Being a traveller requires courage, self-confidence and perseverance. Being aWikitravellerrequires the same qualities. We expect you toplunge forwardinto the task of authoring, editing, and illustrating articles on Wikitravel.Youcaneditany article on Wikitravel,and we hope that you do. We need your knowledge, your experience, your talent, and your attention.

Plunging forward means:

• Being assertive.Your knowledge and experience count! There are few if any "travel experts" working on Wikitravel (if they exist anywhere...), so don't worry about not being good enough.We want your help.
• Experimenting.There's really not much permanent damage you can do to Wikitravel. If things get really broken, other Wikitravellers will come in and fix them.
• Doing what's OK right now. You don't have to create a perfect, fully formed article the first time around. Just make aquick contributionor add abasic outlineif an article about your favorite town doesn't yet exist. Get your thoughts down, and let others expand on them. That's howWikiworks!
• Ignoring authority.You have as much right to editanythingon Wikitravel as anyone else does. Don't bother asking whether it's all right to edit something. It is!

Soplunge forward! Who knows? You might enjoy it!