User talk:EldoraLuthiena

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[edit] Adoption and Welcome

'Ello!

I'm kinda-sorta new here... okay, actually, I'm VERY new here. XD I was just wondering if you would mind adopting me... Thankies!

Ta! Huzzah for Haldir! Davy Jones is Sexy! :D 02:27, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello EldoraLuthiena! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! CattleGirl talk | sign! 02:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Hi and welcome! Sure I'll adopt you, no problems. I noticed you haven't been given the official welcome, so I'll give it to you now, above- it's got some good links and tips in it. Most of what you need to get started is in there, and I found it helped a lot. It's probably a good idea to read what's relevant to what you'd be doing- the Getting Started section's good to look at, and there's a lot on editing in the Policies and Guidelines section that will help you. Other than that, it's best to just make your way around with Things to Do- it's the best way to gain experience.

Out of interest, what articles are you interested in?

Are there any questions you have now? If you need any help, feel free to ask me anything.

Again, welcome! CattleGirl ^{talk | sign!} 02:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome. ^.^

The articles that I'm interested the most in are those about Gothic Metal/Opera Metal bands. Other ones I'm interested in are those on mythology.

Any tips on how to create a new article would be helpful. :D

Ta! Huzzah for Haldir! Davy Jones is Sexy! :D 02:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome!

Gothic and opera metal... I'm into alternative rock and alternative metal myself, but it's nice to see more editors interested in the music articles.

Any tips? The main thing I try to do is to try to keep a formal tone, and try to stay neutral- it's quite easy to just talk about one area when the article is about something in the world, or to overly praise something when you're writing. There's not really any strict rules on Wikipedia, but just guidelines- you should be able to find most things on the Wikipedia:Five pillars page.

If you want to ask a question or some advice, either ask me on my talk page, or you can ask at the New Contributors' Help Page, or the Help Desk.

I hope this helped you, if not, feel free to ask me anything. Cheers, and Happy Editing- CattleGirl ^{talk | sign!} 08:12, 19 January 2007 (UTC)