Flrdude

Welcome and introduction

Hi, Flrdude. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person by golly! Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've made an account! Thanks for joining; you're on your way to making some great contributions.

Because I've noticed you've just joined, I wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. Any questions, nothing is too silly (we've heard them all). The tips below should help you to get started too. Best of luck! JoeSmack ^Talk 23:54, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Yessss! You made an account! Awesome! Anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people. Besides that, you shouldn't feel nervous or anything about a good-willed contribution. If you're concerned, talk to us. Play in your user area. For example, create User:Flrdude/test. If you feel nervous, feel free to talk to us. When you're ready, start your first article using the Article Wizard. You don't HAVE to use it, but for your first article it really helps. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references. If you'd like more guidance, you guessed it, talk to us. Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page. There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia! --JoeSmack Talk 23:54, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

P.S. If you just feel like poking around, Wikipedia:Help is a good place to start. :)

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--Jayron32 05:58, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Using talk pages

Hi, I saw the note you posted at the New Contributors' page, and hope the response there answered your question, and points you to what to do next. In response to your comment, "I received a nice message from Joe Smack ... but can't ... figure out how to respond to him", you can respond by clicking the word "talk" beside his signature, which will take you to his user talk page (similar to the page you are looking at now). You can add a new section to the page by clicking the "new section" (or "+") tab near the top of the page. Also, if you want to reply to someone right after they post a message on your page, they might have your talk page on their watchlist, and will notice if you respond on your own page (but you can't count on that). What I was first using Wikipedia, I learned a lot by looking randomly at other people's talk pages and user pages. It's good fun if you have some time to spare. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 14:06, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

A Knight -- Thanks for your advice.

Colorado State University Capital Campaign

If I recall correctly, I removed your edits adding information about Colorado State University's capital campaign as I don't really think that a capital campaign is that interesting or notable. Nearly every institution in the process of beginning, ending, or continuing a capital campaign as large scale fund raising is now a necessary function of a modern American college or university. To me, it's like writing in an article that the institution holds classes or employs faculty; it's expected, normal, and utterly unsurprising. If there is something special about this campaign that makes it stand out then I would happily reconsider.

If you haven't already done so, I recommend writing something on the article's Talk page to gather input from other editors. Others might disagree with me and believe that the information should be included; you don't know until you ask! --ElKevbo (talk) 01:31, 15 December 2009 (UTC)