User:GlassCobra/AdoptionTemplate

In my experiences here, getting rid of vandalism is the number one constant task for everyone. There's no getting around it. You can do it manually, or you can get one of many special tools that have been made to help make editing quicker. I prefer doing it manually, though the rollback function that administrators get really speeds things up. When you revert a vandal, go over to their talk page and leave them a warning. If they keep vandalizing, leave them higher warnings. If they go past a Level 4 warning, which is the final one, go ahead and report them to Administrator intervention against vandalism (shortcut: WP:AIV) so they get blocked. You can report inappropriate usernames to Usernames for administrator attention (shortcut: WP:UAA). These don't need to have any contributions to be reported, though.

These are more of the behind-the-scenes, maintenance aspects of Wikipedia, and there are lots of people that contribute a lot in these areas. However, Wikipedia is also always in need of people to contribute to the actual articles; many editors are content to tag an article for cleanup or referencing, and not do anything themselves. If you're interested in helping out here, you should check out my What You Can Do page; this lists a lot of ways that you can help out on articles. WikiProjects are a great way to collaborate with other editors to improve content in specific areas; we have projects for everything from biology and chemistry, to Halo and even Elvis.

Hopefully this will give you some ideas as to where you want to help out most. If you have any questions, posting on my talk page is the best way to reach me; that way, the orange bar pops up, and I'll see it more quickly. I'll respond here so that you get the orange bar too. After that, you can respond back wherever you like. Good luck!