User talk:Dougcard

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, Dougcard! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Calaka (talk) 05:34, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
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 * Glad to know! :) Calaka (talk) 07:03, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah those are actually not points at all, but I can see that it might seem that way (since there is similar colouration in comment grading in many external websites such as youtube). They in fact just refer to the amount of characters/words/images etc the article got (green) or how much was removed (red). It is measured in bytes. So my user page is taking up 90kb and when you added a message that was 100 bytes it went up to 90,100 bytes (for example). Hope that helps.Calaka (talk) 07:14, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles assessment drive
At WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, in which you are listed as a member, we're working on a pretty massive backlog (1000+ articles!) of unassessed articles. We would appreciate it greatly if you would help assess the articles in the link. It's simple to do!


 * 1) Read over the article.
 * 2) On the discussion page, look for the AARTalk template. Add in a "class" and "importance" parameter if the template does not have them already. Example:
 * 3) For the class, fill in the article's quality using the WikiProject's quality scale: stub, start, C, B, GA, A, or FA. Most unassessed articles will probably be stubs or start class articles, and definitely B or lower.
 * 4) For the importance, fill in the article's importance to the WikiProject using the importance scale: low, mid, high, or top. Most unassessed articles will probably be low or mid importance.
 * 5) Then you're done!

It's not a difficult task, but there's a lot to get done. Our hope is that we can chip through the backlog and assess every article within the auspices of the project. Thanks,  bibliomaniac 1  5  00:31, 12 January 2011 (UTC)