Groovydude777

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Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia! I saw that you have expressed an interest in being adopted by an experienced editor. Being an experienced editor myself, I accepted your request. Whether you want to learn about wiki markup, find something to do, or just talk to somebody, I'm the person to see about it - just leave a message on my talk page. Remember, I am willing to help you and make your time here more enjoyable. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, and remember to "be BOLD!"- I'm here to help you; no question is a stupid one. In the mean time, here are some pages that you might find helpful, in case you haven't already gotten the official welcoming:

• What adoption is all about and how it will affect you.
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• Tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome, and I hope that you accept my offer!
- hmwithtalk 10:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Yay! You're actually my first adoptee, so I'm very excited. I see that you love userboxes. I do too (see my userbox page). I also really like your taste in music.

When I first joined Wikipedia, the things that I had the most trouble with were citing references correctly, knowing what is and what is not "fair use" for non-free images, and remembering to use edit summaries.

If you have any questions about any of these topics or anything else, feel free to ask me, as I'll be sure to help right away, because I'm usually on Wikipedia every few hours (I'm pretty addicted).

I'm glad that you decided to join the Wikipedia community, and I look forward to checking out your contributions. - hmwithtalk 17:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Before making an edit

It's never mandatory to do anything before you make an edit. If it's a minor edit, such as a typo, change in wording, or a grammar fix, just make the changes. As with larger edits, you can always be bold in making changes, as long as they have a neutral point of view and are in good faith, but it's advised that if you are making an extensive edit, such as completely rewriting a page, or the edit something on a controversial topic, it should usually be discussed on the talk page of the article, asking if anyone agree or objects to your proposition. - hmwithtalk 17:20, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Talk

Well, that's a good thing... because so do I. Out have curiosity, do you mind if I ask the country in which you live? - hmwithtalk 17:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Same (Ohio). - hmwithtalk 18:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Years ago, I noticed that Wikipedia would always come up as one of the first search results while doing research for projects. I eventually began to use it as my primary source in many papers, began making edits to the site, then, finally, made an account a few months ago. And you? - hmwithtalk 18:40, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Basically the same. I forgot the exact situation since it's been so long ago. But i've been on it alot. I normally don't spend this much time on a computer but I like learning alot of stuff. Anyway, I created an account very recently only because I just didn't know if there were going to be any benefits from joining a site like this, but after a while I gained an affinity for it. then I learned that I didn't have to start on Wikipedia alone, I could get adopted. so i joined... and bam! A day later, I'm adopted. - Groovydude777 18:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

How are things coming along? I see that you've been making use of the Sandbox, which is a very useful space. If you want, you can actually create your own sandbox at User:Groovydude777/sandbox, so your edits will not be messed up by others or if you don't want something to be as public. I did that, as I usually test major rewrites and create new article there first, then copy/paste the text into the article. That can't be done in the main sandbox, because your edits will be deleted/changed in a few minutes. - hmwithtalk 04:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Block

Oh, no, I see there have been some issues with you being blocked. What is going on? I wish I could help. If you follow these directions, I believe that everything should be okay, although I'm not quite sure why you were blocked in the first place. I hope it clears up quickly. - hmwithtalk 04:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

{{helpme}}

What is your question? Regards - Flowing Water 16:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Just write down the reason why you should be unblocked {{unblock-auto|...}} in the temp and an Admin would come and unblock you..Cheers..----Cometstyles 16:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

How would you go about making a personal Sandbox?- Groovydude777 16:31, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

your personal sandbox.. User:Groovydude777/sandbox..----Cometstyles 16:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Response (& personal sandbox)

Oh, okay. Well, I'm glad everything is alright. Click this red link: User:Groovydude777/sandbox, and put anything in the textbox as if you were editing an article, and save it. There, it's created. It's actually that easy. That's how you create all new pages on Wikipedia, actually. - hmwithtalk 16:37, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

That's what I'm here for! - hmwithtalk 16:51, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Updates

Hi! I see that you've made some colorful changes to your userpage. I like them. You seem to be getting a hang of Wikipedia coding. Hope everything is going well, and let me know if you need any help for codes or anything else. Happy Wikying! - hmwithtalk 16:07, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

You're doing a great job helping to revert vandalism. It's a huge problem here, as you can see, and we need more editors like you. Thanks, and keep up the great work! - hmwithtalk 16:31, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

a) I like your signature.

b) Thanks for signing my page!

- hmwithtalk 19:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:Bah!!!

This user does not follow the flock

Monkeyblue 11:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Groovydude777 13:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Re:sig

Go to "my preferences" (up top, to the right of "my talk", and the left of "my watchlist". There is a box next to "Signature". You enter whatever you want to be your signature there. I would test around a lot in your sandbox to make sure what you like. If you put the link in the signature yourself, click "Raw signature". If not, don't click that. Hope this helps! - hmwithtalk

Re:Questions

It's nice to hear from you!

(A) To make a custom signature, yes, you must use html. It controls the font type, color, size, background, etc. For a basic signature, I'd use:

<font face="FONT"><span style="color:#COLORCODE;">SIGNATURE</span></font>

If you want the links to stay a certain color (instead of the default link color), use:

<font face="FONT">[[User:Groovydude777|<span style="color:#COLORCODE;">Groovydude777</span>]]</font>

You seem to have gotten your signature working pretty well. What else would you like to change about it? I'll be more than willing to help. I became a master at html after being addicted to MySpace a few years ago (passed that now, however). Tip: You may already know this, but, for more color choices, follow this link to use "html color codes". For example, instead of having <font color="blue">, you could use <font color=#0276FD> or another variation of blue. Let me know with what exactly you would like help!

(B) An abusive administrator is, in my words, an administrator who abuses his/her power, by doing things such as putting down or take advantage of other editors, giving out unwarranted blocks/deletions, or otherwise interfering with the Wikipedian processes.

I hope all of this helps. Feel free to contact me again, especially about the html. - hmwithtalk 00:37, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Wait! I know with what you probably had trouble. Make sure that you close all tags that you open. If you have 3 <span>'s in your sig, make sure that you have 3 </span>'s, as well. hmwithtalk 15:55, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello

(a) I enjoyed your "about" page. I always find them very interesting.

(b) You must really love (or like?) your girlfriend, as that's very nice what you said.

(c) If you would like an easier way to revert/rollback vandalism and warn the vandalism, I highly recommend Twinkle, which I recently started using. It makes it so much easier! If you would like to try it, copy the text found in User:Hmwith/monobook.js, and paste it into your your monobook.js file.

(d) Let me know if you have any further questions.

Cheers! hmwithtalk 21:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The only difference I see if that I have a space before the very first line of my script, and you don't. Do you not see extra tabs after the "history" and "move" tabs on top of articles? hmwithtalk 14:49, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

What browser do you use? hmwithtalk 15:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Ooooooooh! I doesn't work on IE. Nevermind, sorry! hmwithtalk 15:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Get Firefox! I had always used IE, and refused to use anything else, until IE7 came out. I tried Firefox, got addicted, and now, there is nothing else I can stand. hmwithtalk 15:09, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

No scripts work for IE at all, since it's designed so you can use scripts on it, so you'd have to use a new browser or AmiDaniel/VandalProof, which is actually a browser in itself. Sorry! hmwithtalk 15:19, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Exams

Good luck with exams! hmwith^[?] 23:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Quixotic plea

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Wikipediholism test. Thanks. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 06:20, 23 May 2015 (UTC)