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Welcome to Wikipedia, GeorgiaBrk! Thank you for coming here. I have been editing Wikipedia for eight years, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some tips that you might find helpful:

  • You can add links to other articles by putting the article name in [[double square brackets]]
  • You can add pictures from Wikimedia Commons by putting them in [[double square brackets with|thumb for thumbnail|Left right or centre so it knows where to go|a meaningful caption]]
    • Example [[File:Meerkat stare.jpg|thumb|right|Please pay attention, just like this meerkat]]
      • Please DO NOT use anything from Google Images, due to copyright issues. Only Wikimedia Commons images can be freely used.
  • You can add headings by putting them in ==double square equal signs== and ===subheadings are similar===
    • This then means that you can edit one section of an article while someone else edits another part of the same page.
  • To add a reference first check that {{reflist}} is at the end of the article.
    • Then add your reference <ref>[The webpage you are citing a description & retrieved today's date]</ref>
  • If you find unreferenced information on Wikipedia that you consider dubious or unlikely, first try to reference it with a search on the internet. If you know it is wrong correct it, if you can't find a source then adding {{fact}} adds the (in)famous "citation needed". If you come back in a week or two and find that no one has referenced the information, feel free to remove it.
  • Help:Cheatsheet for the real basics
  • Help:Wiki markup has everything from hieroglyphs to mathematical notation
  • How to write a great article

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I hope you enjoy the session and come back to Wikipedia again! Edwardx (talk) 23:13, 2 March 2015 (UTC)Reply