welcome to wikipedia hello and welcome to wikipedia wikipedia is one of the world's fastest growing internet sites we aim to build the biggest and most comprehensive encyclopaedia in the world to date we have over four million articles in a host of languages the english language wikipedia alone has over one million articles but we still need more please feel free to contribute your knowledge and expertise to our site if you need help see help contents the main help page quick guide a cheatsheet listing the main editing commands here are a few more good links for newcomers the five pillars of wikipedia how to edit a page tutorial how to write a great article manual of style we hope you enjoy editing here and being a wikipedian please sign your name on talk pages using three tildes or four if you want date stamp this will automatically produce your name and the date if you need help check out wikipedia questions ask me on my talk page or place helpme on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions again welcome talk