User talk:Tm93/helping

Posting A Message

If you have questions ask me below this message. Here is how:

1. At top of wikipedia page there are some tabs. Click the "Edit" tab.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the text box.
3. Push the "enter" button twice.
4. Just start typing your question. Do worry about graphics right now, I'll teach you later. Just make sure you spell it as best as you can so that I know what your question is. I will fix graphics until you can.
5. After you done typing your question. Tpye four tilde signs (~). Make sure you type four of those.
6. Click the "Show preview button".
7. It will show you how it will look at the top of the page.
8. Check for typos.
9. After your done, there is another box above the save button. In that box type "Added Question". (You do this so that I will be notified that there is a new question.
10. Click the save button.

MSN me when your here. Tm93 (TALK) 10:37, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't know what question to ask.. lol Cogs r32 (talk) 09:04, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Improving Notice Code

Please Note: I am currently improving this page.

User:Cogs_r32 (TALK)

Change One of Your Settings

First you need to change your preferences to where you can edit sections instead of whole pages. (Makes editing a whole lot faster.)

1. At the top of the screen there is some tabs that have a red Cogs_r32, red my talk, my preferences, etc.
2. Click the my preferences.
3. Go to the editing section.
4. The very first check box says "Enable section editing via [edit] links". Make sure that the box is checked. If it wasn't checked click the save button.

Add the Improving Page Notice

1. Click the [edit] button next to Add the Improving Page Notice.
2. At the very bottom of the editing box, there is the code (containing Please Note:...). Exclude the ().
3. In this step I have included a link for easy access. Click the link and it will take you to your page that needs to be created.User:Cogs_r32
4. Paste the copied text onto that page.
5. Click the show preview.
6. If you wish you can change what it says by typing what you want it to say right after the class="plainlinks"> part.
   1. Highlight the text "Please Note:....this page."
   2. Then start typing what you want to.
      1. To make word(s) bold, italicized, or underlined: Highlight the text.
      2. At the top of the editing box there are small boxes (B, I, Ab , etc.). I', sure you can figure out what each of the first 3 boxes mean.
7. Once finished type in the box above the save button "Updated My User Page".
8. Click the save button.

New Way to Post Message

Now that you've checked that one box in the "my preferences" there is a different way to post a message.

To Post a Message in a Section to Add on to Another Message

1. Click the [edit] link beside the pre-posted message.
2. At the bottom of that message in the edit box, type a colon (:).
3. Then type your "add-on".
4. *Always place the four tilde symbols at the end of every message. Whether its an add-on or what; never post a message w/o those tildes.
5. Click the preview button and check for typos.
6. In that box above the save button (Edit Summary) type a brief sentence of your add-on. (As brief, but understandable as possible.)
7. Click Save.

To Post a Brand New Message

1. At the top where there was the edit button, click the "New Section Tab".
2. In the first box type a word/a few words to describe your message.
3. In the second box type your message. At the end type your tildes.
4. Show preview to check for typos.
5. In the Edit Summary box, type the same words that you typed in step 2.
6. Click Save.

Next Lesson Will Be About Your Monobook

Your monoboox is a page where a few codes go that will give you extra tabs that make the editing life a lot easier. (This will only work if you have Java Script. With IE your JavaScript should already be activated. Otherwise you wouldn't be able play graffiti. Sorry I had to leave after your car show. I had to get to bed. I was stupid and stayed up 'til 5am Monday. My next email will contain a picture that will show you what the my preferences section above looks like.If possible please write me back on my talk page. Thanks and Happy Editing Tm93 (TALK) 12:00, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

This Message is a Test

I am using this message to test and teach cogs how to use the watchlist notifier. Tm93 TALK —Preceding undated comment was added at 07:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

One More Thing

One more thing before we go to something. I actually just received a message from an admin that I need to start contributing to the encyclopedia. That is actually our "job". I don't know if that's something you want to do. I had asked you to create an account so that we can contribute to the encyclopedia. We are still allowed to do other stuff like userboxes and user pages. The main goal is for you to familiarize yourself with the different "codes" of Wikipedia. After that you can start editing. You might ask, what do I edit? How do I know when to edit? How do I know what to edit. All I can tell you is to enter a particular subject into the search bar and hit "search" instead of "go". Then it will pull up a list of stuff. If nothing comes up, then you can create the article. Try some of these links. They might help you out.

• This page is the introduction to Wikipedia.
• This page lists all of the policies and guidelines.
• This page tells you how to upload an image.
• This page is a tutorial.
• This page gives you a lot more code that will save us time.
• This page lists the different "stages" of an article.
• This page is an audio page about Wikipedia.

Those links will help you out a lot. They are the same links given in a welcoming message that you'll get as soon as you create your talk page. If possible please write me back on my talk page. Thanks and Happy Editing Tm93 (TALK) 17:52, 22 July 2008 (UTC)