User talk:Alchemistal
Add topicLatest comment: 2 months ago by Antonissimo in topic Welcome!
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Happy editing! Cheers, -- Reconrabbit (talk) 22:18, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
- I see! Thank you very much! I am very grateful.
- If I have further questions, may I ask? (I may have many questions, but I don't want to trouble you). Alchemistal (talk) 22:27, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
- Please do! Asking questions is a good way to learn. Making mistakes is another way. Choose whichever path you like. "Be bold" is an official guideline, after all. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 13:53, 18 June 2026 (UTC)
- I'd like to learn how to insert links into comments I leave on talk pages, like you have done. How do I tag other users? And how do I create a hyperlink/link to an article or page? For example: if I wanted to turn "this" into a blue text that linked to an example article or page, how would I go about doing it?
- Many thanks in advance! Alchemistal (talk) 10:24, 19 June 2026 (UTC)
- [[raccoon|trash panda]] makes a link that looks like this: trash panda. (If you omit the pipe | and what follows: raccoon.)
- To tag a user, several templates are available, including {{u|Alchemistal}}.
- You can learn much by examining the source. —Antonissimo (talk) 19:01, 19 June 2026 (UTC)
- Interesting! Thank you for your example, it's very helpful, and I'll begin to try things out in the sandbox soon. I'd like to learn more about how to examine the source. I'm aware of the visual editor, but I'd love to learn how to read and write in the source, the good old fashioned way.
- Please excuse my late reply; they may take several days sometimes, but they will come! I've been busy celebrating the solstice over the last few days.
- I'll look into the tutorials very soon. In the meantime, what are some of the best ways to learn the source? Are there any comprehensive tutorials or learning resources that you would recommend I use?
- Many thanks! Alchemistal (talk) 11:54, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
- There is probably a Preference for visual vs source. —Antonissimo (talk) 22:00, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
- Belatedly it occurs to me that you, by default, use the Visual editor which I, being an old fogey set in my ways, never learned. —Antonissimo (talk) 08:07, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
- Have you looked into the tutorial mentioned above? —Antonissimo (talk) 05:20, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
- Please do! Asking questions is a good way to learn. Making mistakes is another way. Choose whichever path you like. "Be bold" is an official guideline, after all. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 13:53, 18 June 2026 (UTC)