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Scouting is a worldwide youth movement that aims to develop young people into positive members of society. The Scouting movement was founded in 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell and the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910.

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Content guidelines

The English ScoutWiki is a free Scouting resource that anyone can edit. It's part of the ScoutWiki Network. This resource gives us the opportunity to create articles that would not meet Wikipedia's guidelines - but not only those. Some of the kinds of things we can create here are:

"How-to" articles on Scout skills
Articles about history of scouting
Articles about scouting organizations in different countries
Articles on patch collecting that include patch galleries
Any other resources that Scouts and Scouters might find useful

Just as Wikipedia is not free webhosting, the English ScoutWiki is not free webhosting either. If Wikipedia has an article about a person that we cannot write differently, we can just link to that article.

Please keep in mind that this wiki's not devoted to scouting in one particular country, but to scouting in general and to scouting in English-speaking countries in particular. Concerning that point, one should keep in mind what is told about systemic bias in Wikipedia

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Are you ready to get started? You can create one of the Requested articles above, or visit the Community Portal for other ideas. Be sure to create an account and stop by the forums to say hi.

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Scouting provides leadership opportunities for young men.

During the summer, many Scouts stay for a week at a long-term camp

Many Scouts and Scouters collect patches

Scouting is popular all over the world. These Scouts are from Canada.

Camping is an integral part of the Scouting program

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