User talk:Wilbarp

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Hello, Wilbarp! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! FlowerpotmaN·(t) 21:49, 11 January 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] Hi... welcome etc...

And if you need help on the reference formatting on the Oregan Hoskins aerticle, give me a shout. I did a sample reference format on the Reuters new story citation. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 21:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply to your message (and sorry about the delay)

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. (Had a technical problem with my computer which left me with out the Internet for a day.) OK, the "m" means that it is a minor edit. When you are submitting a change, you might see the "Mark edit as minor" box beside the Save page button. Normally (and in my case, only when I remember to click the box) edits that don't really change the article content significantly - for example fixing a spelling mistake or adding a link to another article - can be marked minor. It doesn't really make too much difference if you mark it as minor or not, but if you look at the recent changes page, there is an option to hide minor edits so they won't be shown.

The number shown shows how many characters have been added or subtracted from the article: how big the edit is and if it is adding or taking away from the article. A big number would attract attention on the recent changes page as it is sometimes a sign of vandalism.

Hope that helps. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 01:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)