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See also <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:What_is_Wikiversity%3F" title="Wikiversity:What is Wikiversity?">more about Wikiversity</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Can_I_help?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Can_I_help?"><span id="Can_I_help.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Can_I_help?"></span>Can I help?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Can_I_help?"></span></h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edit-this-page-large.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Click edit this page to change a Wikiversity webpage."><img alt="Click edit this page to change a Wikiversity webpage." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Edit-this-page-large.png/400px-Edit-this-page-large.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Edit-this-page-large.png 1.5x" data-file-width="507" data-file-height="168" /></a><figcaption>Click <b>edit this page</b> to change a Wikiversity webpage.</figcaption></figure> <p>Sure! <b>Don't be afraid to edit</b>—<i>anyone</i> can edit, and we encourage you to <b><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Be_bold" title="Wikiversity:Be bold">be bold</a></b>! 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