User talk:Huaike Guo

Help with annotations
My native language is not English,and therefore I want to learn English from the free sources on the internet of which I think Wikipedia is the best. I am fascinated with Wikipedia for its tremendous archives which I frequently visit and learn a lot from. Upon scrutinizing the page,I find the words I am not familiar with,the sentences I really appreciate,and then I want to make annotations to the words and sentences to see them at a first glance when I come into the page at a later time. I want to annotate the page by changing the color of the words and sentences which I concern,and I want the colored words and sentences to be visible only to me in order not to bother others. And the question is how to change the color. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huaike Guo (talk • contribs)


 * Hello. I do not believe it is possible to add colors for just yourself, without making it colored for everyone. Wikipedia strongly discourages and usually disallows colors in articles. Sorry. -- Seahorseruler (Talk Page) (Contribs) (Report a Vandal) 15:19, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

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 * It sounds like you want to make notes for yourself - so why not just copy the article into your word processor, and make whatever annotations you like on your own copy?


 * It is also OK to copy a Wikipedia article to your own subpages, to work on it., with a few caveats;


 * Say where it comes from, in the edit summary - use a link to the specific dated revision from the page, for example;

This text copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sausage&oldid=386277439
 * You can get such a link by clicking on the History tab at the top of the article, ie in this case I went here.


 * Remove any non-free images (logos, record-covers, etc) if any &mdash; they are not permitted in user space


 * Add a colon-character : at the front of any categories, which should be at the end of the article. For example, changing  to  . This stops the userspace page from appearing in those Wikipedia categories.


 * As an example, I just copied today's featured article, Diocletian, into your own user area - User:Huaike Guo/Diocletian. You can edit that copy, and change it, as you like.


 * There are many ways to highlight text, including;

- for example, produces:

- for example, some text produces: some text ('xt' is short for 'eXample Text)

- for example, some text produces: some text

- for example, some text produces: some text some text produces: some text, some text produces: some text


 * To make more user subpages, you could use the link WP:USERSPACEDRAFT.


 * You can do almost anything you like in your own userspace, but please remember that we're here to write an Encyclopaedia. As long as you are using your userspace towards that goal, it is fine - try things out. Why not make user:Huaike Guo/test page - click that to make it, and try some things.


 * With regards to English studies, you might also be interested in User:Tony1/How to improve your writing.


 * You can also talk to helpers live, with this link.

Best of luck. Cheers,  Chzz  ► 15:47, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome and introduction
Hi, Huaike Guo. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck!  Chzz  ► 15:49, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

From our conversation
Please try things by editing your test page, User:Huaike Guo/test.

A useful quick-guide is in Cheatsheet.

For help on finding images, see Finding images tutorial.

Cheers,  Chzz  ► 17:32, 25 September 2010 (UTC)