Welcome and introduction

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Hi, Gregr914. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person by golly! And this real person (that would be me), wants to say welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've made an account! Thanks for joining; you're on your way to making some great contributions.

Because I've noticed you've just joined, I wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. Any questions are fine, nothing is too silly (we've heard them all). Now, the tips below - hop on them - they should help you begin editing. Best of luck! JoeSmack Talk 16:09, 28 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

 
Yessss! You made an account! Totally sweet!
  • Anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people. Besides that, you shouldn't feel nervous or anything about a good-willed contribution. If you're concerned, talk to us.
  • When you're ready, start your first article using the Article Wizard. You don't HAVE to use it, but for your first article it really helps. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references. If you'd like more guidance, you guessed it, talk to us.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page. (You'll want to sign your name with these four tildes ~~~~ when you leave something on a talk page to help know who you are!)

Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

--JoeSmack Talk 16:09, 28 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

P.S. If you just feel like poking around, Wikipedia:Help is a good place to start. :)

Elvis Costello

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Greg, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a blog for the insertion of whimsical trivia and unsourced comments. Please read Wikipedia:Five pillars before editing further. Thank you,

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:03, 5 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

November 2009

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Joe Jackson (musician), did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot.

  • Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Note that human editors do monitor recent changes to Wikipedia articles, and administrators have the ability to block users from editing if they repeatedly engage in vandalism.
  • Cluebot produces very few false positives, but it does happen. If you believe the change you made should not have been detected as unconstructive, please report it here, remove this warning from your talk page, and then make the edit again.
  • The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Joe Jackson (musician) was changed by Gregr914 (u) (t) making a minor change adding "!!!" on 2009-11-06T20:03:17+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 20:03, 6 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Joe Jackson (musician). Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. NorwegianBlue talk 20:06, 6 November 2009 (UTC)Reply