Peter Robert Shirley

Welcome Peter Robert Shirley!

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Hello, Peter Robert Shirley. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions! I'm Pigsonthewing, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge.

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Sincerely, Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:24, 20 May 2013 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)

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Tutorial

The tutorial material you're looking for is in the table above - just follow the links! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Peter Robert Shirley, you are invited to the Teahouse

Hi Peter Robert Shirley! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! Writ Keeper (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the Teahouse This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 01:16, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Vasates quadripedes

I have reviewed and published Vasates quadripedes. Congratulations on your first article! And thank you for your contribution. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:03, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Peter Robert Shirley. You have new messages at Pigsonthewing's talk page.
Message added 21:30, 21 May 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:30, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Peter Robert Shirley. You have new messages at Pigsonthewing's talk page.
Message added 09:57, 24 May 2013 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

And again! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:57, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikitext

I thought you might find this useful:

The term "wikitext" refers to Wikipedia's wp:wiki markup language. Formats: [[hyperlink]] or [[hyperlink|link here]] or [[expert]]ly    → hyperlink or link here or expertly [http://www.google.com external link]      → external link   (to an outside webpage) [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|55px|Caption]]      →   (shows image, see below) ==Header== → Header        ===Subheader=== → Subheader ''italic''   '''bold'''   '''''bold-italic''''' → italic   bold   bold-italic * bullet → • bullet       (or ":*" or "::*" to indent) Caption : indent →     indent   (or "::" or "::::::" to indent more) # numbered →   1.  numbered   ("#:" indents under numbered lines) #* bullet under number →   °  bullet under number [[Category:xx]] → (internal wp:category link). {{templt|aa|bb}} → (run "Template:Templt" with parameters "aa" & "bb") {{#expr: (5*10 + 3^2 +8)/2 }} → calculate expression: (5×10 + 32+8)/2 = 33.5 ~~~~ → signature     ~~~~~ → date/time (UTC) A related page is Help:Table.

-- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:21, 9 August 2013 (UTC)