Jdmeyer111

Hello, Jdmeyer111, and 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 at the help desk, or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or or by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Worldbruce (talk) 01:05, 6 March 2016 (UTC) Getting started Introduction Contributing to Wikipedia The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Help directory Editing articles How to develop an article Simplified Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Our new user help forum, the Teahouse Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page Article Wizard – a Wizard to help you create articles How you can help Community Portal Join a WikiProject Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community

Wikilinking; correcting spelling

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Adding internal links to other Wikipedia articles can be helpful. There are, however, some things to bear in mind:

• Avoid linking common, generally understood terms.
• Only link terms if there's a high liklihood that a reader would better understand the source article if they read the target article.
• Many terms have multiple meanings, be sure to link the right one.
• Avoid linking words in section headings.

These and other considerations are more fully explained in the linking section of the Manual of Style.

As an example, readers of the English-language Wikipedia are highly likely to know enough about London and New York City to understand them in context. It's very unlikely that reading an entire article about New York City's history, geography, demographics, economy, culture, transportation, and government will enhance their understanding of an artist who lived or worked there. As another example, when linking poached, be sure to specify what type of poaching you mean - illegal hunting, cooking, or something else.

As you work, keep in mind that Wikipedia is written in all national varieties of English (although any given article should stick to a single variety). What may look like a spelling error may actually be the spelling in British, South African, Australian, or Canadian English. "Correcting" such a word to the American spelling is wrong. For example, outside of the US, the upper floors of buildings are spelt "storey". See the spelling section of the Manual of Style for more information. Thank you. Worldbruce (talk) 01:39, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

San Diego Wiknic

Saturday, July 9: San Diego Wiknic

You are invited to the San Diego Wiknic on Saturday, July 9, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Fanuel Street Park, a grassy park on the Mission Bay side of Pacific Beach. Join San Diego-area Wikimedians at the "picnic anyone can edit" as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the United States. Visit our event page for full details. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sign up today! We hope to see you there! --Worldbruce (talk · contribs) 16:04, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

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Thursday, August 4 San Diego Wiki-Dinner

Join us for an informal San Diego Wiki-Dinner meeting with visiting Wikipedians Rosiestep and Fuzheado, to get to know each other, and to help prepare for WikiConference North America in October 2016! --Pharos (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2016 (UTC)