Paradoxes

Hello, Paradoxes! Welcome to Wikipedia! You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! Prom3th3an Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

  «l| Ψrom3th3ăn ™|l»  (talk) 00:56, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Adoption

Hey there, I would like to offer to adopt you. Just leave me a message here (or at my talk page) if you want to accept my offer. Have a nice day :-) So#Why ^{review me!} 14:56, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello! I would like to gratefully accept you offer of adoption. I am very green here; it took me a good few days to even realize I had a message. Thank you. paradoxes (talk) 01:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem, that's why I offered to help you after all :-)

First lesson then, something you can see on this page: If you use a new line (line break), the Wiki-software will just ignore it and it will be shown as above. To force a break, you have to either add a <br/>-HTML-tag to where you want the line break or hit the Return-key (or Enter-key) twice to start a new paragraph. When in discussion with other users, like on this talk page, you should indent your reply by adding a ":" in front of the reply (and in front of every new break you make within this reply) or if you reply to a reply, you add "::" (like I did in this case). You should try and edit your reply to reflect this :-)

Also, to see how much you know, let's see if you are able to change the userbox for adoption on your user page. Your goal is to replace it with {{adoptee|SoWhy}} to show all the Wiki-world how nice I am...that you are still learning. :-)

So much for know, I look forward to coaching you, please feel free to leave me a message any time on my talk page or send me an e-mail if you need anything. SoWhy ^{review me!} 08:20, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

So far, so good. Is it better to talk to another user on their talk page or on your own (assuming that is where the conversation originated)?
Also, could you give me a rundown of things that are considered to be really bad form when using Wikipedia? I don't mean things that have malicious intent, but something that a user might do accidentally without realizing they have committed a foul. I don't want to step on anyone's toes! Thank you. paradoxes (talk) 14:39, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Hah, nice, almost correct with the indent! Best if you just remember this: Every time you reply, you use one ":" more than the person you reply to has used. So if I wrote the first thing, you use one ":", I will then use two ":" ("::") and you will use ":::" when you reply to my reply to your reply. And if you reply to yourself, like I just did with this reply, you use a ":" more than the last time, too. Sounds confusing? I guess so, but it's really simple. It's like using the TAB-key in a Word-Document, every time you do, it indents one more step. And as with Word, you have to stop sometime...so if the person you want to reply to already used ":::::::" for example, you can "de-indent" and just use ":". Hope I have not completely confused you now^^

Usage on talk pages depends on the user in question. I like to have it all at one space and I use the {{talkback}} template to notify people that I responded at my talk page instead of responding at theirs. I would advise you to do the same if you think you can do it. But first look if the user in question has not specified his wishes.

Don't be too afraid of screwing things up. Yes, you should be civil but apart from that, we all learn from mistakes. You cannot go and learn all policies now but I think you could just read up the basics at WP:5 and WP:SR which tell you the most important things to heed. If you have more specific questions or questions about those, please just ask :-)

On a side note, if you have some time, you might want to read WP:ES. The little text field above the "save page" button is quite useful to tell everyone what you changed on the article, thus allowing us to understand it more easily (you might be confused by others tho who are using abbreviations like "re" (like I do^^) - you can read those on WP:ESL if you get confused reading a page's history) . Have fun! SoWhy ^{review me!} 14:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Regarding adoption

Are you still planning to be active on the English Wikipedia? If not or if I get no reply, I will have to end the adoption to be able to support new adoptees. Regards SoWhy 12:20, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Survey

Hi Paradoxes!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

Just click this link to participate in this survey, via Google!

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. Also, feel free to share this any other female Wikimedians you may know. It is in English, but any language Wikimedia participants are encouraged to participate. I appreciate your contributions - to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 18:09, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!

Hi Paradoxes! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 04:49, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative: Come join us (and check out our new website)!

WikiWomen - We need you!

Hi Paradoxes! The WikiWomen's Collaborative is a group of women from around the world who edit Wikipedia, contribute to its sister projects, and support the mission of free knowledge. We recently updated our website, created new volunteer positions, and more! Get involved by: Visiting our website for resources, events, and more Meet other women and share your story in our profile space Participate at and "like" our Facebook group Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel Volunteer to write for our blog, recruit blog writers, translate content, and co-run our Facebook and receive perks for volunteering Already participating? Take our survey and share your experience! Thanks for editing Wikipedia, and we look forward to you being a part of the Collaborative! -- EdwardsBot (talk) 01:52, 10 January 2013 (UTC)