Welcome

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Welcome to Wikipedia! Listed below are some brief introductions containing all the basics needed to use, comment on, and contribute to Wikipedia.

If you want to know more about a specific subject, Help:Help explains how to navigate the many help pages.

  • Google: Wikipedia is very well indexed by Google. Searching for a term, even about an editing question, followed by "wiki" or "wikipedia" usually pulls up what you need.


Where next?

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  • If you wish to express an opinion or make a comment, Where to ask questions will point you in the correct direction.
  • If you would like to edit an article, the Basic tutorial will show you how, and How to help will give you some ideas for things to edit.
  • If you would like to create a new article, Starting an article will explain how to create a new page, with tips for success and a link to Wikipedia's Article Wizard, which can guide you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia.
  • For more support and some friendly contacts to g




et you started, the Editors' Welcome page or the Wikipedia:Teahouse page could be your next stop!

See also

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Good luck and happy editing.```Buster Seven Talk 18:39, 7 February 2013 (UTC

How are all of your classes going so far Angela ??MsPsychology (talk) 00:45, 13 February 2013 (UTC)MsPsychology So far so goodAngela Sandy (talk) 01:06, 13 February 2013 (UTC)Reply


Hey Angela, are you comfortable with the assignments? If so I may need some help lol. --Jjdee (talk) 05:42, 22 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Angela's Sandbox

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If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page that you created was tagged as a test page and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think that your page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Northamerica1000(talk) 15:28, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply


footnotes and references

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Footnote and reference are synonymous. Can you give me an example? Dr Ashton (talk) 23:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

more on footnotes

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Can you email me and tell me who you are talking about? For credit, the whole footnote/reference needs to be complete. Dr Ashton (talk) 14:38, 2 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of Sandy's Sandbox

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If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page that you created was tagged as a test page and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think that your page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, you can place a request here. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:08, 4 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Moved sandbox

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Hi, Angela Sandy. I've moved Angela Sandy/sandbox to User:Angela Sandy/sandbox 2. Let me know if you need any help. Peter aka --Shirt58 (talk) 02:41, 4 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

"Userspace"? "Articlespace"? What's all that about?

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Hi again!

Just to explain a bit of Wikipedia jargon. Wikipedia has a number of "namespaces." To start with the two you need to know about are

  • "mainspace" or "articlespace"

and

  • "userpace"

"Mainspace" is where the Wikipedia articles are. "Userspace" is where users can put information about yourself, start "sandboxes", and get messages for other Wikipedia users (who are often called "editors").

One way to thing about it is like this. In some encyclopedias, there is a section at the back that is not part of the main content, that gives some information about the contributors. For example, Michael X. Smottlethwaite a lecturer in Invertebrate Zoology at the University of Sydney. (Articles that that author contributed in the main section might be marked "MXS" or similar.) That's what "userspace" on Wikipedia is like.

Unfortunately you've created a few things in "articlespace" that should have been in your "userpace". This would be like "The Australian Encyclopedia of Ants" including an article on Michael X. Smottlethwaite in its main section. (I should point out that "The Australian Encyclopedia of Ants" and Michael X. Smottlethwaite are mostly fictitious.)

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any problems.

Peter aka --Shirt58 (talk) 03:13, 4 March 2013 (UTC)Reply