User talk:Tickkid

Hello Tickkid! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Khoikhoi 20:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Build consensus • Resolving disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Hi!

Hey, Tickkid! Since you seem new (that's how it looks by this page, anyway), I figured I'd give you a few tips. I saw your warning message to User talk:67.46.32.230; first, make sure that when you use a warning template (or any other template on a talk page) that you "substitute" it. For instance, instead of putting {{test3}}, you should put {{subst:test3}}. It puts less load on the server when you substitute templates (although some shouldn't be substituted). Second, vandals should be warned four times before being blocked (see Newpage Patrol). You had skipped a warning by jumping from test1 to test3.

Hope this all makes sense; if it doesn't, just let me know, and I'll try to explain it better. Keep up the good work! -- P.B. Pilhet / Talk 21:00, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

It's no problem at all. Even the most experienced editors make mistakes, and since you're a "newb," it's completely understandable. If you're really serious about Wikipedia, you might try the Adopt-a-User program; I've never done it, but I hear it's supposed to be really good. Here's a few links that you might find helpful:

• The welcome page.
• Wikipedia's guidelines.
• An editing cheatsheet (for a bigger list, see here).

Happy editing! -- P.B. Pilhet / Talk 21:08, 31 January 2007 (UTC)