User talk:Touring123

Welcome...

Hello, Touring123, 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:

Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Bahudhara (talk) 09:54, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Some pages you might like to check out are:

Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia — main welcome page.
Wikipedia:Introduction -- Wikipedia introduction page.
Wikipedia:Tutorial -- Wikipedia editing tutorial.
Wikipedia:Questions — the "where to ask questions" directory.
Wikipedia:FAQ — quick answers to the most common questions.
Wikipedia:New contributors' help page — a place for new users to post questions and get answers by volunteers who monitor or frequent the page.
Wikipedia:Help desk — where volunteers answer questions on how to use Wikipedia. Many new users go there for help too.
Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User — where a new user can be adopted by an experienced user who will be his/her mentor.
Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual — Thorough and intuitive guide to Wikipedia.

Torrens Island

I had to amend your changes to this article, to distinguish between the heritage-listed former Quarantine Station, and the Origin Energy-operated Quarantine Power Station. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 09:54, 17 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bahudhara, thanks for your welcome and the links. Hopefully I have succesfully replied using this nightmare messaging system. Touring123 (talk) 02:43, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Touring123, WP does take a bit of getting used to. (You didn't actually have to put a reply on my talk page, as I'd put your talk page on my watchlist so I could see when you responded - that way the conversational thread can be maintained in one place.)

Some of the WP policies that may be of particular interest to you include No original research, Verifiability and Conflict of interest - it's worth reading through these to see how this place works, and to get an idea of what sort of contributions may potentially be challenged by other editors.

There is a local chapter of Wikipedians in Adelaide who occasionally get together for Meetups. Some of the regulars include Pdfpdf, Doug butler and Bilby

and Bahudhara (Pdfpdf (talk))

- they would be very interested in your contributions, and would also be happy to help you out. Bilby in particular is very experienced and knowledgeable about copyright issues; and he's recently become an admin. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 04:11, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, happy to be of help, (should you ever want any. You'll find my interests summarized on my User page.) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:01, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the offer Pdfpdf, will check out your page. It looks like I will be busy for a while reading suggested links before I do any more editing! Touring123 (talk) 00:02, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

<smile> A sensible, but, I'm told, (invariable by females), uncommon behaviour for Australian males! Pdfpdf (talk) 11:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's also instructive to spend a bit of time looking at article histories and other users' talkpages (especially the more active admins) to get a better understanding about how WP works. A current example is that of User talk:Nfsaonline - apparently someone from the National Film and Sound Archive has recently started adding links to their site from various WP articles, but doing it in a rather naive way, which provoked a reaction. At least in this case, sanity seems to have been restored fairly quickly. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 04:38, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)-like-comment: I, too, have discovered that it's usually a prudent exercise to look at page histories (and talk page histories/archives) before "tilting at windmills"! Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 11:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Touring123, you are invited to the Teahouse

Hi Touring123! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia.
Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from peers and experienced editors. I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (I'm a Teahouse host)

Visit the Teahouse

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Adelaide Meetup invitation

Adelaide Meetup
Next: 15 November 2024
Last: 6 March 2020
This box: view • talk • edit

Some local wikipedians are getting together for a Meetup on Wednesday = more info here. I hope you can make it! (RSVP appreciated.) Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 07:42, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to Adelaide Wikipedia Users Group meetings

Hi, in case you're not already aware of it, a group of Adelaide Wikipedians has been meeting on a monthly basis since April, with the aim of improving the scope and quality of articles on South Australian topics. We meet at UniSA's City West campus, and our 23 July meeting will have a guest speaker from the National Trust of SA.

This coming Sunday, 6 July, we will be holding our first Edit-a-thon. This will be an opportunity for new editors to come and learn either basic or more advanced editing from very experienced wikipedians, so if you know anyone who would like to get some practice, please let them know - and beginners will be very welcome. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 07:00, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Technical Mentors - Unleashed Adelaide, 11-13 July 2014

Free this weekend? Please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Adelaide/Future meetings#Technical Mentors - Unleashed (GovHack Adelaide) for details. Alex Sims (talk) 11:43, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]