User talk:Mdougla

Welcome!

Hello, Mdougla and Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field with your edits. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Cloveapple (talk) 16:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

The stuff above is a form letter, but your talk page looked so empty and I hoped some of the links might be of use. So here's a vey belated formal welcome to Wikipedia. :-) Cloveapple (talk) 16:15, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note

I replied on my talk page. Cloveapple (talk) 17:24, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

A handy tip

I just noticed that you were having trouble with edit conflicts while you were doing the Edit-aThon article. There's a notice I sometimes stick at the top of a page I am editing to let people know to leave it alone for a bit. If you put {{In use}} at the top of the article it says "please do not edit this page while this message is displayed". Template:In_use gives the details. Cloveapple (talk) 18:47, 3 March 2012 (UTC) Hello Cloveapple! Thanks for this excellent advice. Someone did start editing and correcting my first article as I was drafting it. I did not realise what an editing conflict is. If one or more people are working on an article at the same time, changes can be lost! Certainly edits and corrections are a benefit of a community like Wikipedia...but the timing of the editing and the way it's handled can encourage or discourage! Mdougla (talk) 02:38, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event

In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Special Collections (4th floor)
When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. —innotata 02:19, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Mia Art+Feminism edit-a-thon

Mia Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon

Hello Mdougla. You are invited to attend an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) on Saturday, March 9, 2019 from noon to 4pm. Art+Feminism is an international campaign where people come together to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. During the edit-a-thon we will be updating and creating Wikipedia articles on subjects related to gender, art, and feminism, with a focus on artists represented in Mia's collection Date: Saturday, March 9, 2019 Location: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis Please sign up here