User talk:Jacobhodgen

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Welcome!

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

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username 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! -Razorflame (talk) 08:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your helpdesk question: "Why is there a padlock?"

You wrote:

I'm new to this and have just created the page The Gift of Fear as an attempt to familiarize myself with Wikipedia formatting. However, after adding some links to my source a padlock has appeared next to the link. What is this, and is it bad? I apologize if this is common knowledge or if I have made a mistake; I have looked through all of the tutorials I could find and was unable to find any information about this. Also, if anyone happens to spot any other errors in the page, if you could explain why they are errors to me--as opposed to merely correcting them--so I can learn how this system better works I would be appreciative. I am not sure if I will be able to find my back here to check to see if anyone has commented on this file, my email address is ------ and I would appreciate any mentoring the community feels inclined to offer. Thanks. Jacob Hodgen 23:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

And I have replied - I'm copying it here for your ease of reference.

Hello, Jacob. I have removed your email address to avoid you being hit by spam. The padlock symbol denotes that the web address is to a secure connection (see the article at https). There's nothing to worry about. I don't have time to look at the rest of the page for suggestions, I'm afraid, but hopefully somebody else will soon. Regards, BencherliteTalk

Let me know if there's anything else I can help you with. BencherliteTalk 23:29, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Image:WikiThanks.png Good work on The Gift of Fear. Here is a reward, in flower form. :) Prodego talk 01:06, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy to help. Incidentally, it's a good idea to get into the habit of signing messages that you leave on talk pages, so that people can see who said what and when. All you need to do is add ~~~~ at the end of your message, and it gets turned into your account name with date/time stamp, like this: BencherliteTalk 11:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)