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Kitblake (talk) 05:43, 10 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Welcome messages!!

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Hi @Kitblake:! as you can see , I have posted several welcoming messages to your talk page, below. each of these have different numbers of links.

If you wish, you can simply use the welcome message that contains ten links to get yourself oriented. if you want, you can read the links and data in the other templates as well; alternately, if you don't wish to use them, that's totally okay, and you can delete them from your talk page if you wish to do so.

I hope that's helpful. feel free to let me know any questions, or if I can help. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 17:08, 12 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Wow, thanks @Sm8900:! I feel very welcomed :D

It's going to take me awhile to work thru these, in parallel to other, analog tasks. But it's nice to have such pointers because I know the questions will inevitably be forming. I'll ping you!
Kitblake (talk) 18:33, 12 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Welcome; from Teahouse!!

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A cup of hot tea to welcome you!

Hello, Kitblake, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or you can click here to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! We are so glad you are here! User:Sm8900 (talk) 18:50, 11 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

--Sm8900 (talk) 18:35, 11 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Hello, Kitblake, and Welcome to Wikipedia!    

Welcome to Wikipedia! 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 happy to help. Or, you can ask your question at the New contributors' help page.


Here are some more resources to help you as you explore and contribute to the world's largest encyclopedia...

Finding your way around:

Need help?

How you can help:

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Kitblake, good luck, and have fun. Sm8900 (talk) 17:04, 12 February 2020 (UTC)Reply
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Hello, Kitblake, 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 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 help you get started. Happy editing! Sm8900 (talk) 17:04, 12 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

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help message with sixty links
Hello, Kitblake! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking   or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing! Sm8900 (talk) 17:04, 12 February 2020 (UTC)Reply
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New help page

Hi kit! hope all's going well. guess what, I just gave you your very own copy of a major help page.

you can view it at this address: user:kitblake/help.

basically, adding a slash after your user page name allows you to create enw pages, as sub-pages of your own user page!! you can do this any time. in this case, I created a new page at the address above, then copied and pasted all of the code from the page Help:introduction into that page.

so now you have your very own copy of that page. there is no actual functional difference between the original page, and the copy here, of course. I simply copied the page over, just to illustrate to you some of the myriad things that can be done here at wikipedia, simply by utilizing your own user space, and copying over the code from particularly useful pages. I hope that is helpful. feel free to be in touch.

by the way, if you want, I can also put collapsible boxes around the different help messages that I posted above on your talk page. by doing so, this would enable you to either view the information, or hide it any time you want, just for greater convenience. I may do that a little later, but I wanted to proceed one item at a time. I hope that's helpful. feel free to be in touch. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 01:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

First draft

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I've setup a first draft document: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kitblake/draft_i Kitblake (talk) 05:35, 4 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Review

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Take a look at Wikipedia: community bulletin board

Welcome Kitblake!

Now that you've joined Wikipedia, there are 42,207,154 registered editors!
Hello Kitblake. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions!

I'm Sm8900, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge.

Some pages of helpful information to get you started:
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Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type {{helpme}} here on your talk page and someone will try to help.

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To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can create your own personal sandbox for use any time. It's perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put {{My sandbox}} on your userpage.

Please remember to:

  • Always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the   button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your signature, a link to your talk page, and a timestamp.
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The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!

Sincerely, -Sm8900 (talk) 🌍 13:45, 15 September 2021 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)Reply

-Sm8900 (talk) 🌍 13:45, 15 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

note re new message

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Hi Kit!! I decided to add one more welcome message to your talk page. as you can see, this one is much more visual, and much more interesting. hope you enjoy that!! ---Sm8900 (talk) 🌍 13:46, 15 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hey sm! Yeah, "much more visual" makes it "much more interesting"! (for me anyway :) Kitblake (talk) 10:51, 27 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Welcome!

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This user is a Registered Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.

Hello, Kitblake, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I am pleased to present you with your very first service award, in recognition of becoming a Wikipedia contributor.

I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that may help you to get up to speed:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or click here to ask a question on your talk page.

Again, welcome! Sm8900 (talk) 13:43, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply