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{{BasicHeader|Welcome to '''Bluepages''', the global historical directory that ''anyone'' can edit!}}
Our goal is to put together the histories of everyday places – local schools, parks, businesses, and roads, for example – in your neighborhood and all over the world.
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We currently have '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''', but almost all of them are '''[[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|automatically generated]]''' and need a human being like you to help improve them.
To get an idea of the kind of content we're trying to build on this website, take a look at '''[[Perry Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|some example articles]]'''. You can also see our '''[[Bluepages:Tables|collections of information on large chain businesses]]''', or our '''[[:Category:Places|category system]]'''. And if you want to get started with helping us grow, check out the '''[[Bluepages:Guide to editing|guide to editing Bluepages]]'''.
As you may have already noticed, Bluepages runs on '''[https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]''', the same software used by popular websites like Wikipedia – so if you're still about anything after reading the guide, Wikipedia may have '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents a guide of its own]''' that will help. If you're an experienced Wikipedia editor, you might want to read about '''[[Bluepages:Bluepages and Wikipedia|some of the major differences]]''' between their site and ours. And please see if you can help with our '''[[Bluepages:Long-term goals|to-do list]]''' of long-term goals for a vibrant Bluepages community.
Bluepages is hosted by '''[https://miraheze.org/ Miraheze]''', a non-profit wiki hosting community. They're run by volunteers, and they would really appreciate '''[https://donate.miraheze.org/ your donations]''' to help keep this website and thousands of others running smoothly.
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