User talk:ETwomey - Wikipedia

Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia, ETwomey! If you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

It would be great if you could add your name to the list of participants on the Women, Science and Scottish History editathon series event page, and please feel free to communicate with other participants on the talk page for the event. You can talk about articles to edit, tips for editing, or help each other practice - whatever you like!

Remember, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!

Thanks for joining us!

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Welcome! (We can't say that loud/big enough!)

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Hello, ETwomey! Thank you so much for coming along to the University of Edinburgh's ILW 2015 editathon and for your contributions. Now that you've learned how to edit, I hope that you'll continue helping make Wikipedia better, one edit at a time. Don't worry about being perfect: none of us are! Fortunately there's a whole team of editors just like you who can help.

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Hey, don't forget me!

You can't break Wikipedia, but in case you're still nervous here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Remember, if you are writing on a talk page, please sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name 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!

ACrockford (talk) 14:26, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon

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Hey there! As a Wikipedian in Scotland I thought you might be interested in the Scottish Fairground Culture editathon taking place on 7 May at the Riverside Museum - drop me a line if you'd like to know more! Lirazelf (talk) 10:36, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear, linkfail! Here's the correct one... Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon Lirazelf (talk) 10:15, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History of Medicine editathon

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Hello again, ETwomey!
Apologies for taking so long to get back to you after last week but am just recovering from the flu. Thank you so much for organising pretty much everything and for being such a stalwart over the course of the whole History of Medicine editathon. Just so you know, we uploaded in excess of 500 images to Wiki Commons, created 4 brand new articles on Wikipedia, and improved a further 56! For the event page, click here or to see the whole illustrated story of the event then you can click here: Storify: ILW editathon 2016
I hope that you enjoyed the day, and that we'll see you on Wiki again soon.

Now that you've learned - or refreshed - the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I've added some booklets and some links below that you may find useful.

How universities are teaching with Wikipedia
Editing Wikipedia brochure
Instructor Basics, How to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool
Illustrating Wikipedia brochure

This link covers the main things to remember about using Visual Editor.

Visual Editor user guide

The next up-and-coming Wikipedia event is this one run by Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at Museums and Galleries Scotland. Details here: Modern Scottish Women 2 - Art & Feminism

The University of Edinburgh are also looking into running an editathon for International Women’s Day on (or near) 8th March 2016 – details are to be confirmed shortly (especially given the short timescale) but will be updated on the project page here: Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh

Thanks again and see you soon! Stinglehammer (talk) 02:07, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Something I thought might interest you...
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Spies today?

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Do see the twitter feed Victuallers (talk) 10:42, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome

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Hello, ETwomey, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at my talk page – I'm happy to help. Or, you can ask your question at the New contributors' help page.

Here are some more resources to help you as you explore and contribute to the world's largest encyclopedia...

Finding your way around:

Table of contents / Department directory

The Wikipedia Adventure (a tutorial orienting you with Wikipedia)

Need help?

Questions – a guide on where to ask questions
Cheatsheet – quick reference on Wikipedia's mark-up codes
Wikipedia's 5 pillars – an overview of Wikipedia's foundations

Article wizard – a Wizard to help you create articles
The simplified ruleset – a summary of Wikipedia's most important rules
Guide to Wikipedia – a thorough step-by-step guide to Wikipedia

How you can help:

Contributing to Wikipedia – a guide on how you can help

Community portal – Wikipedia's hub of activity

Additional tips...

Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The or button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.

ETwomey, good luck, and have fun. – Stinglehammer (talk) 18:05, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for coming yesterday

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Couple of different templates there already for thanking editors for attending an editing session - more can be found at: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Welcoming_committee#Welcoming_via_Twinkle Cheers, Stinglehammer (talk) 18:05, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]