Samuel de mazarin

Welcome!

Hello, Samuel de mazarin, 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:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Manual of Style

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 ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Mjroots (talk) 13:14, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Civility

This edit summary is not acceptable. Please read this policy and take care not to make such a summary again. Mjroots (talk) 13:14, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Don't be too worried by my comments above. I note that you are new to Wikipedia and therefore you cannot be expected to know all the different rules, policies etc from the very start. Try to keep a cool head, and if there is an issue address the issue and not who holds the opinion. Certain areas of Wikipedia are more contentious that others, and you can get into bother quite easily from editors who hold strong views.

You wouldn't think that an article about a windmill would generate much contention and discussion would you? Normally it wouldn't, but this particular mill is in Israel. For an example of what I meant by my comments in the above paragraph see Talk:Montefiore Windmill. I dealt with the issues raised by discussion, and addressing the issues raised without attacking the opposing viewholder.

Have a good read of all the pages linked in the Welcome notice I left you. They will give a much better understanding of wikipedia. Mjroots (talk) 16:57, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

English dialects

Regarding your edits to India, please check what dialect the article is written in before making the changes. Most of the countries that were part of the British Empire still use their way of spelling (civilise and not civilize etc) and it is followed in wikipedia too. The discussion page will usually have the header saying what english is used in that particular article.--Sodabottle (talk) 17:57, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference

Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

On 13 March 2011, this preference was hidden from the user preferences screen as part of efforts to prevent its accidental misuse (consensus discussion). This had the effect of locking users in to their existing preference, which, in your case, was true. To complete the process, your preference will automatically be changed to false in the next few days. This does not require any intervention on your part and you will still be able to manually mark your edits as being 'minor'. The only thing that's changed is that you will no longer have them marked as minor by default.

For established users such as yourself there is a workaround available involving custom JavaScript. If you are familiar with the contents of WP:MINOR, and believe that it is still beneficial to the encyclopedia to have all your edits marked as such by default, then this discussion will give you the details you need to continue with this functionality indefinitely. If you have any problems, feel free to drop me a note.

Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 17:11, 15 March 2011 (UTC)