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Welcome to Wikipedia

When I first got my userid, someone left me this list:

• Welcome is a good place to start.
• Wikipedia:Tutorial runs through all the basics.
• Wikipedia:How does one edit a page gives editing help.
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style gives formatting info.
• Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines tell about the principles we operate on. It's important, but don't try to read it all now.
• Wikipedia:Help covers a broad range of useful topics.
• Wikipedia:Help desk is a place to ask questions.
• Wikipedia:Show preview explains how to double-check your edits before saving.

I can't say I read everything, but Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines is a good place to start before doing too many edits. Then check out Wikipedia:Manual of Style. A very good way to get controversial information across without getting reverted is to write in the talk page and get a discussion going. Sometimes you can convince enough people, and sometimes you may get convinced. But its a lot more satisfying than getting clobbered by other editors in the articles, or worse, getting blocked. Good luck! Oh... and sign your posts in the talk pages using "~~~~" --tess (talk) 17:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Year of the Mouse

For starters, I think you can copy what you just wrote me and put it in the Talk: Rat (zodiac) page and see what kind of response you get. I think its a good argument for Mouse. That's where most people would look and read. --tessc (talk) 23:07, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh... and list the webpage(s) where you found the discussion/quote, that would be even more helpful. People can then go and read it themselves. --tessc (talk) 23:10, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I started a new section in Talk: Rat (zodiac)#"Year of the Rat" vs. "Year of the Mouse". Feel free to add your comments there. --tessc (talk) 00:17, 12 February 2008 (UTC)