User talk:Harold Web

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Hello, Harold Web, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. 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! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Johnuniq (talk) 23:42, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
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Introduction to genetics
I noticed your edit at Introduction to genetics. Another user had vandalized the article shortly before your first edit (they replaced the wikitext  with   which changed the link genes to goons). You need the two square brackets to make a wikilink.

When editing an article, particularly to change nonsense like "goons", it is helpful to check the article history (on most browsers, you would hold down the Ctrl key and click "history" at the top, to open history in a new tab). Clicking "prev" next to an edit will show the difference ("diff") implemented by that edit. In this case, you would then click "undo" and add an edit summary to restore the article to its previous state. For this case, a suitable edit summary would be to append "rvv" (revert vandalism). It is generally best to not refer to "vandalism" in an edit summary because that gives vandals a thrill. Using the standard and simple "rvv" has the best effect.

When editing, remember to click "Preview" (might be "Show preview") so you can see how your edit would appear. Click "Help" in the sidebar for some good advice. Johnuniq (talk) 23:42, 21 January 2011 (UTC)