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Contents 1 Welcome to Wikipedia! 2 Today's featured article 3 Wikipedia Help 4 Useful links 5 Wikipedia's sister projects 6 Article search 7 Create an article

[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome to my Wikipedia portal. You may use this as a Wikipedia start page; it contains relevant information for beginners.

[edit] Today's featured article George Washington was an early inventor of instant coffee, and worked to ensure a full supply to soldiers fighting at the front. Early on, his campaign was based in Brooklyn, but later he crossed into New Jersey toward a more profitable position. In the countryside, he demonstrated a love of wild creatures, and was often seen with a bird or a monkey on his shoulder. Washington's choice beverage was taken up by the soldiers for its psychoactive properties, even though it tasted terrible. Some thought his brewed powder could even remedy the chemical weapons then in use. But, despite this, Washington failed in his first bid for the Presidency, as papers were filed too late, and the nominator forgot to tell him about it. (more...) Recently featured: New Carissa – Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria – Cleveland Archive – By email – More featured articles...

From Wikipedia's newest articles:

• ...that the Tyska kyrkan (pictured) in Stockholm, is situated in the oldest German ecclesiastical parish outside Germany?
• ...that Joseph Monier was one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete?
• ...that Koreans in Vietnam form that country's second-largest group of expatriates after the Taiwanese?
• ...that South African mining magnate Sir Lionel Phillips survived being shot five times in an assassination attempt?
• ...that when Archie Goodall scored the lone goal for Ireland in a 9–1 loss to Scotland in 1899, he became the oldest footballer to score in international football in the 19th century?
• ...that Kosambi, a city in ancient India which was a frequent site of sermons by the Buddha, was one of the places considered suitable for his Parinibbāna?

Picture of the day

An 1891 photograph of Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling—a structure built within caves and under outcroppings in cliffs—in North America, located in what is now Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA. There are about 150 rooms in the 288 ft (88 m) long structure, although only 25 to 30 of those were used as living space by Ancient Pueblo Peoples. it is estimated that the population of Cliff Palace was roughly 100–150 people. Photo credit: Gustaf Nordenskiöld Archive - More featured pictures...

[edit] Wikipedia Help

If you are a new user, and would like some help regarding how to edit Wikipedia, etc., then please feel free to ask me on my talk page, and I will try to help. I may not always be able to help but I will try to be of assistance wherever possible.

[edit] Useful links

• Wikipedia Introduction for newcomers (I was new not too long ago)
• About Wikipedia for newcomers
• What Wikipedia is Not information about what not to put on Wikipedia
• Featured Articles are specially selected by the community as the highest quality on Wikipedia
• The Wikipedia sandbox a place for you to experiment with Wikipedia
• Wikipedia Manual of Style
• Wikipedia Policy: Neutral Point of View
• Wikipedia Policy: No Original Research

[edit] Wikipedia's sister projects

All the below are co-ordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation.

• Wiktionary —Dictionary
• Wikinews —News
• Wikimedia Commons —Repository of openly licensed multimedia
• Wikiquote —Famous quotations
• Wikisource —Source text
• Wikibooks —Free factual textbooks

[edit] Article search

[edit] Create an article