User talk:Dr. Deathface

Welcome to Wikipedia![edit]

Dear Dr. Deathface: Welcome to Wikipedia, a free and open-content encyclopedia. I hope you enjoy contributing. To help get you settled in, I thought you might find the following pages useful:

Don't worry too much about being perfect. Very few of us are! Just in case you are not perfect, click here to see how you can avoid making common mistakes.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

Wikipedians try to follow a strict policy of never biting new users. If you are unsure of how to do something, you are welcome to ask a more experienced user such as an administrator. One last bit of advice: please sign any discussion comment with four tildes (~~~~). The software will automatically convert this into your signature which can be altered in the "Preferences" tab at the top of the screen. I hope I have not overwhelmed you with information. If you need any help just let me know. Once again welcome to Wikipedia, and don't forget to tell us about yourself and be BOLD! Thanks! Glen 05:28, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. Yep, sometimes that happens, especially when unregistered (we get so much vandalism from IPs that you can get into a assume vandalism until proven otherwise mode...)

Normally, the best place is discuss is on the article talk page. If I were you, I would reinstate the edits, but

Be sure to include a descriptive edit summary explaining what and why you've made the changes
Also include words to the effect of Please see talk to discuss changes thanks or similar
Put a summary on the talk page just showing your rationale for your changes

You cant please all of the people all of the time, but, rest assured that good faith edits are never seen as vandalism by administrators. You'll hear some editors cry "changes to this are considered vandalism" - but if you are trying to improve the encyclopedia (even if your attempts are misguided) you'll be fine.

Though, it almost never gets to that stage dont worry! So, in short, discuss your changes, always seek consensus, and be prepared to meet in the middle ground if you dont agree, and you're set. If I can help anymore say the word, Glen 05:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Please read WP:3RR - thats one rule EVERYONE must always abide by. Thanks!

Thats an easy one, got a template explaining that right here! :)

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. Glen 05:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, thanks, but its kinda my job :) Feel free to give them to others though! Take a look at WP:BARNSTARS. Has been a pleasure, and again, just pop me through a message if you'd like a hand anywhere else. Enjoy! Glen 05:59, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]