322:. Even if you don't read that whole guideline page you should probably at least look at the table of contents. That will give you a pretty good idea about what's allowed and what isn't. ( You'll have to scroll down on the page to see the table of contents because the lead section is long. ) Further on in this message I've included some links where you can find examples: People put all kinds of things on their user pages, pictures of flowers or rocks or bowls of soup (yes, really!), a list of subjects they're interested in,
274:
Childnet article was proposed for deletion. I think it's a good idea to have that there, myself, but it's up to you. My thought was that any user who wanted to could contact me via my talk page to ask why I put that there, but it's up to you whether you keep it. The same thing applies to this message and to any other messages on your talk page. You can delete them anytime you want to. Have fun editing, and thank you for your contributions. –
475:
394:
It depends on what time of day you ask a question, but you should usually get an answer there within ten to thirty minutes. Anyway, I know this is a long answer to a short question, so delete it if you get tired of seeing it. You can always find it again in your talk page "history", if you want to, even after you delete it. Or you could "collapse" it, instead, by following
405:
if you stick around you're sure to run into some of them eventually. If that happens, the best plan is usually to ignore them, to just not answer. ( You've heard the expression, "Don't feed the trolls", right? It means to just ignore people who are being rude to try to get attention for themselves. ) Or if something bothers you, and you're not sure what to do,
370:. It will be red when you first see it. The red color means that the page doesn't exist yet. When you click it, you'll go to an "editing window". Just type whatever you want and click "Save page". That will create the page, and the next time you see the link for the page the link will have turned blue. The blue color for a link means that the page
350:
you can and should ask for it to be removed even from "page history", but it's better just to keep your personal information to yourself in the first place. Like I said, though, I know it must sound really dumb to remind you of things like this, since you could probably teach a class about online privacy yourself! )
404:
Oh, can I say one last thing? Like every other place on the web where strangers can contribute, we do have some very annoying people here: users who are rude, mean, dishonest, hard to work with, or whatever. We don't have very many of them, and those people usually get kicked out sooner or later, but
393:
if you get stuck or have a question. You can ask anything at all about how to edit or use
Knowledge there, no one will criticize you for asking anything, and the people who volunteer there are almost all very friendly and usually very experienced. ( Most of them are much more experienced than I am. )
349:
on
Knowledge, including this talk page, not just for article ("mainspace") pages. Even if you change the page or remove the information later, whatever you wrote before will be saved in "page history" and anyone who wants to look can see it. If you do make a mistake and write any personal information
192:
Since the outcome of the "Article for
Deletion" review that took place recently was a decision that this article should be kept on Knowledge, I removed the notice about that deletion discussion from your talk page, just a a courtesy. Since it's your talk page, you could have done that yourself - your
409:
would be a really good place to ask. It would even be perfectly fine to try that out before you need it, if you want to, just so you know how to use the help desk. Just post any question about editing or using
Knowledge that you'd like to know about, like maybe "How do I underline one of the words I
273:
Hi Taddle. In case you didn't know already, I just wanted to tell you that it's up to you what you have on your talk page. You can remove anything you want to, including that orange banner I put up at the top awhile ago. I only put that there because I saw some people were being rude to you when the
398:
You'll have to click on the word "edit" (at the right side of that linked page) to see the wikicode that makes that work, of course, but you can "collapse" this long reply right here on your own talk page in just the same way. Or try it out on in your new
Sandbox page, if you decide to go ahead and
383:
for it, and then instead of clicking the "Save page" button, find the "Cancel" button near it and hit that instead. Then "paste" the "wikicode" to your sandbox page, and hit "Preview" to see how it looks. If you like the way it looks you can save it, or you can change it around first. I used my own
154:
for organizations. Basically this policy says that an organization can only have an article on
Knowledge if enough independent news organizations ( like newspapers and magazines ) have written stories about it. Since the article didn't include references to any news stories, people thought Childnet
359:
looks like it could be useful if you want to try that. There's a "user page hall of fame" link from that page that has lots of good examples of user pages. It also includes some examples of users who have put private, personally-identifying information on their user page, which I think is a really
167:
certain that your article will be kept. :-) It will need to have references added, though, and I agree with other people who said so at the deletion discussion that the title of the article should probably be changed to "Childnet
International"; we'll help you do that sometime soon. But you made a
340:
of this, but of course you shouldn't put anything private on your user page that might let people figure out who you are in real life. You wouldn't want to put a picture of yourself, or a friend, or even your dog or cat there, for example, or an e-mail address, or your real name, or anything like
168:
great start, and you should be really proud of that. I'm very busy myself right now, but I'll try to check in on the article from time to time, and will try to help you improve it when I can, too. As you probably know, further discussion about the article can be found at
149:
Hi, Taddle! Congratulations on creating the
Childnet article on Knowledge. I'm sorry if might have seemed like people here were being mean by trying to have it deleted. No one was trying to be mean, though, they were just trying to follow Knowledge's policies, especially
172:, where you're welcome to participate too, of course. Also, if you want to reply to this message you can do so right here. Just write your message below and I'll be sure to see it, since I've added this page to my "watchlist" to make sure I do. Best regards, –
326:
are very popular, quotations from famous people, there's just a huge number of possibilities. The idea is that whatever you put there is supposed to help the encyclopedia, at least in some very small way, but people get a whole lot of freedom about that. Read
365:
One thing that's both fun and useful is to create a "user sandbox page" for yourself where you can try things out and see how they look without having to worry about it at all if you make mistakes. You can do that by clicking this link:
193:
allowed to remove anything you like from your talk page, whenever you want to - but I thought it'd be nice if someone did that for you. I'll try to look at the article and help improve it myself a little today. Best regards, –
379:
If you want to you can use that personal sandbox page to try out things you might like to add to your own user page. If you see something you like on another page, just hit "edit this page", copy the
374:
exist. You can always get back to it again by clicking that same link, although it will have turned blue by then if you do create the page. You'll learn other ways to get to it too, as you go along.
355:
A lot of people make their main user page look very fancy. Mine's pretty dull, but I suppose that could be a fun way to express your artistic side and learn more about how to edit, too.
384:
sandbox page ( User:Ohiostandard/Sandbox ) that way when I was starting out, and I still use it a lot when I want to try something that I'm not completely sure will work right.
345:
is about. And you probably also know this too, but everything you ever write anywhere on
Knowledge gets saved forever once you click the "save page" button. This is true for
160:
92:
62:
97:
29:
442:
126:
on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out
356:
82:
331:
if you want to be sure, but there's just a very wide choice as to the kinds of things you can put on your main user page.
87:
78:
on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
56:
25:
37:
395:
367:
159:
of news organizations have written about
Childnet, and since some of those stories have now been pointed out at
46:
32:. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as
455:
425:
284:
203:
182:
102:
119:
410:
write on a talk page?" or "Do you know if there's a userbox to tell people I'm interested in gardens?"
342:
328:
319:
123:
323:
315:
300:
238:
127:
406:
390:
112:
447:
417:
276:
256:
227:
195:
174:
135:
485:
71:
16:
Note: Extra patience and careful respect are called for in communicating with this user.
66:, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type
169:
151:
107:
299:
Thanks, what about my user page, can you go through the guidlines for that please?
252:
223:
45:
You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles. See the
474:
489:
481:
460:
430:
308:
289:
260:
246:
231:
208:
187:
139:
445:
might be of interest to you or perhaps to some of your friends. Best, –
380:
251:
It's okay. I shouldn't have even brought it up. I knew it was a mistake.
33:
318:, your main user page, right? The main guideline for "user space" pages
314:
Sure, you're welcome. You're probably asking about what you can put on
237:
I'm so sorry, I accidentally made a mistake click on lupin's tool.
54:
There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called
60:. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the
336:( Also, I know it'll sound really dumb for me to remind
219:
43:
8:
130:or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!
155:wasn't "notable". But it turns out that a
152:the policy about what we call "notability"
118:I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
36:, may not conform to some of Knowledge's
437:This might interest you or your friends
415:Have fun learning and contributing! –
145:Congratulations on your first article!
7:
360:bad idea, as I hope I've made clear.
480:For only the best Taddletheteddy.
14:
473:
343:this part of the guidelines page
396:the example in my own sandbox.
261:21:08, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
247:16:15, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
232:16:10, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
1:
103:The five pillars of Knowledge
93:Biographies of living persons
461:08:26, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
431:20:20, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
357:This user-page design center
309:16:37, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
98:How to write a great article
40:, and may soon be deleted.
28:to Knowledge! Thank you for
368:User:Taddletheteddy/Sandbox
290:20:47, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
209:15:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
188:10:14, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
63:New contributors' help page
24:Hello, Taddletheteddy, and
508:
140:18:55, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
490:00:48, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
304:
242:
170:its talk/discussion page
161:the deletion discussion
51:
136:(let's talk about it)
316:User:Taddletheteddy
128:Knowledge:Questions
83:Starting an article
341:that. That's what
329:the guideline page
88:Your first article
57:Your first article
30:your contributions
495:
494:
466:A cookie for you!
443:this news article
399:create that page.
138:
499:
477:
470:
469:
459:
452:
429:
422:
288:
281:
218:You reverted me
207:
200:
186:
179:
134:
76:
70:
507:
506:
502:
501:
500:
498:
497:
496:
488:
468:
448:
446:
439:
418:
416:
277:
275:
271:
216:
196:
194:
175:
173:
147:
74:
68:
52:
17:
12:
11:
5:
505:
503:
493:
492:
484:
478:
467:
464:
438:
435:
434:
433:
412:
411:
401:
400:
386:
385:
376:
375:
362:
361:
352:
351:
333:
332:
301:Taddletheteddy
297:
296:
270:
269:Your talk page
267:
266:
265:
264:
263:
239:Taddletheteddy
215:
212:
146:
143:
124:sign your name
116:
115:
110:
105:
100:
95:
90:
85:
47:Article Wizard
42:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
504:
491:
487:
483:
479:
476:
472:
471:
465:
463:
462:
457:
453:
451:
444:
436:
432:
427:
423:
421:
414:
413:
408:
407:the help desk
403:
402:
397:
392:
391:the help desk
389:Don't forget
388:
387:
382:
378:
377:
373:
369:
364:
363:
358:
354:
353:
348:
344:
339:
335:
334:
330:
325:
321:
317:
313:
312:
311:
310:
306:
302:
294:
293:
292:
291:
286:
282:
280:
268:
262:
258:
254:
250:
249:
248:
244:
240:
236:
235:
234:
233:
229:
225:
221:
213:
211:
210:
205:
201:
199:
190:
189:
184:
180:
178:
171:
166:
162:
158:
153:
144:
142:
141:
137:
133:
129:
125:
121:
114:
111:
109:
106:
104:
101:
99:
96:
94:
91:
89:
86:
84:
81:
80:
79:
77:
73:
65:
64:
59:
58:
50:
49:. Thank you.
48:
41:
39:
35:
31:
27:
22:
21:
450:OhioStandard
449:
440:
420:OhioStandard
419:
371:
346:
337:
298:
279:OhioStandard
278:
272:
217:
214:Reverted me?
198:OhioStandard
197:
191:
177:OhioStandard
176:
164:
156:
148:
131:
117:
67:
61:
55:
53:
44:
23:
19:
18:
441:I thought
347:every page
120:Wikipedian
108:Help pages
38:guidelines
324:userboxes
295:Hey dude!
222:because?
122:! Please
381:wikicode
113:Tutorial
34:Childnet
20:Welcome!
320:is here
253:Flyer22
224:Flyer22
163:, it's
26:welcome
165:almost
132:Erpert
72:helpme
482:Logan
486:Talk
456:talk
426:talk
372:does
305:talk
285:talk
257:talk
243:talk
228:talk
220:here
204:talk
183:talk
338:you
157:lot
307:)
259:)
245:)
230:)
75:}}
69:{{
458:)
454:(
428:)
424:(
303:(
287:)
283:(
255:(
241:(
226:(
206:)
202:(
185:)
181:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.