User:Laurinavicius/Adoption/VinylCerebellum

Hello, VinylCerebellum, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. I am Laurinavicius, but you can call me Matt. If you have any questions place them here.

I will set you onw or more tasks a week, depending on how fast you complete them. They will start easy but if you don't understand something, please say so and I will explain it to you in more depth. If there is anything you specifically want to know please ask.

This is the link to your contributions.

Welcome

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Tasks

I am putting you on the beginner program. This program will introduce you to the basics of wikipedia. Once you have completed this program you may graduate from the adoption program or ask to continue onto the intermediate program.

See this page for the beginner program.

Task	Information	Date given	Completed?	Comments
The Basics	Info	17 May 2009	No	I know this is a simple task, but I want to test you in order see what you already know. Read the Info to help you.