User talk:Anotaomo

Welcome!
Hi Anotaomo! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.

As you get started, you may find this short tutorial helpful:

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Happy editing! Nick Moyes (talk) 22:12, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Contributing to Wikipedia
Hello. I notice since you joined us three weeks ago that you've made over 140 edits, but not one has been to a Wikipedia article as yet. I'm sorry you seem to be struggling. I have left a welcome message for you above so that you can read more about how to edit with either of our two editing tools.

I'm afraid your question to the Teahouse on 1st November was inserted into the wrong place (at the end of another old thread) so we all missed it. Sorry about that! I have removed it and reposted it for you in the correct place, which you can see here.

You can visit Task Center to find a whole range of ideas of simple tasks to get you started making small edits to improve articles. Alternatively, in 'Desktop' view, you may notice that you have a Tab marked 'Homepage' next to your Userpage and talk page Tabs. this is a place that offers small editing suggestions to get new users started.

I'm actually quite surprised you say you are struggling to edit Wikipedia when you have quite competently and endlessly fiddled around with Userboxes on your Userpage. It almost seems like you've done this before. So, I suggest you click the big blue 'Learn More About Editing' link above and follow the links to understand how to make small improvements to articles.

As this is an encyclopaedia, everything should be written in a neutral, encyclopaedic manner. Absolutely no opinions or 'stuff you happen to know' should ever be added to an article. Instead, any factual statement you make must be supported by a reference (=citation) to a high quality, published source, such as a printed book, major mainstream or media outlet. No adding stuff from personal blogs or social media, of course! Assuming this is your first time here, best wishes on your Wikipedia Journey! Nick Moyes (talk) 22:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hiya! I'm another editor here, and I second Nick's message above. It feels that you have a really good understanding of the underlying wiki-code and that you played around and explored a bit of the more social parts of the site. You would be a really good contributor if you'd start editing and doing a few of the tasks here, good luck!  Just ' i ' yaya  05:11, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: List of WikiKittens (November 5)
 Your recent article submission has been rejected. If you have further questions, you can ask at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk/New_question&withJS=MediaWiki:AFCHD-wizard.js&page=Draft:List_of_WikiKittens Articles for creation help desk] or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help. The reason left by DoubleGrazing was: This topic is not sufficiently notable for inclusion in Wikipedia.

DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:28, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:List of WikiKittens


Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Draft:List of WikiKittens, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other test edits you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:30, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Question
Hi, a quick question: have you edited previously under a different account? Thanks, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:55, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Not here to build an encyclopaedia - formal warning
@Anotaomo After four weeks of playing around - primarily with your userpage and doing other daft stuff (like this) - it is now time for you to decide whether you actually want to contribute to this encyclopedia. None of your 180 edits thus far have added one single thing to any existing article, and you have had access to all 6.7 million of them!

If you don't want to help improve the encyclopaedia, or simply can't be bothered to read the links to the help and advice you have already been offered in various places, I would respectfully suggest it is time for you to leave Wikipedia and go and play somewhere else. If you continue as you have been doing, I will feel obliged to remove your editing rights, per WP:NOTHERE, as I am now of the opinion that you are not here to help build an encyclopaedia. This is a serious project, so it's time to decide if you want to contribute to it, or just play around on the sidelines. You choose.

At the Teahouse today, you responded to someone who suggested you found some 'stub' articles to improve. You said you did not know how to edit a stub article. That's simply a category of encyclopaedia article which is seen as very short and inadequate for the topic, so can be easily improved. So, here's what you can do: I see you joined WP:WikiProject Southeast Asia. So, scroll down to the colourful article assessment table on that page. It's headed 'Statistics' (see here). Look at the row entitled 'Stub' and click the number in the table. There are 3,940 Stub articles of varying 'importance' to that Project, plus a further 2,363 slightly less short articles, deemed as 'Start' class. Click one of the numbers and you will get a list of them. Just browse through those that sound of interest to you and see if there are any minor typos, grammatical errors, 'citation needed' templates where you can go off and look for supporting information from sources that you can insert. (Further guidance at WP:REFBEGIN). Please also read through WP:Contributing to Wikipedia.

Whilst we are happy to help new users who genuinely encounter difficulty understanding how to get started (and are pleased to answer specific questions) we do expect you to follow the links to advice pages and read and understand them for yourself. We also need to see evidence that you have actually attempted to contribute to an encyclopaedia article. You have not yet done that.

If you are too young, or simply don't know what worthwhile contribution you can make to this encyclopaedia, then Wikipedia is evidently not the place for you. The editing you've already done on your userpage, making userboxes and in joining WikiProjects suggests you know full well how to use our editing tools. So, I have to ask: Have you had a previous account which has been blocked in the past? Your actions correspond pretty closely with people I have encountered who create WP:SOCKPUPPET accounts so they can return and continue messing about here whilst their primary account remains blocked. When I see such behaviour I usually ask a WP:CHECKUSER to investigate.

TLDR: You must now decide what actions you are going to take. Continue messing around in Userspace, and your editing career here will be a short one. Show evidence that you want to contribute to improve and help build this encyclopaedia, and you are welcome to remain and we will support you when you encounter specific difficulties. You choose. Nick Moyes (talk) 12:14, 5 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Yep, and each project has a similar page. For stubs, you may have to track down reliable sources first, then just summarize and cite your sources. Check out:
 * ASTRAT
 * WP:VG/A
 * WikiProject Cats/Assessment
 * Good luck, Rjjiii (ii) (talk) 19:42, 5 November 2023 (UTC)