User talk:Glis7

Welcome!

Hello, Glis7, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

The five pillars of Wikipedia
Tutorial
How to edit a page and How to develop articles
How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! --Tenebrae (talk) 18:45, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Becoming versed in Wikipedia

Hi, Glis7, and welcome aboard one of the noblest ventures on Earth -- a free encyclopedia constantly updated and polished in a worldwide collaborative effort.

Because we're all collaborators here, it's important we all follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines. As the links above say, you can get a good overview at "The 5 Pillars of Wikipedia."

One of the most important is that everything here comes from verifiable reliable sources, properly WP:CITED. That leads to a foundation policy: no original research. This means we can't put in things we learn about or discover ourselves or have personal knowledge of — everything needs to be cited by a published print or online source that passes the journalistic threshold of reliable source.

These policies hold for both talk pages and article pages. That's why the thesis or other school paper you posted on your user page really isn't supposed to be there. You can learn more at "What Wikipedia is Not". In the meantime, look around at other user pages to see what's acceptable, and please take down your original research. You'll see on the "Not" page that Wikipedia is not a publisher of original material.

So, welcome aboard, and we look forward to your productive edits! With regards, --Tenebrae (talk) 18:52, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]