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I hope you enjoy being a Wikipedian on en:. You can also leave questions on my talk page. :)

Regards, +sj+

Great, let me know when you have a good article subject underway. More on four tildes -- you need to type them with no other characters in between... I'm not sure what wasn't working for you. There is also the messy-curvy-line button above the textarea, which enters them for you if you click on it~ SJ+ 06:41, 9 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

General tasks edit

I'm sure you will have your own projects to work on, but here are some others you can check out if you are bored; rest assured that a few other people using the template below will be working on the same topic that week.


You can help improve the articles listed below! This list updates frequently, so check back here for more tasks to try. (See Wikipedia:Maintenance or the Task Center for further information.)

Help counter systemic bias by creating new articles on important women.

Help improve popular pages, especially those of low quality.