User talk:BigGuyC
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[edit] Welcome Notes!
Welcome, BigGuyC, to Wikipedia, the greatest encyclopedia on Earth! You seem to be off to a good start. Hopefully you will soon join the vast army of Wikipediholics! You may wish to review the welcome page, tutorial, and stylebook, as well as the avoiding common mistakes and Wikipedia is not pages. The Wikipedia directory is also quite useful.
By the way, an important tip: To sign comments on talk pages, simply type four tildes, like this: ~~~~. This will automagically add your name and the time after your comments.
To basically understand the principles and rules governing Wikipedia, you should take a look the Five Pillars that underlie all rules here.
Finally, here are some jobs that you can work on in your spare time:
Here are some tasks you can do:
- Wikify: Mor-Taxan, General Placido Vega y Daza, Timothy Morss, Backlog...
- Cleanup: Special:Whatlinkshere/Category:Cleanup from July 2005, Albany Movement, Special:Search/Cleanup from July 2005, Backlog...
- Stubs: Roy A. Tucker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province), Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, Spectral class, Sportscaster, Krško, More...
- Verify: Hipster (1990s subculture), Banu (Arabic), IMBEWU, Al Sharpton, Excitatism, Suzlon Energy, Backlog...
- Update: List of United States House committees, Non-Manufacturing Business Activity Index, Armenian Power, SIDPERS, AmBX, More...
- Neutrality: Iraqi Security Forces, Kristin Nelson, Adam Beattie, Bobby Bland, Martha Chávez, Jewish Bolshevism, VKB, Backlog...
- Copyedit: Kandahar, Pearse Jordan, History of Baku, Aziz Abdul Naji, Chocolate City Records, Teachings of Falun Gong, More...
- Merge: Steady state theory, Faculty of Forestry and Geomatics of Université Laval, Univision.com, Military of Iraq, Pi, Backlog...
- Style: Sarkar (film), Sting and Lex Luger, Newsbreak Magazine, Production logo, Peer exchange, More...
- Expand: Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple, The Curse of Yig (short story), Erotica, Harivamsa, More...
- Requests: Lam ploen, Amenable set, Literature by region, Top-coded, Nattura, Bidding function, Transient evidence More...
- Mediation Cabal: Robert Gray, Joie de Vivre, anarchy battlefield, Almeda University, Global warming, More...
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Cleanup backlogs - Review recent overhauls - Active fixup projects - Maintenance projects - Maintenance COTW: be merged
Bratschetalk random 23:41, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Bigguy, nice to see that you're returning to the States. Before you start editing away, maybe starting at some of the open tasks I posted above, you should now just a few rules:
- First, Be Bold! This is a wiki, so anything that you edit or change can be reversed. If you notice a mistake in an article, or something that you think should be changed, go ahead and click "edit this page."
- However, remember to keep a neutral point of view while writing
- When it comes to people on this 'pedia, sometimes things can get a little hot. (I speak from experience :). When that happens, you just stay cool and abide by the rules, most importantly the three revert rule. Also remember never to stoop to the level of making personal attacks.
- A simplified version of this can be found here and here, and is all based on this.
Sorry to drown you in rules, but I know if someone told me about all of this when I started, things would have turned out a little bit easier.
I suggest dropping by the Wikipedia tutorial to learn the ropes. If you have any other questions, comments, or any other problems, just contact me on my talk page. Have fun, and happy Wikiing!
