Rainey912

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Hello, Rainey912, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Welcome...

Thank you very much, as I am of course new to this I look forward to the great articles and information that is in WIKI. I hope to contribute helpful content as well.Rainey912 (talk) 12:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Glad to hear it. Welcome aboard. :) Firsfron of Ronchester 12:53, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Contributions and Articles

Firs: Thank you for the directional links you left on my-talk. I have some minor questions I suppose they can be considered as such. My professor stated that these sites are to post articles on different events and thoughts..etc. I have written a paper on a specific crime and styles of crimes and it was stated that I should see about posting the information to a site like this. I have read here that you "shouldn't" post essays and papers like that. What then should I consider for an article for my page, new works that require editing or??? Please advise. Thank you again.

Regards, Rainey912 (talk) 21:58, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Rainey,

Wikipedia is first and foremost an encyclopedia. Don't use it to write essays or publish papers; that is what peer-reviewed journals are for. Think of what is published in the World Book Encyclopedia, and you won't be far off as to what should be included in Wikipedia. Best of luck, Firsfron of Ronchester 05:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)