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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Grayfell (talk) 08:13, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Grayfell

Thank you! I am new to wikipedia and still learning the basics. Thanks for the above resources, I will definitely use them in the future. If I have any questions I will make sure to reach out to you :) thanks! Wetlikewater (talk) 00:12, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Glad I can help. Please take a look at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of sources, but it does help explain Wikipedia's approach to common sources. For example, WP:INVESTOPEDIA and WP:FORBESCON are not generally reliable and should be avoided. Thanks, and again, welcome. Grayfell (talk) 00:33, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Ok! Great thank you for these resources. I will use it when editing next time :) Wetlikewater (talk) 03:13, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

December 2023

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Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary, and then click the "Save" button. Thanks! Belbury (talk) 19:03, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I am still learning Wikipedia, I will do this for all my next edits. thank you Wetlikewater (talk) 19:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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