User talk:Joelthesecond/Archives/2010/October

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Hello, Joelthesecond, 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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Surprised that you've been an editor since 2006 and no one's welcomed you! --Blehfu (talk) 00:55, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Just trying this out, Blehfu. Thanks for the help.

Oh, yes, and don't forget to sign your messages; it makes it easier to read the talk pages. :) Just stick four tildes (~~~~) after your message. Blehfu (talk) 03:18, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Piano edit

So many jugglers! I am a Wikipedia neophyte, and don't know how it is that you saw a minor insertion of a spam entry in a little article about pianos that I've been editing. How do you see that? And why do you care? Oh, and I love the Monk quote! It makes me laugh so.

Hi Joelthesecond,

Welcome from me too.

How did I see the spam entry? It's quite simple. At the top of every Wiki page there's a tab that says 'Watch.'

Click on it and that article will be added to your watchlist, and you will be automatically informed of any change made to the page, however small. 'Piano' is one of the pages on my watch list.

Why do I care? Wow, can you imagine what Wikipedia would look like if the spammers were left alone to add links without hindrance. It would be unreadable.

Anyone can edit Wikipedia, as you've found, and it's vandalised thousands of times a day. Some of us editors try to keep it 'clean' so that it retains its integrity.

Glad you liked my Monk quote. ♦ Jongleur¹⁰⁰ ♦ ^talk 07:58, 3 October 2010 (UTC)