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Hello, Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions!

I'm Paine Ellsworth, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. Although you're free to perform most tasks on Wikipedia without registering, it's highly recommended you create an account as there are many added benefits. It's private and secure and it's also free, simple, and quick to do.

Some pages of helpful information to get you started:     Introduction to Wikipedia     The five pillars of Wikipedia     Editing tutorial     How to edit a page     Simplified Manual of Style     The basics of Wikicode     How to develop an article     How to create an article     Help pages     What Wikipedia is not

Some common sense Dos and Don'ts:     Do be bold     Do assume good faith     Do be civil     Do keep cool!     Do maintain a neutral point of view     Don't spam     Don't infringe copyright     Don't edit where you have a conflict of interest     Don't commit vandalism     Don't get blocked

If you need further help, you can:     Ask a question

or you can:     Get help at the Teahouse

or even:     Ask an experienced editor to "adopt" you

Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type {{helpme}} here on your talk page, and someone will try to help.

There are many ways you can contribute to Wikipedia. Here are a few ideas:     Fight vandalism     Be a WikiFairy or a WikiGnome     Help contribute to articles

Perform maintenance tasks     Become a member of a project that interests you     Help design new templates

Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the   button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your IP address linked to your contributions page (however, if you create an account, your IP address will be hidden and you will be able to build a custom signature that can link to your own user page), a link to this (this IP's talk) page, and a timestamp.
The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!

To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. If you register an account, you can create your own private sandbox for use any time. Perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you could put a link to it on your user page.

Sincerely,  Temporal Sunshine Paine  14:31, 10 August 2016 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)Reply