Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome! My name is Manishearth, and I'm one of the online ambassadors, a group of experienced Wikipedians who offer mentorship to newcomers. You don't need to read anything; you can just jump right in and try to improve Wikipedia. If you need help, you can talk with us right now, or can leave me a message on my user talk page. Have fun! ManishEarthTalkStalk 02:37, 12 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Introduction paragraphs in your articles

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Dear Students, please a look at the introduction of your articles and have a read of WP:LEDE. I noticed some of the articles did not have the most well developed introduction paragraphs. Also, please remember to stick to a neutral point of view. This means no prescriptions and no suggestions. Have a look at WP:NPOV for more information. Thanks! BoP EdwardsBot (talk) 21:40, 29 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

We're #1 !!!

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Dear students- we're number 1 on the Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Policy/Leaderboard. This is awesome and extremely impressive! Way to go!! --Basket of Puppies (talk) 15:40, 31 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

New Mentor

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Hi! I'm replacing Basket of Puppies as your Online Ambassador/Mentor for the last part of this class. I'll be looking over your article to see where I can help. You can contact me on my talk page, User talk:Donald Albury. -- Donald Albury 01:10, 8 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Message

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I have left suggestions on obtaining feedback for your article at Talk:Landfill Gas Clean Development Mechanism Projects in Brazil. If you want, I can help you with that. -- Donald Albury 11:38, 15 April 2011 (UTC) Donald Albury 11:38, 15 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Just checking to see how you are doing. Let me konow if I can help you with anything. -- Donald Albury 01:09, 21 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Renaming an article = Moving an article

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To rename an article you need to MOVE it to the new name. On the bar at the top of the article just to the right of the star you should see a down-pointing wedge. Click on that and a drop-down menu will include the "Move" option. Click on "Move" and then enter the new name for the article. You should also provide a reason for the move. Let the move operation leave a redirect at the old name, so that links to it will still work. Also choose to move the talk page. -- Donald Albury 23:52, 21 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:30, 24 November 2015 (UTC)Reply