Mixupmusic
I'm Haza-w, and I noticed that you haven't been welcomed yet, so I thought I'd drop you a note. We do have a lot of users, and are currently working on 6,841,159 articles, so things can be a little intimidating... but don't worry! We love to help out, and we'll try our best to make your stay here as comfortable as possible.
Here are a few links I found useful when I first arrived here:-
You should sign your name on talk pages, discussions and votes by typing ~~~~; our software automatically converts it to your username and the date. Also, if you don't want to jump right into editing articles right now, why not check out the sandbox? Feel free to make test edits there.
I know it's a lot of information, but there are two more things I recommend you take note of while editing Wikipedia - cite references wherever possible, and avoid allowing personal biases interfere with your editing.
I hope you enjoy editing and being a Wikipedian - I definitely do. Although we all make mistakes, please keep in mind what Wikipedia is not. If you have any questions or problems, leave me a message on my talk page, and I'll try my best to help. Otherwise, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.
We hope you stick around, and make sure you enjoy yourself! Cheers, haz (talk) 14:19, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- Don't worry, I'm not a robot – I promise! I do use the same message for every person I welcome, though, as it's fairly tedious to write out a new one each time, as you can probably imagine. Anyway, if there's anything that you've got a query about, then please always feel free to drop me a message on my talk page. See you around! haz (talk) 16:47, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Re: Page Inconsistencies
editWell spotted! Turns out the text on the Air Supply article (They also created the song "We Built This City" in 1984, which Starship made famous.) was added by a vandal, who originally claimed that Jefferson Airplane took credit for the song, before changing his story to the Starship version. I've removed the assertion, so all is now well.
To answer your question about where those sorts of queries should go, your best bet is usually the article's talk page, where another editor will review your comment and take care of it if necessary. However, I'm always on-call, so feel free to knock me up if you have any other small queries about articles!
One quick thing: I noticed that you linked the articles using external link syntax. There's an easier way to link internally to articles, which is to use double square-braces; have a look at Wikipedia:Cheatsheet, which is an excellent primer on how to improve your editing skills. haz (talk) 18:51, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, and one more thing: I'm not an admin! I'm just a member of the community who takes it all a little too seriously...
haz (talk) 18:53, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
September 2020
editWelcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Laura Lee has been reverted.
Your edit here to Laura Lee was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links in references which are discouraged per our reliable sources guideline. The reference(s) you added or changed (https://www.discogs.com/Laura-Lee-Thats-How-It-Is-The-Chess-Years/release/2721527) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 08:56, 10 September 2020 (UTC)