Mint Keyphase
Welcome to Wikipedia!
editHi there, Mint Keyphase! Welcome to wikipedia! I noticed your contributions and wanted to greet you with pleasure to the free encyclopedia. Please sign your name on talk pages with 4 tildes (~ 4x). Alright, get out there, and have fun editing!!😀😀😀🤠☻ MrActiniuM (talk) 10:30, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!
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A lengthy welcome
editHi Mint Keyphase. Welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily in collaboration.
Working on biographical information about living persons is far more difficult. Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy requires strict adherence to multiple content policies, and applies to all information about living persons including talk pages.
If you have a relationship with the topics you want to edit, then you will need to review Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, which may require you to disclose your relationship and restrict your editing depending upon how you are affiliated with the subject matter. Regardless, editing in a manner that promotes an entity or viewpoint over others can appear to be detrimental to the purpose of Wikipedia and the neutrality required in articles.
Some topic areas within Wikipedia have special editing restrictions that apply to all editors. It's best to avoid these topics until you are extremely familiar with all relevant policies and guidelines.
If you work from reliable, independent sources, you shouldn't go far wrong. WP:RSP and WP:RSN are helpful in determining if a source is reliable.
If you find yourself in a disagreement with another editor, it's best to discuss the matter on the relevant talk page.
I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Hipal (talk) 20:29, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Whelp, what did I mess up? —Mint Keyphase (Did I mess up? What have I done?) 06:45, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Nothing, Hipal is just saying hi! Polygnotus (talk) 12:05, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Phew, I thought I accidentally committed some unpardonable sins of wikipedia, lol. —Mint Keyphase (Did I mess up? What have I done?) 02:16, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Nothing, Hipal is just saying hi! Polygnotus (talk) 12:05, 15 August 2024 (UTC)