User talk:SkittleCookie22

Welcome SkittleCookie22!

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Hello, SkittleCookie22. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions!

My name is Patrick (and my username is Pdebee), one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge.

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Sincerely, Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 08:31, 1 November 2016 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)

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SkittleCookie22, you are invited to the Teahouse!

Hi SkittleCookie22! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from experienced editors like Jtmorgan (talk). Visit the Teahouse We hope to see you there! Delivered by HostBot on behalf of the Teahouse hosts 16:03, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

Correct article entry (GOCE)

Hello. Thanks for your edit, but you would do well to properly register the article's title on the Drive's signup page. Place the title within the square brackets "[[ ]]" of the "Working/Completed" template and also put in the number of words in the article within the parentheses "( )". You can obtain the word count by installing this script – there are installation and user instructions on that page. If you have any difficulties, feel free to holler! – BroVic (talk) 15:54, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Reidgreg has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

This cookie is for your enthusiastic work on the November Copyedit Drive, currently placing on the leaderboard in each category!

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I thought I'd say, Hi! I'm also a new editor this year, taking part on the November copyedit drive – it's great to see our names up on the leaderboard! If I could offer a fellow-newcomer's perspective, it's good to be bold; everyone at Wikipedia is an equal editor, and newcomers like us are encouraged to get involved and make improvements where we can. I took on copyediting to better my writing skills and attention to detail. To me, copyediting is more about quality than quantity, and involves being very nit-picky about tiny details.

Wikipedia has its own particular style, developed for accessibility and clarity. Rather than figuring all of it out myself, I found it was a lot easier to borrow from the wisdom of the millions of editors who came before me, collected in many guidelines, help files, essays and tutorials. Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/How to has a good directory of these for copyediting (I particularly found Tony1's tutorials very helpful). I usually keep the Manual of Style and a half-dozen of its subpages open for reference while copyediting. The Missing Manual might be of more general interest.

I'm just another editor and not particularly experienced at this. But I feel it might be worthwhile to review your copyedits for anything you might have missed – I don't want to see you knocked off the leaderboard for not meeting "acceptable standards". You can request a check on the drive's talk page. Or, for what it's worth, I'm around if you'd like to ask me anything. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:45, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi again! I reviewed the first dozen of your copyedits on the November Drive and cleaned them up a little. I noticed that Lfstevens and Twofingered Typist have also done edits on them. So the community is there for you, to help support your work. You can view the page histories on those articles to see what we changed, and we'll be around if you have any questions. Reidgreg (talk) 23:34, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Want to help shape the future of the Wikipedia editing experience?

Hi SkittleCookie22,

The Design Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation is currently seeking relatively newcomer Wikipedians for user studies about their experience with current editing tools and to test out some prototype editing tools. If you’re interested in helping to shape the future of editing on Wikipedia, we would love to have you participate! The study session will take approximately 30 minutes, maximum of 45 minutes.

The study will take place in the next couple weeks, and will require participants to have access to a webcam and microphone (or a laptop with built in cam & mic), with a quiet place to go for a research session. To participate, please email dchen[at]wikimedia.org and include the following information:

• Username
• Email where we can reach you
• Your city or time zone
• Best time to talk to you

Please let me know if you have any questions! Look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Daisy Chen

User Experience Researcher Dchen (WMF) (talk) 20:35, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

November 2016 GOCE drive awards

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Articles, 4th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to SkittleCookie22 for copyediting 17 articles during the GOCE November 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 00:53, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

		Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 5th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to SkittleCookie22 for copyediting 3 old articles during the GOCE November 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 00:53, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to SkittleCookie22 for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 00:53, 4 December 2016 (UTC)