Welcome! to Wikipedia!
editHello Smartsmith/Old Discussion Page, this is Exir Kamalabadi, and I hope that you are having fun with Wikipedia. First of all, welcome to Wikipedia! Find something that can be improved, either in content, grammar or formatting, then fix it. Don't be afraid. Be bold! If you do something wrong, there is always someone who will clean up the mess.
Here are some links that you may find helpful:
- How to edit a page
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- Tutorial
- Manual of Style
- Community Portal. You can get some work over there.
- The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
- What Wikipedia is not
- Wikiquette, the Wikipedian etiquette
Here are also some tips that you might find useful:
- Sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes
- Create a User page so that others can know you
- Go to the Village Pump or the Help Desk if you need Wikipedia related help, or the Reference Desk for general questions.
Finally, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page when you need help!
Exir KamalabadiJoin Esperanza! 01:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
My own version of the welcoming note
editThanks to Exir Kamalabadi, now i am more active in Wikipedia
Welcome! to Wikipedia!
editHi Smartsmith/Old Discussion Page, I am Smartsmith, and I hope that you are having fun with Wikipedia. First of all, welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that any one can edit! Please edit articles which you feel have errors but do not vandalise. Here are some links that you may find helpful:
- Be bold!
- Introduction
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- The Tutorial, How to edit a page and the Manual of Style
- Community Portal to get some work
- The Five Pillars of Wikipedia, the Simplified Ruleset, and What Wikipedia is not
- Wikiquette, the Wikipedian etiquette
Here are also some tips that you might find useful:
- Sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~)
- Create a User page so that others can know you
- Add yourself to the list of Wikipedians
- Go to the Village Pump or the Help Desk if you need Wikipedia related help, or the Reference Desk for general questions.