Johnnoble
Welcome to Wikipeda
editI was about to reverse all the damage you've done to Zach Braff, but thought I'd ask first; "What are you doing?" Glen 19:39, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay mate, warning removed. Let's start again. Here's a welcome message, have a read, and tell me what you'd like to do :) Glen 19:43, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia!
editDear Johnnoble: Welcome to Wikipedia, a free and open-content encyclopedia. I hope you enjoy contributing. To help get you settled in, I thought you might find the following pages useful:
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- Not at all John no problem there's no secrets here. Wikipedia has been running since about 2001, and has 1.4 million registered users on the English version alone! Plus all our anonymous users! So you see, with that many people working hard (I for example have done about 15 thousand edits here) you can see how the encyclopedia built up so quickly! Thats the great thing, the knowledge belongs to all of us (it is all free and will always be free) and we all work to grow the project together.
- Does that help answer your question? Glen 19:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, and PS, here's a wee tip for you;
As a courtesy for other editors, it is a Wikipedia guideline to sign your talk page and user talk page posts. To do so simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments and your user name or IP address and the date will be automatically added along with a timestamp. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).For further info see the talk page guidelines. Thank you. Glen 19:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Absolutely no problem at all - and, hmmm... yes... You did learn you change your raw sig template very very quickly indeed... Oh well, fast learner huh? ;) Have a great weekend bud Glen 20:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
New article
editSure, okay. Easiest way is to just enter what you ant it to be called into the search box there and hit Go. So lets say you enter, Big cat week for example. Well, if you click that red link <-- there, it takes you to the same place as the Go button. Then, you'll see a page telling you no article exists, and did you wanna make it. Hit edit and off ya go!
Take a look at WP:MOS for styling tips. Remember, Be Bold and enjoy! Glen 20:21, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Nice work! I added the categories for you :) Glen 20:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
License tagging for Image:687223 DV L F.jpg
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License tagging for Image:Territory map.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:687223_DV_L_F.jpg
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Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:687223_DV_L_F.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.
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