User:BranStark/adoption/header

Hello and welcome to my adoption program. Wiki-adoption was created on 27/09/2006 as a program designed to help new and inexperienced users. More experienced editors can "adopt" newer users, helping to mentor them along the way as they learn about Wikipedia. I hope that this program will be able to inform you about the ins and outs of Wikipedia and steer you away from making less-than-constructive edits or misplaced test edits. Each lesson is designed to give you an insight into the many different areas of the site where you can contribute. If you would like to be adopted by me, please leave me a message on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
 * Notes
 * If you would like to be adopted by me, please leave me a message on my talk page and I will get back to you as soon as possible with information on what happens next.
 * All adoptees will have their own adoption subpage which is where all assignments will be carried out.
 * In order to graduate, each candidate must complete all required and at least 2 optional assignments. If your assignments are of an excellent standard, there will be no final exam and you will graduate automatically, however, if I think there is more work that needs doing or I think you could do better in your assignments then I will piece together a small exam. Please note that this'll be nothing extravagant and will be a small summary of your lessons.
 * All candidates are urged to take their time, there is no deadline to complete your assignments.
 * Feel free to take your lessons in the order that suits you best.
 * If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or on your adoption subpage which I will have added to my watchlist.
 * Helpful pages
 * Help:Contents
 * Help:Tutorial
 * Five pillars
 * WP:Vandalism
 * WP:Deletion policy
 * WP:Administrator intervention against vandalism
 * Sandbox - to be used for testing
 * Special:Mypage/sandbox - your own sandbox