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Welcome SnowballWT!

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Hello SnowballWT. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions!

I'm S0091, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge.

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To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can create your own personal sandbox for use any time. It's perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put {{My sandbox}} on your userpage.

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The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!

Sincerely, S0091 (talk) 18:39, 13 June 2021 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)[reply]

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Hi SnowballWT! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 15:09, Thursday, June 17, 2021 (UTC)

References

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Hi, I noticed your comment on Keith D's talk page, and wanted to recommend User:Nick Moyes/Easier Referencing for Beginners to you. There's also a tool at https://citer.toolforge.org/ - just plug in a URL and it formats a ref for you. (Always check what it produces first, it occasionally makes little mistakes) Happy editing! Schazjmd (talk) 18:58, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This looks really useful. Thank you vv much! SnowballWT (talk) 19:12, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]