User talk:Dswanson

Welcome!

Hello, Dswanson, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions; I hope you like it here and decide to stay. We're glad to have you in our community! Here are a few good links for newcomers:

If you haven't already, drop by the new user log and tell others a bit about yourself.
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Happy editing!

-- Sango 123 02:37, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you need help with anything or simply wish to say hello. :)

Children of the Mushroom

Thanks for the note. Wikipedia:Annotated article has examples of most of the most common formatting issues, while Wikipedia:Tutorial has a bit more explicit 'how to' info. But for the most part, don't worry about it too much: A) We were all newcomers once, so no one expects newer arrivals to know everything immediately, B) There are plenty of people like me that enjoy doing various types of 'housekeeping' edits as much as, or even more than, adding content, so it'll get polished in due course, and C) All good-faith contributions are appreciated regardless of superficial issues like formatting. The main way I learned most of what I know about Wikipedia editting has been from editting existing articles, and seeing how the wiki syntax looks compared to how it displays and that sort of thing. It has certainly been more fun than trying to memorize the entire Wikipedia:Manual of Style, let alone all the other policy and guideline pages. Niteowlneils 21:29, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]