SmarterThanILook
Joined 4 March 2012
Latest comment: 12 years ago by Brendon111 in topic Welcome
Welcome
editHello SmarterThanILook: Welcome to the English version of Wikipedia | |||
Thanks to you for your active participation in this project. We hope that you will stay to contribute more and that you will continue to find the collaboration process enjoyable. | |||
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that began in 2001 and is free for anyone to use and edit under certain guidelines and principles that all users should understand and adhere to. These principles and guidelines are listed below. Click on the link next to the images for more information. | |||
The five pillars of Wikipedia. The fundamental principles of the project. |
Help. How to get help. | ||
Tutorial. This tutorial is a basic guide to editing. |
Your user pages and your sandbox. How to experiment and edit in your user space. | ||
Mentoring program. Request help in your first steps of editing. |
How to start a page. Help on creating your first article. | ||
Things to avoid. How to avoid common errors and mistakes. |
Style Guide. How to write in an acceptable style. | ||
Main policies of Wikipedia. Wikipedia's main policies and guidelines. |
Frequently asked questions. Some common questions and their answers. | ||
Help Desk. Here you can ask other editors for assistance |
Quick reference. A handy quick reference guide for editing Wiki. | ||
This is your Talk page where you can receive messages from other Wikipedians and discuss things with them. At the end of your messages you should always enter your signature by signing with four ~~~~ or by pressing the button in the editor shown here in the picture. By the way, it is not necessary to sign edits that you make in the articles themselves as those messages will be deleted. My name is Brendon. If you have any questions or face any initial hurdles, post {{helpme|your question}} on your talk page (this page), someone will quickly come up and attend to your query. And also, feel free to contact me on my talk page and I will do what I can to assist. Good Luck Editing!
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