WhiteKrystal
Welcome!
editHello, WhiteKrystal, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
- Introduction and Getting started
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page and How to develop articles
- How to create your first article
- Simplified Manual of Style
You may also want to take the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit The Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.
Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing 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 , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! DES (talk) 18:36, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
Test message
editThis is how a new message looks for you. DES (talk) 19:11, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
Follow up
editI enjoyed our telephone conversation, and hope we can do more in future. Or I may see you at the local chapter meetings.
Possibly useful project links:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Historical information
- Wikipedia:WikiProject History
Notice that when the "<" character and the ">" character are used together to set off a piece of text, they are often known as "angle brackets", and the whole thing is often called a "tag". Tags often come in pairs, an opening tag like this: <tag> and a closing tag, like this: </tag> with the name of the tag in place of the word "tag". Text between an opening tag and the matching closing tag is often called the "content of the tag". For example the "ref" tag is used to insert source reference footnotes, and the content of the ref tag becomes the footnote. For more on footnotes, see Referencing for Beginners and the pages liked to from that page.
You spoke of creating new articles. I remind you of the Article Wizard, and I urge you to use it if you plan to create any articles. I also urge you to first read The golden rule of article creation, and our policy on Notability. In general, an article should not be created unless it is about a notable topic. This most often means that there is significant coverage of the topic in multiple independent reliable sources. That means sources not written or sponsored by the subject, or someone closely connected with the subject. It usually means sources that are not blogs, online fora, fan sites or one-person, self-published websites. Reliable sources will have a reputation for accuracy and fact-checking, and some sort of editorial process that stands between the author and the published text. What is a reliable source in a particular situation is often a judgement call. The Reliable source noticeboard exists to give advisory opinions about whether a particular source is reliable in a particular situation. It is well to have several such sources already identified before trying to create a new article.
Do consider reading our page on citing sources. It will help you understand when sources ought to be cited, and something about how to do so.
Feel free to post on my talk page with any question. The Teahouse is also a good place to ask questions about how to do things on Wikipedia. Do follow the links in the welcome message above.
Good luck and happy editing. DES (talk) 01:41, 21 December 2015 (UTC)