This document discusses how and why to edit Wikipedia. It explains that editing Wikipedia allows you to share your expertise, network with other experts, and build your online identity and that of your department, university or region. It also outlines how to get started editing Wikipedia, such as creating an account, making a user page, adding articles to your watchlist, and starting with small edits to existing articles. The basics of editing include adding bold, italics and underlining text, inserting headings, links, images and tables, and adding citations.