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Welcome to Wikipedia!
HelloIP user.Welcometo Wikipedia and thank you foryour contributions!

I'mPaine Ellsworth,one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. Although you're free to perform most tasks on Wikipedia without registering, it's highly recommended youcreate an accountas there aremany added benefits.It's private and secure and it's also free, simple, and quick to do.

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
Somecommon senseDos and Don'ts:
Dobe bold
Doassume good faith
Dobe civil
Dokeep cool!
Domaintain a neutral point of view
Don'tspam
Don'tinfringe copyright
Don'tedit where you have a conflict of interest
Don't commitvandalism
Don'tget blocked
If you need further help, you can:
Ask a question
or you can:
Get help at the Teahouse
or even:
Ask an experienced editor to "adopt" you

Alternatively, leave me a message atmy talk pageor type{{Help me}}here on your talk page and someone will try to help.

There are many ways you cancontribute to Wikipedia.Here are a few ideas:
Fight vandalism
Be aWikiFairyor aWikiGnome
Helpcontributeto articles
Perform maintenance tasks
Become a member of a projectthat interests you
Helpdesignnewtemplates
SubscribeandcontributetoThe Signpost
Translatearticles fromWikipedias in other languages

To get some practice editing you canuse a sandbox.If you register an account, you cancreate your own personal sandboxfor use any time. It's perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you could put a link to it on your user page.

Please remember to:

  • Alwayssign your postson talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on thebutton on theedit toolbaror by typing fourtildes~~~~at the end of your post. This will automatically insert yourIP addresslinked toyour contributions page(however, if you create an account, your IP address will be hidden and you will be able to build a custom signature that can link to your own user page), a link to this IP's talk page, and atimestamp.
  • Leave descriptiveedit summariesfor your edits. Doing so helps other editors understand what changes you have made and why you made them.
The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget tohave some fun!

Sincerely,P.I. Ellsworth ,ed.put'er there(Leave me a message)07:14, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]