Robert Beatty
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editI'm Riley Huntley, and I noticed that you haven't been welcomed yet, so I thought I'd drop you a note. We do have a lot of users, and are currently working on 6,916,001 articles, so things can be a little intimidating... but don't worry! We love to help out, and we'll try our best to make your stay here as comfortable as possible.
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We hope you stick around, and make sure you enjoy yourself! Cheers, -- Cheers, Riley 00:45, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Try the WP:Tutorial. I hope you find it helpful.
Ariconte (talk) 02:25, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for this help. I am getting the hang of it. I think the main confusion is the terminology. eg edit means download save means upload. sand box means editing page. I am still looking for subscript character such as CO2?
- Best regards, Robert Beatty (talk) 09:01, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- At the top of the edit window there is a drop down menu for 'special character' which will allow you to insert ₠, ♥, etc. I would look at WP:Help for the CO2 one or just put it in as CO2 and someone will fix it for you...... Regards, Ariconte (talk) 10:30, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- A little more looking suggests CO2 Thanks Robert Beatty (talk) 11:03, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- At the top of the edit window there is a drop down menu for 'special character' which will allow you to insert ₠, ♥, etc. I would look at WP:Help for the CO2 one or just put it in as CO2 and someone will fix it for you...... Regards, Ariconte (talk) 10:30, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Not on the article page, no. However, people will be able to see your contributions to that article on the "History" tab of the article.
— RosscoolguyCVU 20:27, 12 January 2013 (UTC)