User:ILikePikachu/class

Page for adopter/adoptee conversation. If you aren't ILikePikachu or CattleGirl, please don't comment without permission from ILikePikachu or CattleGirl. I want to keep this page clean for my mentor. -ILikePikachu v|d 01:40, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Alright, let's get started! So what aspects of Wikipedia would you like to get involved in? There's plenty to do... Firstly and most importantly- editing the mainspace- the articles. You could start by making improvements to articles that you are interested in, or you could have a look at the 'Random article' button on the left hand side of the page- this can lead to many short articles, or stubs, which need expansion, or articles which need sources, or any other modifications. Usually if an article needs something there's a template at the top of the page stating what needs to be done.

If editing articles isn't really your thing (I've spent much more time doing behind-the-scenes work), then you can do just that. Being one of the most viewed websites everyday- that anyone can edit- of course, it's going to attract vandalism, either from newbies who are just testing and don't know better, or from actual vandals, who's intent is to distrupt the wiki. So of course we need to revert the WP:VANDALISM, and WP:WARN the users where appropriate.

Then of course, there's backlogs. You can visit that page I've just linked to and clear up whichever you wish.

I've got to go now, so just briefly- Joining a Wikiproject is also a good idea- one of a topic that interests you, for instance, I'm a member of a number of music-related wikiprojects. On these pages, they state what needs to be done- and most of the time it's getting an article up to Good or Featured Article status.

Also, voting at Articles for Deletion, Templates for Deletion, User Categories For Deletion. These are votes which determine the fate of a page, article or category, which needs community consensus, so it's always good to get involved there.

A quick thing to remember- before you save a page, make sure that you fill in an edit summary, which is found just below the edit window. Just briefly summarise the changes you just made, so other users can view it easily by glancing at a page history.

Cheers-  Cat tleG irl  talk 08:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)