Registering with Wikipedia and going through the introductiory “Wikipedia Adventure” tutorial actually gave me a lot more confidence in the reliability of Wiki-formation than I had previously.
The tutorial itself was pitcvhed just right to let you get stuck in without blundering around like a novice, and focussing more on the underlying fundamental proinciples rather than the technical editing tools (which cna be picked up as you go along).
The editing itself (or writing from scratch) is a bit formulaic, but I guess it has ot eb othersie it’ll look a ocmplete mess as you navigate across pages.
As for doing any editing myself – my firts attempt led to wasting half an hour on grammar sites tryign to find out deifntiiviely whether band names are singular or plural – at which point I retreated form the fray!
Postcript: yesterday I found an article in wikipedia that mentioned my failed attempt to become a Green MP in 2001, but which spelt my name wrong. Ideal: at last something I felt comfortable revising from a position of strength. Revised!
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