This sub-page is for new users that I have adopted or who would like me to adopt them. I am currently happy to adopt any users who ask me, please leave me a message on my talk page.

My Adoptees

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My past and present adoptees are listed below. Messages from all of my adoptees can be found below, although some messages are left at User Talk:Strdst grl/adoption.

I currently have nine active adoptees:

The following adoptees have not edited Wikipedia for at least three months, and I consider them to have left the site. I do not monitor inactive adoptees, although I will not officially end the adoption. If your name is listed below and you have begun editing again, please tell me and I will return you to active status:

The following adoptees have ended their adoptions:

General Messages for Adoptees and New Users

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  • I have created a welcome template giving a brief introduction to Wikipedia. You can find it at User:Strdst grl/welcome. Please read it and check out some of the links.
  • Don't worry too much if you make mistakes - everyone does. Just be bold and ask for help if you get stuck.
  • If you want to make sure a page isn't vandalised, or check if someone's replied to your comment on a Talk Page, you can click "watch" at the top of the page to add it to your watchlist. When you're logged in, your watchlist is in the links at the top of the page (along with your User page, Talk page etc.) and will display the last edit to any of your watched pages or their Talk pages.
  • When editing, remember to write an edit summary in the line above the Save button. This is displayed on the page history, and helps other users see what changes you have made. Writing edit summaries reduces the chance that your edits will get mistaken for vandalism.
  • If you need to access an old version of the page, click 'history' at the top. This has links to how the article appeared after every edit that has been made to it.
  • WikiProjects can help with general maintenance of articles. Add the relevant project box to the talk page of the article - the code should be available on the project page.

Adoptee Messages

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References

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Example references used above will be illustrated here: