StrixOtis21

Welcome!

Hello, StrixOtis21, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

• Introduction and Getting started
• Contributing to Wikipedia
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article
• Simplified Manual of Style

You may also want to complete the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Blythwood (talk) 23:48, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Link canvassing

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 03:39, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you insert a spam link, as you did at Moa. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines.-gadfium 01:41, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

You are still adding these links, and not responding to messages. I have given you a short block to get your attention. If you continue after this block expires, you may be blocked indefinitely.

You are welcome to add sourced material to articles, as you did at Red-billed gull, and nzbirdsonline is a source you might use, but adding it as an external link without improving the article is not appropriate.-gadfium 01:51, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Upcoming Wellington events

Just a note to let you know about some things coming up in Wellington you might be interested in.

• Saturday 22 June: Wellington Meetup, the first in a series of regular informal meetups for Wellington Wikipedia editors, organised by organised by Einebillion (Victoria Leachman) and Ambrosia10 (Siobhan Leachman). 10:00–12:00, net-work space, National Library.
• Sunday 7 July: Archives New Zealand Edit-a-thon, 10:30–3:00, Archives New Zealand, 10 Mulgrave St. BYO laptop, nibbles provided. There'll be a mix of brand-new and experienced editors working on the amazing Archives resources.
• Saturday 6 July: another Wellington Meetup, same time and place – these will ideally run fortnightly. Mark your calendar.

Cheers, Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 00:50, 21 June 2019 (UTC)