User talk:Kaythekay

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[edit] Re: Help! New user freaking out!

Hi there,

I'm completely new to Wikipedia and have been browsing many of the welcome-new-users/policies/general-info/copyright pages the last couple of.. hours - and, argh! Ok, I was checking out the images listed here: WP:CP.. and argghh, when I was looking at this page: contribution that possibly violates copyright (yes, I still need to learn how to include a link to an image without including the image itself!!), I accidentally clicked on the 'rev' link!

I'm panicking now, because I'm new and didn't mean to click there (but I know that clicking the link was wrong) and ahhh!!! :// Okay, I just wanted to let you know about it since you reported the copyright violation. I'll go now and see if I can revert it back.. to how it was.. before I clicked on it. (But eeeep, what about that three reverts rule?! Ahh, what if I'm too stupid to figure it out before I violate that one?! *panics some more*)

--Kaythekay 12:19, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Uhhhmm, I don't dare do anything now, because I'm not sure how to revert it back to how it was before!

(Because I added a comment right after I'd clicked on the link! Would I have to click on the other 'rev' link - the one next to the user's second edit - to revert everything back?! Heeelp! And sorry for bothering you with this all, I just don't want to make even more mistakes! :/)

--Kaythekay 13:16, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, to revert back you click on the "rev" link just before the top edit (in this case, it's on the user's second upload). I've just done that (and I agree that it's confusing and not intuitive). To link to an image without displaying it (and to link to a category without adding the page to it), simply add an extra colon before the link, like this one: Image:Profit&Loss.jpeg. --cesarb 15:35, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

By the way, welcome to Wikipedia! --cesarb 15:40, 2 July 2006 (UTC)