TwilaStar

Hi TwilaStar, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions to the coolest online encyclopedia I know of =). I sure hope you stick around; we're always in need of more people to create new articles and improve the ones we already have. You'll probably find it easiest to start with a tutorial of how the wikipedia works, and you can test stuff for yourself in the sandbox. When you're contributing, you'll probably find the manual of style to be helpful, and you'll also want to remember a couple important guidelines. First, write from a neutral point of view, second, be bold in editing pages, and third, use wikiquette. Those are probably the most important ones, and you can take a look at some others at the policies and guidelines page. You might also be interested in how to write a great article and possibly adding some images to your articles.

Be sure to get involved in the community – you can contact me at my talk page if you have any questions, and you can check out the village pump, where lots of wikipedians hang out and discuss things. If you're looking for something to do, check out the community portal. And whenever you ask a question or post something on a talk page, be sure to sign your name by typing ~~~~.

Again, welcome! It's great to have you. Happy editing! --Spangineer (háblame) 19:35, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

West Virginia Candidate for US Collaboration of the Week

Hey Twila, I've added West Virginia's main article to the list of candidates for US Collaboration of the Week. The article is in much need of reorganization and lacks a lot of information. I was hoping that with some extra exposure and some wiki teamwork we can get the article up to par with other U.S. state articles. Please voice your comments and vote at the US Collaboration page. Thanks! --Caponer 03:19, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

US Collaboration of the month

You have voted for [[{{{1}}}]] on the USCOTM. It was selected to be this months's collaboration. You are invited to help to contribute in order to improve [[{{{1}}}]] in any way possible.

Cmadler 14:29, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

welcome

Actually, you're one of the lucky ones to get a welcome within a day of your first edit—some people I've welcomed have been around for a year without ever having someone welcome them. With so many people creating accounts, it's tough to keep track of them all, especially when so many of them don't stay for very long. So anyway, I'm glad you're back; hope to see you around soon, and good luck with the West Virginia article! --Spangineer (háblame) 17:48, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Collabo

West Virginia is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week.

West Virginia is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week.

I love your use of the U.S. Collabo bar...it's a shame that more contributors aren't clicking on it to help the five or six of us that are dedicated to making West Virginia a decent article. --Caponer 01:46, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

West Virginia is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week.

West Virginia is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week.

Do what I can

I'll add some and clarify what I can to West Virginia. Thanks for the invite!--MONGO 05:25, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

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Image Tagging Image:Us-va-ar.gif

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AID

-Litefantastic 00:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

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Image:Acseal.gif listed for deletion

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Survey

Hi Twila!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

Just click this link to participate in this survey, via Google!

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. Also, feel free to share this any other female Wikimedians you may know. It is in English, but any language Wikimedia participants are encouraged to participate. I appreciate your contributions - to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 20:25, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!

Hi TwilaStar! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can participate! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 23:46, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Geologic Map of West Virginia.jpg

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