It is approximately 7:51 AM where this user lives.
I have a few questions for you to start off:
1) Would you prefer to be called Molly's Mind, Molly, or something else?
2) What is your goal in contributing to Wikipedia?
3) What time zone do you live in?
4) What do you expect to get out of this mentorship?
5) What picture would you like me put on this page to represent you? By represent you, I mean like the flower I've chosen on my userpage. Your photo can have meaning about your personality, or just be a picture that you like.
Don't forget to sign all your posts on this page with 4 tildes. Have you figured that out yet? ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 21:29, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much for doing this. It means a great deal to me to have someone interested in helping me reach my goals here. To answer your questions:
1) You may call me Molly; How shall I address you?
2) My contribution goals are many! I'd like to put to use my experience in writing and editing by reviewing existing pages (grammar, proper links, correcting outdated/false information, and bring new and interesting articles to the site). I'd like to do my part in helping Wikipedia become viewed as a more reliable source of information for the consumer.
3) I live in the Eastern time Zone but travel often, I work all hours with no set schedule unless otherwise notified.
4) From this mentor-ship, I hope to gain a better understanding of Wikipeidia rules and guidelines, how to make the best use of my time (and yours!)by using Wiki tools and tips. Since you are a stickler for grammar, I hope to refresh my grammar skills (I am also a stickler for grammar but, have forgotten proper usage of some items). I would also like to create new pages and hone my research and writing skills to become a top Wikipedia contributor/editor; maybe I will be able to adopt people someday and help them through your example. Paying it forward~
5) I don't have any perfect pics to use and I don't think I can upload pics yet so, maybe the pic on this link? I am a shoe addict who works from home and/or hotel rooms, which I find ironic! Shoes-Cheap-In-Zk-Styles.jpg
I have been using the tildes "Ask Molly 16:14, 20 August 2014 (UTC)" four of them just as typed here (minus the quotation marks). I do see my signature/name on my responses now, are you able to see them? <<<Great example of something I need to learn. The blue text in this area is carried over from the link above (I assume), and I cannot find a way to change the text color other than doing it in Word and pasting.
Thank you again for adopting me and for sharing your time and experience with me. :-) Four tildes coming next...
Ask Molly 16:14, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
My answers to your answers:
1) I prefer to be called Anastasia, but shortened versions of my name such as Ana or Stasia are fine, too.
2) To help Wikipedia become a more reliable source is an important goal of mine as well--good to see that we have something in common :)
3) I also live in the EST time zone, but I don't get around much and usually just stick to the East Coast.
4) I'm glad to know what you expect of me :) Of you as my adoptee, I pretty much just expect a willingness to learn, common courtesy, and for you to notify me if you will be taking a long break from Wikipedia. I promise I will never just leave without notifying you first.
5) Sorry; to clarify, it doesn't have to be a picture of your own. It can be any picture at commons.wikimedia.org. If you tell me what you would like a picture of, I can find one for you. The picture of the shoe that you gave the link to is copyrighted work and can't be used on Wikipedia.
Since we're on the topic, how about we do the first lesson on images? They're an integral part of Wikipedia, and are simple enough to start with. We can do the next one after that on copyright, also very important. I fixed the zkstyles.com link for you, I believe the problem was that there was a bunch of spaces in the middle of the link, and there was no space separating the title of the image from the link.
I can see your signature, good job! Now that I look at it, your signature should, on default, contain a link to your user and talk pages, but it doesn't. Did you edit your signature on your Preferences page to make it say "Ask Molly" instead of "Molly's Mind"? Just so you know, I blanked the talk page because we won't need to use it--we can do everything on this "user" page. ~ Anastasia [Missionedit] (talk) 19:58, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Anastasia, thank you for the response and information. I think this is going to be a fun experience and hope I don't tap your energy too much! I have been trying new things on Wikipedia and learning as I go. Your suggestion about starting with images is perfect. I would also like to get my Talk Page up to speed so it is more informative and looks like I know SOMETHING about what I am doing. :-)
There are several areas of interest for me and I have an interest in general "clean up" of existing pages. I started with the Jesse James Dupree page for a few reasons, I know him so I have a wealth of knowledge at the ready (as long as I can cite it), he is involved in so many things that I can (and have) gone off onto other pages that have nothing to do with him and did a little clean up work. I also know what he DOESN'T want on there! :-) I can't help if others put things on there about him but, certain things I just won't as he is a neighbor and I do respect him. Going from there, we have bands, record labels, television shows, adult beverages, touring, jewelry, festivals, just about anything "Southern", it goes on and on.
That being said, I am sort of using his page as my test page which is why you will see so many changes on it; but this is not the only page I intend to work on. I hope that makes sense!
I think I fixed my signature and I am ready to learn! Thank you again, Anastasia. I hope to make you a proud "Wiki Mom." hehe Ask Molly (talk) 17:54, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
