WMcChesney

Welcome!

Hello, WMcChesney! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages.

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Happy editing! Peaceray (talk) 18:36, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Tutorials in advance of Seattle Wikipedia Day 2025

HI, since you may be a new editor, please consider visiting these tutorials in advance of WP:Meetup/Seattle/Wikipedia Day 2025 so that you can have a quicker start. Have a look and see if one or two suit you!

• Help:Introduction
• Help:Introduction to editing with VisualEditor
• Help:Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup
• User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners
• Help:Referencing for beginners
  • Help:Referencing for beginners with citation templates
• Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure
• Category:Wikipedia quick introductions

See you this Saturday afternoon!

Message sent by Peaceray using MediaWiki message delivery at 06:02, 7 January 2025 (UTC)