User talk:JukeboxJournalism

Welcome!

Hello, JukeboxJournalism, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Herostratus (talk) 02:24, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ouch

Hi. I saw your post over at the help desk about losing hours of work. I don't have anything useful to say, except -- man, that stinks, and I'm really sorry that happened! It sound frustrating. I appreciate your effort, and I hope you persevere!

It's OK to save your work every few minutes, if you like. Or work in Notepad, like the man said, works -- copy in the article (or section) into Notepad, edit it, and copy it back out. You should be able to do it in a word processor too.

In fact, if you go TOO long editing an article between saves, you increase the risk of the dreaded Edit Conflict -- someone has edited the article between the time you started editing it and went to save. (It's not really dreadful, since it gives you instructions on how to save your work, but its annoying).

Anyway, message me if you have any questions, and I hope your Wiki'ing experience gets less frustrating (it will!) Herostratus (talk) 02:30, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

More here. Also, WP:VPT may be of service.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:54, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]