User talk:Stormcloud22

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Noticed you needed adopted

I know how you feel. I'm new to Wikipedia as well and I'm trying to find a mentor also Meteorman7228 (talk) 21:34, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Typo Team

I have been correcting typos as well. How do I join the Typo Team?Meteorman7228 (talk) 15:47, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One more thing

You should also know about unified login. As long as you're logged in to Wikipedia,you're also logged in to nine other projects so if you want to contribute to Wikisource or Wikinews or whatever. Just login under your same username you login with at Wikipedia.Meteorman7228 (talk) 15:57, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption

I'm knida new to adopting people, so I'm not really sure how to make it an "offical" adoption. But anyway, I was watching yesman with my fiance. I am 19 years old, have a 8 month old son, and have no job. I am always on wikipedia, so you don't have to worry about me not seeing your message for weeks.
What about you? What kind of fish do you have? What kind of articles are you going to want to edit?
As far as general editing, it's a pretty simple procedure. When you find a spelling or grammar error, all you do is click the link at the top of the page (or at the top of the section to make it easier). Then you scroll down until you find your spelling/grammar error, and change it. Usually for big changes you want to hit the show preview button, but for grammar I woud just go ahead and save it. Be sure to include an edit summary and check it as a minor edit. No special coding or fancy procedures are needed to do simple tasks.
If you want I can get you started on the basics of coding so you can amp up the look of your userpage.
Drew Smith W hat I've done 22:58, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Like I said in my previous message, editing typos is a fairly simple process. If you coud send me the name of an article that you would like to edit, I could help you out with it and show you how to do it. Most of the "spicing up" I have learned I got from disecting other's userpages and teting it out on my own. A few simple tricks would be to use the <big> or tags. Remember, to close the tags by adding </big> or to the end of the text. Here's an example of how that would work. <big>Example</big> shows up as Example. You can also change the color of text using a slightly more complicated tag, but I need to check how that one is done as I can't remember it off the top of my head. You can also change the position of text using the and tags. Example, Example would show up as ^Example. Most tags can be used in conjunction with each other with relative ease, and minimal confusion. For example, <big><big>'''''Ex''''''''''ample'''''</big></big> uses two big tags, one up tag, on italics tag (''), and one bold tag ('''). This looks like ^Example. If you see anything else you like, link it to me and I'll disect it and show you how to do it. About the Wikipedia IRC, I dont know what that is. I've never heard of it. Try wikipedia:IRC or WP:IRC. If they are red, it doesnt exist.Drew Smith W hat I've done 01:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Links

Well, you know the button you use to make this \ that slash well press that button and shift that button is right beside this } and under the backspace button. Meteorman7228 (talk) 02:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You ever actually go there

You remember what I told you about unified login. Well, I gotta tell you it's awesome I mean all you gotta do is create your page Meteorman7228 (talk) 19:46, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Answers

To the first question, stop right now. Scroll all the way to the top of the page. Now look to your left. There should be a section under the search bar that says Interaction. The third one down is called recent changes. This will give you a list of all recent changes. I'm sure there is a list specifically for new articles, but IDK where it is, so this is your best bet. I think you can change the parameters of the search for recent changes to just show new articles...
As for the game, creating the subpages is easy. Just search for the desired page name. for example User:Stormcloud22/test doesnt exist, but if you search for that exact title you will get a page that asks if you want to create the page. Or you could simply follow the red link above and get the same screen. As for linkin the pages, I'm sure you know the basics, but I want to show you a trick you may or may not know about. Say you wanted to link to the article on death, perhaps as a funny ending to your game. You could simply link the page like this death, or you could disguise it to say something a little more clever such as Congratulations Genius, You're Dead. The way to do this is to write the link like this [[death|Congratulations Genius, You're Dead]]. Some keyboards do not have a "|" key, in which case you may need to copy and paste it from elswhere. If your keyboard does have it it will be above this "\", next to this "]" and above "enter/return".Drew Smith W hat I've done 23:14, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S., when you are adding to a topic similar to the one you previously posted, use the edit function instead of always adding new sections, it tends to clutter up the talk page. While I will never remove things from my talkpage (except warning templates, because they look ugly) I sometimes re-arrange multiple sections to go together to make it easier to navigate. So for the simple questions try to keep them under one section, preferablly called questions. Anything important or urgent make a new heading.Drew Smith W hat I've done 23:18, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To indent use this ":" key. Located directly above the semicolon ";", and directy to the left of "enter/return". BTW, have you created any new articles yet? Or are you still just corecting typos?Drew Smith W hat I've done 23:24, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thats great! Welcoming newcomers is a great way to get a running start on wikipedia. Which welcome template are you using to welcome? There are many, and some seem to do more than others. I made my own, but its one of the longet out there... Might I also suggest taking a look at the Editors Assistance Board? This is another great way to get a good start. Just take a look at some of the things other editors have posted, and read some of the respones to get a feel for the jargon and some of the more commonly broken rules. After awhile, you may realise you know the answer to a question someone else posted. Be Bold! Go ahead and answer it, if you are wrong another editor will point out your mistake (hopefully courteously). You can also check out T:TDYK which is where the nominations for the DYK section on the main page are made. You can learn alot from some of the mor hotly contested ones...Drew Smith W hat I've done 23:42, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just was looking at your questions, and new pages can be found at Special:NewPages. Hope that helps. T3chl0v3r (talk) 01:00, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thats pretty much the standard here. I like giving out a more detailed one, becaue the one I got was short, and compact, but really didnt tell me anything and found myself asking tons of questions. You can see my version here.I told you it was long!Drew Smith W hat I've done 02:17, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

<---Yeah go right ahead, as long as you dont change the content to much...Drew Smith W hat I've done 00:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Adoption

I recently talked to a more experienced adopter, and saw that she had a very in depth and structured adoption program. It involved her etting out tasks for the adoptees, each with varying degrees of difficulty. I decided I wanted to use a similar method with any new adoptees I take on. However, since I adopted you before I started using this process, I wanted to give you a choice on this as we seemed to be doing fine with Q and A.Drew Smith What I've done 21:06, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, it will be on the page User:Drew R. Smith/Adoption/Stormcloud22. I haven't actually put it there yet, so give me some time.Drew Smith What I've done 00:09, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done.Drew Smith What I've done 00:18, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, you are doing it right, but sometimes the wiki markup for subheadings doesnt take correctly. TO fix this, use a pagebreak either by clicking the pagebreak button above or adding after the heading.Drew Smith What I've done 00:27, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Next we will learn about internal links. This will be on the same page. Why don't you watchlist the page, so you can see when I am done adding the next task?Drew Smith What I've done 00:32, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done.Drew Smith What I've done 00:49, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

<---Forgot to add the red linked one. Its there now.Drew Smith What I've done 00:53, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thats odd, the un apostrophied version used to be redlinked. Someone must have fixed it.Drew Smith What I've done 00:58, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The lesson behind the red link was supposed to teach you how to use the search function on wikipedia, or even to use google to determine what it is supposed to point to. Anyway, your next task is up. Keep in mind, you don't have to do them immediately after I post them, so don't worry if you need to log off for some reason. The task will always be there. On the other hand, the faster they are completed the faster you can "graduate".Drew Smith What I've done 01:04, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey!

In a way, your my Wiki-Brother! Programmer13 (talk) 14:36, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya!

Hi Wikisibling! --Monkeyfox (talk) 18:42, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I get it...

If you are female I probaly sounded insulting about the (Wiki-Brother) thing. I'll say Wiki-sibling. Again, Hi! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Programmer13 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

well...

Every time I try to revert vandalism, a bot gets their first!

Sorry, I've got to go to my Brother's concert now, I'm logging off. Programmer13 (talk) 21:44, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Networking

Wikipedia is not a social networking site. I am technically obligated to point this out to you as you are my adoptee. That being said, this merely means don't get caught by someone who actually cares. I enjoy making friends with other wikipedians as you can see from my league of friends userbox. I think this is defenitly the best application of WP:IAR. You defenitly want to read this link, it's pretty good.Drew Smith What I've done 22:45, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Useful tidbit!

I was reading your talk page and I noticed that you seemed to ask about new pages? I did a bit of searching and found this as the page! Monkeyfox (talk) 00:01, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

Replied at the adoption page.Drew Smith What I've done 00:15, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HItchhikers guide

No, I haven't read it. When I had it available to me, I was "judging a book by its cover" and it didn't sound like something I would like. Now that I'm interested, it's not as readily available.Drew Smith W hat I've done 00:22, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I Want That Book!

My brother read that, and now I want it to! Programmer13 (talk) 00:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC) also, I bet if you knew my age, your jaw would drop. Programmer13 (talk) 00:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I borrowed the book from a friend once

By the time I finished like 3 chapters or so the person needed it back. Monkeyfox (talk) 00:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My age

no way! I'm not telling you any more, my parents will take away Wikipedia so fast my page wouldn't have loaded yet! Programmer13 (talk) 00:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

The latest I have ever been on is 4 am. But I have no job, no school, and except wednesdays, no responsibilities. As for the judging a book by its cover, I don't usually judge people based on looks. Seeing as you are female, I would guess your a "drop dead gorgeous blonde bombshell" lol. Anyway, looks don't matter, and we should keep it that way.Drew Smith W hat I've done 01:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm. So based on the stuff I found at your talk pages, I would guess that all my adoptees are between the ages of 11 and 16. Am I right?Drew Smith W hat I've done 02:10, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Welcome back Cloud! Its do weird that I go on in the morning, Afternoon, and then at night, and always at 6:00 my time Smith and you get on. Do you live in southeastern, southwestern, Northeastern or Northwest? Programmer13 (talk) 23:13, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, its 1:15 PM here!Drew Smith What I've done 23:20, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Checking in

Just a quick checkin to see what you guys are working on. It looks like Monkeyfox and Programmer13 are working together to improve each others articles, maybe you could chime in and help out?Drew Smith What I've done 23:37, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

Hey, In fixed your problem! next time don't put Capital letters on the codes, they either don't need them, or they mess up the code itself. Happy to help! Programmer13 (talk) 13:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption Grad

I've put te adoption graduation barnstar on you userpage. You can also put this pic on there if you want to.

File:Adopshun.jpg

Congrats! Time to go exloring, it's a magical world!

Using [[File:Adopshun.jpg|thumb|Congrats! Time to go exloring, it's a magical world!]]Drew Smith What I've done 00:09, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey,

Have you finished with Wikipedia? Programmer13 (talk) 18:49, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Typos

I have been editing typos lately MeteorMan7228 20:49, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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