User talk:76.21.56.217

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This IP address resolved to c-76-21-56-217.hsd1.ca.comcast.net as of 11 January 2008, 20:53 (UTC)

Howdy. I noticed that you are claiming to be Peter Beagle's business manager. In case you aren't aware already, I'd just like to point out a few links, which you should familiarise yourself with: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons is an important policy, and the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guideline applies in your case (See also Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance, which might be helpful).

I strongly recommend that you create a named account, to make it easier for us all to communicate (IP addresses can change). I'll leave a standard "welcome-anon" template below, which provides other useful links and tips. Hope that helps :) -- Quiddity (talk) 19:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


Welcome

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might like to see:

You are welcome to continue editing articles without logging in, but you may wish to create an account. Doing so is free, requires no personal information, and provides several benefits. If you edit without a username, your IP address (76.21.56.217) is used to identify you instead.

In any case, I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your comments on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your IP address (or username if you're logged in) and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! -- Quiddity (talk) 19:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply from Quiddity

Hi. Thanks for your feedback at User talk:Quiddity#Response to your message re Peter S. Beagle and THE LAST UNICORN. To answer each of your points:

Yes, wikipedia is phenomenally complex. This is a major hindrance to recruiting new participants, but it reflects the complexity of the sum of all human knowledge ;) Or more accurately, it reflects the different tools that different editors need&create at various times.

The Wikipedia:Administrators are somewhat 'in authority', but noone is paid, and wikipedia is essentially a collaboration of thousands of volunteers (each of whom add content in whatever way they each see fit (from article content, to policy, to tutorials, etc). See Wikipedia:Who writes Wikipedia for details). This also explains some of the inconsistencies (2.2million+ articles, but only a few thousand regular volunteer editors...).

You contacted me in the right way (although new messages go at the bottom, by convention). 'discussion' or 'talk' pages for the article or individual are the correct place to discuss things. There is also an "E-mail this user" link, on userpages, in the 'toolbox' of the left-hand column, though you need to have an account yourself, in order to use it.

Important bit: You can cite any Reliable sources, including newspapers, journals, etc, that don't have a webaddress. As long as they're an independent/neutral/trustworthy source of info, you can cite them.

I won't deluge you with any more info now, but I hope all that helps, and feel free to ask me anything else. I'm not an admin, but I know where to find most things around here! (Plus, I greatly enjoyed The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place!). Lastly, I do highly recommend getting a username (see benefits). Sincerely, -- Quiddity (talk) 19:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)