I hope you like this place — I sure do — and want to
stay. Before getting too in-depth, you may want to read about the
Five pillars of Wikipedia and
simplified ruleset. If you need help on how to title new articles check out the
naming conventions, and for help on formatting the pages visit the
manual of style. If you need help look at
Wikipedia:Help and the
FAQ , plus if you can't find your answer there, check the
Village Pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the
Reference Desk (for general questions)! There's still more help at the
Tutorial and
Policy Library. Plus, don't forget to visit the
Community Portal. And if you have any more questions after that, feel free to post them on
my user talk page or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will be by to help you shortly.
Additional tips
Here's some extra tips to help you get around in the 'pedia!
If you want to play around with your new Wiki skills the
Sandbox is for you.
You can sign your name using three tildes (~). If you use four, you can add a datestamp too. Five will get you the datestamp only.
If you ever think a page or image should be deleted, please list it at the
votes for deletion page. There is also a
votes for undeletion page if you want to retrieve something that you think should not have been deleted.
If you're still entirely confused, or would like to get a better grasp of your wikipedia skills, and you have an
IRC client (or don't mind getting one), check out the
Bootcamp. It's not what it sounds like, but it is fun and can help you with your editing skills.
If you're bored and want to find something to do, try the Random page button in the sidebar, or check out the Open Task message in the
Community Portal.