Punters

Welcome

Hi Punters, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for joining the coolest online encyclopedia I know of. I hope you stick around. You'll probably find it easiest to start with a tutorial of how the wikipedia works, and you can test stuff for yourself in the sandbox. Check out the simplified ruleset. When you're contributing, you'll probably find the manual of style to be helpful, and you'll also want to remember a couple important guidelines.

1. Write from a neutral point of view
2. Be bold in editing pages
3. Use wikiquette.

Those are probably the most important ones, and you can take a look at some others at the policies and guidelines page. You might also be interested in how to write a great article and possibly adding some images to your articles.

Be sure to get involved in the community – you can contact me on my talk page if you have any questions, and you can check out the village pump, where lots of wikipedians hang out and discuss things. If you're looking for something to do, check out the community portal. And whenever you ask a question or post something on a talk page, be sure to sign your name by typing 4 tildes like ~~~~. Always sign the talk page, never the articles.

Again, welcome! It's great to have you. Happy editing! Iswatch20 (talk) 09:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Discussion about editor removing tags on Gridiron Grumblings

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I invited the editor who keeps removing the tags on the Gridiron Grumblings article to a discussion on the article's talkpage. Your invited to join the discussion, your thoughts and input on the matter would be appreciated and welcomed! Thanks. Erebus Morgaine (talk) 11:59, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject San Francisco 49ers

Hello fellow Wikipedian! I just wanted to let you know that WikiProject San Francisco 49ers is looking for participants who are interested in improving the quality of the articles on the San Francisco 49ers! If you want to help, you can add your name to our list of participants, check out our to-do list, and most importantly, improve the articles!

--pbroks13^talk? 23:54, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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