Wikipedia — editing and the community portal
Editing teaches the two things school rarely does: finding a source that actually supports a claim, and writing without taking a side. Your edit history is public and permanent.
- Any subject
- Who can enter
- Anyone worldwide. Free, and no account is needed to edit most pages; every language edition has its own community
- What it costs
- Free in every direction. The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit, nothing is sold, and there is no paid tier.
- When it closes
- We could not confirm this year's date against the organiser's own page, so we are not showing a countdown for it. Last published: Open all year: make your first edit today, free.
Sending this to someone sends the four facts above, not just a name. They will see who can enter and what it costs before they decide.