User talk:Chuck Marean/Archive1

Hi, welcome to Wikipedia!

I noticed you have created the Guide to Editing. There are many similar pages such as Help:Editing, How to edit a page, Tutorial and Help:Starting a new page. There are also a number of style guidelines - see my post here, where I propose merging some/all of them. I feel that your guide is unnecessary duplication. Please note there is a Welcoming committee which tries to provide notices to new users such as this:

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I 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, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * Help pages
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style

Sorry no one has got around to you previously. I felt you might be trying to create something akin to the message above. I have taken the liberty of changing Guide to Editing to use a table I found on another Wikimedia Foundation site. I like it, but don't quite know where it should go on Wikipedia, and I thought the page would provide a good location (at least temporarily). If you want your page back, revert my changes. Finally, if you are interested in editing the help pages, consider joining the Help Project. Feel free to talk to me if you need any help whilst editing Wikipedia! Gareth Aus 09:55, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I 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, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! --Fuhghettaboutit 22:37, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * Help pages
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style

archived July 9, 2006
a few helpful pages:
 * Welcome page
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * What Wikipedia is not
 * Wikipedia policies and guidelines and Wikipedia simplified ruleset
 * Assume good faith
 * Stay cool and be civil
 * While you should be bold with edits, it is best to discuss and draft significant graphical layout overhauls

As always, please let me know if I can help in any way. --mtz206 (talk) 03:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)