:Global|world]]. Visitors can also contribute to the project without need of special qualifications, as Gamerpedia is all about covering existing knowledge from the world of gaming; this means people of all ages and cultures can write Gamerpedia articles. Most of the articles can be edited by anyone with access to the internet, simply by clicking the edit this page link. Anyone is welcome to add information, cross-references or citations, as long as they do so to an appropriate standard and within good reason. Substandard or disputed information is subject to removal. [[User]]s need not worry about accidentally damaging Gamerpedia when adding or improving information, as other [[editor]]s are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, and Gamerpedia's software is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes. | Gamerpedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the [[:Category:Global|world]]. Visitors can also contribute to the project without need of special qualifications, as Gamerpedia is all about covering existing knowledge from the world of gaming; this means people of all ages and cultures can write Gamerpedia articles. Most of the articles can be edited by anyone with access to the internet, simply by clicking the edit this page link. Anyone is welcome to add information, cross-references or citations, as long as they do so to an appropriate standard and within good reason. Substandard or disputed information is subject to removal. [[User]]s need not worry about accidentally damaging Gamerpedia when adding or improving information, as other [[editor]]s are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, and Gamerpedia's software is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes. | ||
Because Gamerpedia is an ongoing work to which, in principle, anybody can contribute, it differs from a paper-based reference source in important ways. In particular, older articles tend to be more comprehensive and balanced, while newer articles more frequently contain significant misinformation or [[vandal]]ism. Users need to be aware of this to obtain valid information and avoid misinformation that has been recently added and not yet removed ({{ | Because Gamerpedia is an ongoing work to which, in principle, anybody can contribute, it differs from a paper-based reference source in important ways. In particular, older articles tend to be more comprehensive and balanced, while newer articles more frequently contain significant misinformation or [[vandal]]ism. Users need to be aware of this to obtain valid information and avoid misinformation that has been recently added and not yet removed ({{Wp|Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia|Wikipedia's article on Researching}} can come in useful here; most of the advice listed for their own site also applies to Gamerpedia and other similar projects). However, unlike a paper reference source, Gamerpedia is continually updated, with the creation or updating of articles on topical events within seconds, minutes or hours, rather than months or years for printed encyclopedias.</blockquote> | ||
The Gamerpedia website is {{tag|copyright}} of J-Dev and the Gamerpedia SysOps. Content is available under {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported}} (originally the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}}) unless stated otherwise within Gamerpedia. | The Gamerpedia website is {{tag|copyright}} of J-Dev and the Gamerpedia SysOps. Content is available under {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported}} (originally the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}}) unless stated otherwise within Gamerpedia. | ||