Kelzeegla

Welcome!

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10... 100... 200 Although some prefer welcoming new users with cookies, I find fruit to be a healthier alternative. Hello, Kelzeegla, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am Sam Sailor and I would like to thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Some pages of helpful information to get you started:   Introduction to Wikipedia   The five pillars of Wikipedia   Editing tutorial   How to edit a page   Simplified Manual of Style   The basics of Wikicode   How to develop an article   How to create an article   Help pages   What Wikipedia is not Some common sense Do's and Don'ts:   Do be bold   Do assume good faith   Do be civil   Do keep cool!   Do maintain a neutral point of view   Don't spam   Don't infringe copyright   Don't edit where you have a conflict of interest   Don't vandalize   Don't get blocked Fun and interesting pages Userpage guidelines Userbox directory Most visited articles Join a WikiProject Are you a Wikipediholic? The top editors The motto of the day Some really bad ideas... The department of fun! Wikisongs! Some new article ideas Some very odd articles... List of the newest users Barnstars! List of user rewards List of most vandalized pages Very frequently asked questions The founder of Wikipedia... The reward board (earn awards!) Get interesting articles to edit from SuggestBot Find out exactly how many edits you have! Visit a totally random page! Meet a random user! Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your signature, a link to this (your talk) page, and a timestamp. The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun! To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can create your own private sandbox for use any time. Perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put {{My sandbox}} on your user page. By the way, seeing as you haven't created a user page yet, simply click here to start it. There are many ways you can contribute to Wikipedia. Here are a few ideas:   Fight vandalism   Be a WikiFairy or a WikiGnome   Help contribute to articles   Perform maintenance tasks   Become a member of a project that interests you   Help design new templates If you need further help, you can:   Ask a question or even:   Ask an experienced editor to "adopt" you Alternatively, place {{helpme}} on your talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome,  and happy editing! This welcome message was sent by Sam Sailor Sing 23:44, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

November 2013

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), such as at Blind musicians, please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

1. Add four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment; or
2. With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button ( or ) located above the edit window.

This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.

Thank you. Sam Sailor ^Sing 23:49, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Blind musicians, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Sam Sailor ^Sing 22:24, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello Sam Sailor, thank you for your help to this total newbie. I am slowly learning more about being a contributor. Regarding the edit I did at Talk:Blind musicians, I had previously submitted a comment there which was no longer relevant (I had edited the main page to reflect my concern). The edit to the talk page was simply removing my own previous (and no longer relevant) comment. Is this also considered bad practice (editing or removing my own words)? Thanks for your advice.Kelzeegla (talk) 22:35, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi Kelzee. In a case like this it makes more sense to add an indentated comment that you posted the previous as IP editor and now have implemented the changes. That way other editors can see what has been going on. Try pasting this piece of text or mod it as you like:

:I posted the above as IP editor but have now made the changes I felt neccessary. Comments are welcome. ~~~~

We only rarely delete on talk pages, although we archive when needed. For the whole thing skim the Talk page guidelines. Anything I can do for you, just give me a call. Best, Sam Sailor ^Sing 22:53, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

 Oh, and pretty cool that you used the {{talkback}} template! Best, Sam Sailor ^Sing 22:58, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with... How does one change the TITLE of a wiki article? Specifically I am editing an article called 'The Barton Organ Company' which never actually existed. I want to change the title to 'The Bartola Musical Instrument Company' (the true name of the company) with 'The Barton Organ Company' being redirected to this page. I am a newby editor and I can't figure out how to do this. Thanks!

Kelzeegla (talk) 17:08, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

You can do that with the "Move" tab. If you can't see it, it may be lurking in a drop-down menu just to the left of the search box. Click on "Move", and fill in the new title. There is only one trap: in the left-hand box, make sure you choose "(Article)" from the menu, not "Wikipedia". A redirect from the old title will be created automatically. There is more information at WP:Moving a page. JohnCD (talk) 17:17, 16 August 2014 (UTC)