Linzjay

Hello, Linzjay, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Yunshui, and I am your Online Ambassador for Dr Mynlieff's Neurobiology course. My job here is to help you work within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, to answer any questions that you have about editing here, and to act as your advocate in the (unlikely) event that you find yourself in a dispute with another user.

You are welcome to contact me at any time by leaving a message on my Wikipedia talkpage or by emailing me. I will respond to any messages within 24 hours (though I aim to be faster!), but if you need more immediate help, you can ask questions of experienced editors at The Teahouse or get live help via Wikipedia's IRC channel (connect here).

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• Introduction to Wikipedia
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• Simplified Manual of Style

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. Once again, if you need help with any aspect of Wikipedia, please just ask; it's what I'm here for. Enjoy your course! Yunshui 雲‍水 09:35, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Note from instructor

Linzjay, where is your userpage with links and image?--MMBiology (talk) 23:29, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

In case you need help adding an image to your userpage I've prepared a short essay here to explain the basic process. Yunshui 雲‍水 11:12, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing

Hi Linzjay. I notice that parts of the content in your sandbox draft appear to be closely paraphrased from sections of this IEoR article. Whilst I don't think the similarity is close enough to warrant deletion as a copyright violation, you should be extremely wary of basing your draft too heavily on a single source; it can lead you to inadvertently violate their creative copyright. You might want to rephrase the draft, particularly the second half of the second paragraph, to ensure that it's unambiguously your own work. All the best, Yunshui 雲‍水 08:36, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Help us improve the Wikipedia Education Program

Hi Linzjay! As a student editor on Wikipedia, you have a lot of valuable experience about what it's like to edit as a part of a classroom assignment. In order to help other students like you enjoy editing while contributing positively to Wikipedia, it's extremely helpful to hear from real student editors about their challenges, successes, and support needs. Please take a few minutes to answer these questions by clicking below. (Note that the responses are posted to a public wiki page.) Thanks!

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