User talk:Spectralancer

Welcome and introduction

Hi, Spectralancer. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person by golly! And this real person (that would be me), wants to say welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've made an account! Thanks for joining; you're on your way to making some great contributions.

Because I've noticed you've just joined, I wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. Any questions are fine, nothing is too silly (we've heard them all). Now, the tips below - hop on them - they should help you begin editing. Best of luck! JoeSmack ^Talk 06:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yessss! You made an account! Totally sweet!

Anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people. Besides that, you shouldn't feel nervous or anything about a good-willed contribution. If you're concerned, talk to us.

Play in your user area. For example, create User:Spectralancer/test. If you feel nervous, feel free to talk to us.

When you're ready, start your first article using the Article Wizard. You don't HAVE to use it, but for your first article it really helps. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references. If you'd like more guidance, you guessed it, talk to us.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page. (You'll want to sign your name with these four tildes ~~~~ when you leave something on a talk page to help know who you are!)

Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

--JoeSmack ^Talk 06:44, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. If you just feel like poking around, Wikipedia:Help is a good place to start. :)

Hey! Alright! Glad to know you have familiarity with Wikipedia. Let's see if I can't find you something a little more advanced to expand on...let's see...Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset is a good cheatsheet for polices/guidelines, and Help:Wikipedia:_The_Missing_Manual is an excellent, rounded, intermediate-advanced bit of tutorial. There's plenty more too if you want it. And as always, if you have a question big or small you can drop me a line on my talk page. Alternately there is wikipedia-en-help, the IRC help channel and thats a good real-time help solution.

I used the beta for a few months, but I've switched back to the old interface. Beta has pros, I just missed the old school feel of the old. Great on psychology! I love the field, and I hope you get more into it. Wiki articles on psych are a little sparse on quality, but I'm sure you'll be helping out in that department! :) JoeSmack ^Talk 07:16, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]