Bportis

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Hello, Bportis, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

I am Winged Blades of Godric. I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at my talk page – I'm always happy to help. Alternatively, type {{helpme}} here on your talk page, and someone will try to help.

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Resources

Finding your way around:

• Table of contents / Department directory

• The Wikipedia Adventure--an interactive tutorial orienting you with Wikipedia.

Need quick help?

• Cheatsheet – quick reference on Wikipedia's writing script.
• Wikipedia's 5 pillars – an overview of Wikipedia's founding principles.
• Frequently Asked Questions - see if it quenches your query:)

• The simplified ruleset – a summary of Wikipedia's most important rules.
• Resolving disputes - if the going gets tough!
• Request administrator attention - invoke the high and mighty:)

Let's get a bit more detailed

• Guide to Wikipedia – the epic manual.
•   How to edit a page
•   Simplified Manual of Style

•   How to develop an article
•   Help pages
•   What Wikipedia is not

How you can help:

• Community portal – a list of interesting things to do at Wikipedia.Find your area of expertise and indulge...
• Join a WikiProject--and seek your interests actively!

• Article wizard – a Wizard to help you create new articles
•   the definitive guide to create an article

Do's and Dont's

•   Do be bold
•   Do assume good faith
•   Do be civil
•   Do keep cool!
• Edit existing articles, before you make your own.
•   Do maintain a neutral point of view
• Do cite reliable sources
• Do build consensus when challenged

•   Don't do any original research
•   Don't spam and abstain from promoting anything.
•   Don't infringe copyright
•   Don't edit where you have a conflict of interest
•   Don't commit vandalism
•   Do not revert others blindly
•   Do not violate Biographies of living person policy
•   Do not create multiple accounts

If you need further help:   Ask a question

or you can:   Get accustomed

or you can:  get live help at IRC

or even:   Ask an experienced editor to "adopt" you

Final reminders

• Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The or button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
• If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.

Sincerely, Winged Blades^Godric 08:46, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Bportis, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing.

Handouts
Choosing an article to edit Editing an article • Add images to articles Citing sources on Wikipedia
Additional Resources
You can find answers to many student questions on our Q&A site, ask.wikiedu.org

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:02, 16 January 2018 (UTC)