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'''YPPedia''' is a '''[[Wikipedia:free content|free-content]] [[Wikipedia:encyclopedia|encyclopedia]]''', written [[Wikipedia:Collaborative writing|collaboratively]] by Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates players from around the world. The site is a [[Wikipedia:wiki|wiki]], which means that ''anyone'' can edit articles simply by clicking on the ''edit this page'' link.

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'''For help topics and questions see [[Help:Contents]].'''
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== YPPedia History ==

[[Image:wiki logo.png|right]] YPPedia was created in July 2005 by the [[Three Rings]] developers.  Although the developers had tossed the idea around for a while, a [http://yohoho.wikicities.com/ successful unofficial wiki] jump-started their plans. As of today, there are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in the wiki; every day thousands of visitors from around the world make hundreds of edits and create many new articles to enhance the amount of knowledge held by the YPPedia encyclopedia.

All the text in YPPedia, and most images and other content, is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution{{fn|1=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/}} (CC BY) license. Contributions remain the property of their creators, while the CC BY license ensures the content will remain freely distributable and reproducible (see the [[YPPedia:Copyrights|copyright notice]] and the [[YPPedia:General disclaimer|content disclaimer]] for more information).

== Exploring YPPedia ==  
 
The ''main reason'' visitors come to this site is to acquire knowledge. The second reason is to share knowledge. In fact, at this very instant, several articles are being improved. You can view the changes at the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] page. [[Special:Newpages|New articles]] are also being recorded.

YPPedia also has a lot of improvement projects. The hope of any contributor is to provide useful and accurate information to others, and the projects help coordinate efforts. Most articles start as [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:stub|stub]]s, but after many contributions, they become much improved.

== Contributing to YPPedia ==  
 
Anyone can contribute to YPPedia by clicking on the ''Edit this page'' tab in an article. Before starting to contribute however, you should check out some handy helping tools such as the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia tutorial]] and the [[YPPedia:policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]], as well as [[Help:Contents|our help pages]].

== Behind YPPedia ==

YPPedia uses the [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software. It is an [[Wikipedia:open-source|open-source]] program that is used on all [[Wikipedia:WikiMedia|WikiMedia]] projects.

The hardware supporting the project is based on three servers hosted in various hosting centers around the world. 

For technical bug information about YPPedia you can check out the [[Known bugs]] page.

== How to contact project members ==  
 
If you require more information, the first place to go is the [[Help:Contents]]. To contact individual contributors, you should leave them a message on their [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Talk page|talk page]]. The standard place to ask policy and project-related questions is the [[YPPedia:Help desk|Help desk]]. You can also reach other editors via the [[Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates Forums]], because YPPedia usernames match forum usernames.
 
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