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If you are leaving an answer for one of the {{help me}}s from my talk page please leave a ~~~~ after the comment and to do so click on the comment above. Thank you.

If you want to ask me a question put a number next to the tilte and put the number on the last talk I had on my talk page. Thank you.

Second talk page

How do you create a second talk page?

Well, you could create a subpage of your userpage or user talkpage, but I'm not sure why you'd want to (except for archives). This page is where people will leave messages for you, and is the only page which will give you 'you have new messages' notes. Algebraist 16:49, 16 February 2008 (UTC) By the way, I'm not sure what you're trying to do with that 'Please click here if you are answering a help me', but it doesn't work. Algebraist 16:52, 16 February 2008 (UTC) help me Why do you use a template? Help:Template doesn't help with that

Template

Well you changed your question in the middle of my answering but, I think my answer covers the change as well. A template is a way of placing a pre-written piece of text (and often coding) and placing it somewhere else without having to write it again. All names of templates on Wikipedia start with the word template, followed by a colon and then a descriptive name. Thus, the helpme template which drew me here is actually named Template:helpme. Clicking on that link will take you to the source text. Templates are placed in other places by typing just the template name without the word "template" and surrounding it in two curly braces. This "calls" the template. So when you type help me, this tells the software when you save to show on your page whatever it is the called template says. There are many types of templates. There are two features you should know about: substitution and parameters. When you call a template, it always shows what's in the original. So, for example, if I were to go the helpme template and change it, it would change on your page as well, because it's calling whatever text and code is there. However, if I "substitute" it, instead of calling the text continually, it will take all the text and just place it on your page and then be permanently here as that text, as if you'd typed it yourself. Substitution is done by prefixing "subst:" inside the template. So to substitute the helpme template, you would type subst:helpme. Finally, many templates have parameters. What this means is that it allows you to customize some portion of how the template will look. For example, many templates which are notices or warnings for users about an article they have changed, have a parameter which allows you to automatically customize the template to refer to the aricle. Parameters are placed by adding a pipe symbol ("|") after the paremeter name followed by what you are specifying. So it might look like this {{template name|name of article}}. That is just one example; different templates have different parameters—some require dates and so on. For more information, please see Wikipedia:Template namespace. By the way, since I have answered your question I am going to null the helpme template by adding "tl|" to it).--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:25, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

How to help

{{help me}} How do you help others with questions they ask by the {{help me}} questions on there talk page?

Read the template. Mønobi 18:48, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Helpme Archive

{{help me}}

What are archives? please click on link below.

Hi there,

Please see: Wikipedia:Archive.

Thanks,

--The Helpful One ^(Review) 19:22, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Uploading images

To upload images please review Wikipedia:Uploading_images Ajl772 (talk) 19:58, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Formula One Portal

Portal:Formula One is a portal for Formula One racing. Sort of like a main page for the topic. Voyaging (talk) 17:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

reply to helpme re portals.

This is strange; people don't usually post messages on archive pages. (People post messages on talk pages and the messages are later moved to the archive pages.)

Portals are a tool to assist people who wish to browse the encyclopedia. They're somewhat similar to the "random article" feature at the left. They allow people to find articles they might not have thought of looking for specifically, but that are within a general subject matter they find interesting or want to learn more about. --Coppertwig (talk) 18:18, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

F1 Newsletter

It appears you've put your name down, and an editor from that WikiProject should add your name to the recipient list soon. I'll ask on your behalf just in case. Best, PeterSymonds | talk 16:20, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:Newsletter

User:Diniz appears to have signed you up already: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Newsletter. See WP:Uploading images. Algebraist 17:53, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

navbar

{{helpme}}

How do you create a Navbar.

Hi there! Please see Wikipedia:UPDC for more information! --The Helpful One ^(Review) 19:26, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

{{helpme}}

How do yo award someone a barnstar?

Hi there, please see WP:BARN for more information. --The Helpful One ^(Review) 21:00, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

monobook.js

{{help me}} On my monobook.js nothing I put in affects the layout and on the preveiw it works but the saved product does't turn out like the preveiw. Chubbennaitor 20:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Did you remember to clear your cache? Stwalkerster [ talk ] 20:44, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

You might need to do the following if you haven't already, depending on your browser: Internet Explorer: press Ctrl-F5, Mozilla: hold down Shift while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl-Shift-R), Opera/Konqueror: press F5, Safari: press Cmd-Opt-E. This should let you see the changes. Stwalkerster [ talk ] 20:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Opt key

{{helpme}} Where and what is the Opt key on the keyboard of the computer. This is related to Wikipedia. Chubbennaitor 10:18, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I think Option key should help explain that -- varies a bit depending on your keyboard, as mentioned on the article. If that's not a complete enough answer, feel free to replace the helpme tag. :) – Luna Santin (talk) 10:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)