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Hello, Alexconlin, 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:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! 69.145.123.171 Hello! Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 21:04 (UTC)
- Ha, I can't spell to save my life. If you see any more of them, feel free to point them out. :) 69.145.123.171 Hello! Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 21:13 (UTC)
- Probably my LAN internet and Firefox browser. They combine for some speedy surfing. That, and I've gotten use to that annoying little orange box. I like new messages, though. Oh, and here's something good to rememeber: Wikipedia wants to save space for its servers, so it sort of saves a 'copy', if you will, of pages on your computer. If you see a 'new messages' bar on the top of a page and you don't actually have new messages, you have to purge. I know in Mozilla all you do is press Control+shift+R, but I need to know what kind of browser you use to tell you how to do it. :) 69.145.123.171 Hello! Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 21:19 (UTC)
- Yes indeed. If you want to see a certain user's edits, click the little box over in the corner below the search box that says 'User Contributions'. It can show up to 500 edits normally, but you can go to the URL and change it to 5,000. That's the most it will possibly show. As for watchlists, I dunno, 'cos I'm not actually registered-I'm editing just using my IP adress. I would suggest asking George, because he helped me a lot and is very good with new users. 69.145.123.171 Hello! Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 21:23 (UTC)
- Oh, and you may want to use edit summaries-those little white boxes right below the space where you're typing. They're only there when you're editing the page, and it tells everybody here what you're doing. That way, they don't think it's vandalism. That page shows every change that just happened, and it's really good for reverting and vandalism that may be there. For instance, I'm going to type 'reply' in the box so that they know I'm replying to a message. :) 69.145.123.171 Hello! Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 21:30 (UTC)
- No problem! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. 69.145.123.171 Hello! Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 21:31 (UTC)
- Well, it seems I've arrived late, as George has already answered your question! 69.145.123.171 Hello! Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 17:11 (UTC)