User talk:Fuzzyonion

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[edit] Welcome to the Wikipedia

Welcome, newcomer!

Here are some useful tips to ease you into the Wikipedia experience:

• First, take a look at the Wikipedia Tutorial, and perhaps dabble a bit in the test area.
• When you have some free time, take a look at the Manual of Style and Policies and Guidelines. They can come in very handy!
• Remember to use a neutral point of view!
• If you need any help, feel free to post a question at the Help Desk
• Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun!

Also, here are some odds and ends that I find useful from time to time:

• Wikipedia:Policy Library
• Wikipedia:Utilities
• Wikipedia:Cite your sources
• Wikipedia:Verifiability
• Wikipedia:Wikiquette
• Wikipedia:Civility
• Wikipedia:Conflict resolution
• Wikipedia:Brilliant prose
• Wikipedia:Pages needing attention
• Wikipedia:Peer review
• Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense
• Wikipedia:Village pump
• Wikipedia:Boilerplate text

Feel free to ask me anything the links and talk pages don't answer. You can most easily reach me by posting on my talk page.

You can sign your name on any page by typing 4 tildes, likes this: ~~~~.

Best of luck, and have fun!

ClockworkTroll 17:35, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia and Sources

I just thought I'd let you know I read your comments on sources and Wikipedia on the BYU Talk page. I agree completely with them.

Wikipedia has the chance to be a very useful thing because so many people know so much stuff (I mean, that's why I made an account — I saw a page where I knew I could make a real contribution), but as long as it's all fairly anonymous and relatively void of sources and citations, it won't be taken seriously.

As one who is still in college (finishing up next week — finally!), I know the way a professor of mine reacted when a fellow student once asked about using Wikipedia as a source in a paper, and I don't think such reactions are limited to professors or academics only.

Oh well, it's kind of a fun little hobby for now.