User talk:No Longer Wikipedian/Archive 1

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Contents 1 Welcome to Wikipedia 2 Welcome to Wikipedia! 3 Re:Advice, ideas 4 Re: Impressive 5 {db-owner}

Welcome to Wikipedia

I would like to know how you made the cool signature. Second I am new to Wikipedia, and would love some advice.

Thanks, King of Anonymity 00:42, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. What's up?

You asked how I created my signature. You can see how any signature is created by clicking on "edit this page" at the top of the screen and looking at the wikicode for a particular signature. Most users with fancy signatures configure their accounts to place their custom signature automatically by filling in the signature box in my preferences with their sig's wikicode and by clicking the raw signature box. Then, whenever they place 4 tildes in a message, it is automatically replaced with their custom signature. Unfortunately the sig box is buggy, and not all signatures work in it. The version of my sig which requires the least amount of wikicode doesn't work in the sig box. So I have my signature programmed as a macro, and to insert it wherever the text cursor is I simply press a certain function key on my keyboard. Viola! I use Macro Express, but a popular free open source macro program that probably works just as good is AutoHotkey.

You asked for advice. Before I can give you meaningful advice, I need to know what encyclopedic subjects and issues you are most interested in, what your strongest areas of knowledge are, and what your Wikipedia goals are.  The Transhumanist   01:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I guess the best way to describe my issues and interests, is a powerbroker kind of outlook. Poltics, Financiers, Corporate power, etc. I also love Medieval History. I have already joined CVU, Typo, and a few other projects. My wikipedian goal, to be the best contributor I can be.

P.S. Thanks for the info on signatures.

Regards, King of Anonymity

Interesting coincedence. I just created the List of basic medieval history topics. Perhaps you could take a look at it and fill in what I missed. The collection of Lists of basic topics is a set of "cheat sheets" on major subject areas, and a good starting point for anybody interested in a particular area. The List of basic political science topics and the List of basic finance topics are incomplete, and could sure use your help -- and we don't even have a List of basic corporation topics yet.

The two most important aspects of any encyclopedia are its content and access to that content. Therefore, the two most central activities of encyclopedia development are providing content, and creating access tools (essentially tables of contents and indices) to assist study of the material. In short, authoring and indexing. Content contribution is proceeding forward at a dizzying pace, and the indexing just isn't keeping up with it. So your help would be greatly appreciated on the Wikipedia:Contents project, of which the Lists of basic topics is a part. The main pages in the contents project include:

Toward general improvement of Wikipedia skills I host a couple of pages with that goal in mind, called the Virtual classroom and Tools. To keep track of what's going on in the VC, you can place the following announcement box at the top of your talk page, or on your user page:

Virtual classroom lessons 6. Yuser, on fighting linkspam 5. Learning the ropes 4. Elaragirl, about deletion and deletionism 3. The Rambling Man, on vandalism 2. Grutness's guide to stubbing 1. Compare your user interfaces with what others use 0. Coaching section - active training-in-progress -  Miscellaneous questions and comments - anything goes  .  .  .

We just started the discussion on deletion, but all of the discussions are open-ended, so feel free to participate in any or all of them. Since you are into power, and are a likely candidate for being or becoming a power user, you may find the sections on user interfaces particularly interesting. Please tell the class (and me) what interfaces you use.

Other pages that may help you get up to speed on Wikipedia quickly are Wikipedia:Tip of the day and its library {Wikipedia:tips)), the Wikipedia:Department directory, and the WikiProject directory.

I hope to see you at Wikipedia:Contents and the various pages listed there. Thanks for becoming a Wikipedia volunteer, and remember... have fun.  The Transhumanist   23:49, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Dear King of Anonymity: Welcome to Wikipedia, a free and open-content encyclopedia. I hope you enjoy contributing. To help get you settled in, I thought you might find the following pages useful:

• Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• Community Portal
• Frequently Asked Questions
• How to edit a page
• How to revert to a previous version of a page
• Tutorial
• Copyrights
• Shortcuts

Don't worry too much about being perfect. Very few of us are! Just in case you are not perfect, click here to see how you can avoid making common mistakes.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

Wikipedians try to follow a strict policy of never biting new users. If you are unsure of how to do something, you are welcome to ask a more experienced user such as an administrator. One last bit of advice: please sign any discussion comment with four tildes (~~~~). The software will automatically convert this into your signature which can be altered in the "Preferences" tab at the top of the screen. I hope I have not overwhelmed you with information. If you need any help just let me know. Once again welcome to Wikipedia, and don't forget to tell us about yourself and be BOLD! Asterion^talk 14:42, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Re:Advice, ideas

The only advice I can think of right now is to add a link to your talk page in your signature. Most people right (talk). But other than that, everything looks great. icelandic hurricane #12 _(talk) 21:42, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Impressive

Thank you very much for your comments. I like to think that I try hard not to step on anyone's toes while still getting across whatever message needs delivering. I hope that you continue to contribute to the Project, and please don't hesitate to request my assistance. Cheers, Tewfik^Talk 19:30, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

{db-owner}

About placing the {db-owner} in order to get this page speedily deleted. Unfortunately, user talk pages are not deleted so people can come back and look at the discussions if they need to. Instead, you can archive.--Commander Keane 04:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)