User talk:Harry Mudd

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[edit] Welcome!

Hi, Harry Mudd, Welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope you like this place — I sure do — and want to stay. Before getting too in-depth, you may want to read about the five pillars of Wikipedia. If you need help on how to title new articles check out the naming conventions, and for help on formatting the pages visit the manual of style. If you need help look at Wikipedia:Help and the FAQ , plus if you can't find your answer there, check the Village Pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the Reference Desk (for general questions)! There's still more help at the Tutorial and Policy Library. Plus, don't forget to visit the Community Portal. And if you have any more questions after that, feel free to post them on my user talk page.

[edit] Additional tips

Here's some extra tips to help you get around in the 'pedia!

  • If you want to play around with your new Wiki skills the Sandbox is for you.
  • You can sign your name using three tildes (~). If you use four, you can add a datestamp too.
  • You may want to add yourself to the new user log.
  • If you ever think a page or image should be deleted, please list it at the votes for deletion page. There is also a votes for undeletion page if you want to retrieve something that you think should not have been deleted.
  • If you're still entirely confused, or would like to get a better grasp of your wikipedia skills, and you have an IRC client (or don't mind getting one), check out the Bootcamp. It's not what it sounds like, but it is fun and can help you with your editing skills.
  • If you're bored and want to find something to do, try the Random page button in the sidebar, or check out the Open Task message in the Community Portal.

[edit] Happy Wiki-ing.

Link 04:03, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Signing talk-page postings

Thank you for your contributions to James Randi and its talk page. I noticed, however, that you are signing your talk-page postings with a manually-crafted name and untimestamped date. As mentioned in the welcome message above (under "Additional tips"), the best way to sign a talk-page posting is by using 4 tildes (~~~~), which the wiki editor will automatically convert to your username (with a link to your user page) and a UTC date/timestamp (which marks the time unambiguously, very important for active discussions). You can also use 3 tildes for just your username, or 5 tildes for just the date/timestamp. But the 4-tilde system is by far the most common and most useful. This may sound unnecessary, but you might be surprised how often people will forge plain-text signatures and timestamps. Using the automatic system gives a much more secure feeling (although not infallible) that the poster is who they say they are, and that the posting time is accurate.

You can also customize this 4-tilde automatic signature in your preferences settings (the link at the top of all wiki pages, just to the right of "my talk"). In the user profile tab, the box marked "Nickname" is what will be displayed with your user page link. You can also create more sophisticated signatures, including custom links, if you also select "Raw signature". For example, my signature (as shown below) is generated with the following text in my "Nickname" box:

[[User:Jeffq|Jeff Q]] [[User talk:Jeffq|(talk)]]

This provides (A) a user page link with my nickname "Jeff Q"; (B) a user talk-page link with the text "(talk)"; and (C) a non-breaking space so my signature won't be split between 2 lines. You can examine the raw text of many talk pages to see the incredible variety of these customizations as well. You can also get more information about this at Help:Preferences#Your nickname. I hope you find this information useful. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for the info, lets try it

Harry Mudd 02:23, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, it works (on preview)

[edit] Survey Invitation

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