User:MPerel/welcome

Welcome!
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Hello, , and welcome to Wikipedia! Wikipedia is one of the world's fastest growing internet sites. We aim to build the biggest and most comprehensive encyclopaedia in the world. To date we have millions of articles in a host of languages. The English Language Wikipedia alone has Special:Statistics articles! But we still need more! Please feel free to contribute your knowledge and expertise to our site.

Here are a few good links for newcomers:
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Simplified ruleset
 * How to edit a page
 * Naming conventions
 * Help pages
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style
 * Policy Library

We hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~&#126;); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, Help:Contents or the FAQ. If you can't find your answer there, check the Village pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the reference desk (for general questions)! And if you have any more questions after that, feel free to post them on my user talk page or place  on your talk page and someone will be by to help you shortly.

Additional tips
Here's some extra tips to help you get around in the 'pedia!
 * If you want to play around with your new Wiki skills the Sandbox is for you.
 * You can sign your name using three tildes (~). If you use four, you can add a datestamp too. Five will get you the datestamp only.
 * If you ever think a page or image should be deleted, please list it at the articles for deletion page. There is also a deletion review page if you want to dispute the deletion of an article that you think should not have been deleted.
 * If you're still entirely confused, or would like to get a better grasp of your Wikipedia skills, and you have an IRC client (or don't mind getting one), check out the IRC tutorial to learn how to chat live with other editors to get some help.
 * If you're bored and want to find something to do, try the Random page button in the sidebar, or check out the Open Task message in the Community Portal.

Again, welcome! I hope you like this place and will want to stay. Happy Wiki-ing.