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Proposed answer: yes, a standard account on wikideal.net would be the entry point. No email exchange is needed: you would log in and post your ideas and links in the Discussion tab of the call page. Creating the account is free and takes a minute. If account creation fails for any reason, the contact address info@wikideal.net can be used to ask for help.

'''Who can participate? Is it reserved for ~~Wikimedians~~, or open to anyone, anywhere in the world? Does it cost anything?'''

'''Who can participate? Is it reserved for Wiki experts (experienced users of Wikipedia and other key wikis, for example Uncyclopedia and WikiHow), or open to anyone, anywhere in the world? Does it cost anything?'''

Proposed answer: open calls are intended to be open to anyone, anywhere in the world, with no participation fee. The first wave of calls (the early bird calls) is especially publicised among ~~Wikimedians~~ because it is ~~planned around~~ Wikimania 2026, but it is not reserved for them. Established funding programmes such as the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund Wikimedia Community Fund] follow a similar spirit of broad, low barrier participation, and WikiDeal draws inspiration from that practice without copying its rules.

Proposed answer: no, open calls are intended to be open to anyone, anywhere in the world, with no participation fee. The first wave of calls (the early bird calls) is especially publicised among Wiki experts because the programme is informally launched during Wikimania 2026, celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia, but it is not reserved for them. Established funding programmes such as the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund Wikimedia Community Fund] follow a similar spirit of broad, low barrier participation, and WikiDeal draws inspiration from that practice without copying its rules.

'''Can I participate as a team or only as an individual?'''