User talk:Jayingq

May 2016
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the page User:Jayingq/sandbox, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition was deleted under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:02, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

 Hello, Jayingq, and Welcome to Wikipedia!  Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopaedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the New contributors' help page.

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 * If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.

, good luck, and have fun.

University Main Library training session 26.05.2016
Hello again, ! Thank you so much for taking part in the training session. I hope that you enjoyed it and that we'll see you on Wiki again soon.

Now that you've learned the basics, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles. I've added some booklets and some links below that you may find useful. NB: Really sorry we ran out of time (feel like we could do with a part 2) but there is always so much to say & cover. I'll be running a session tomorrow at 3.30-4.45pm in the David Hume building so feel free to come along to the end of that. Alternatively, I will be looking to arrange another session in June and can arrange a time to suit you, if you would like to finish things off? My email is ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk anyway. Please do try the The Wikipedia Adventure and consult the Visual Editor user guide for your immediate next steps.

If you're not feeling bold enough to write an (other) article straight away, why not try a small edit first, or adding a link? Don't worry about being perfect, Wiki is a constantly evolving entity. Fortunately there's a whole team of editors just like you who can help.

You can't break Wikipedia, but in case you're still nervous here are some pages that you might find helpful, especially the first one which covers the main things to remember about using Visual Editor.


 * Visual Editor user guide
 * Is your topic notable enough for an article?
 * Be Bold!
 * Don't let grumpy users scare you off.
 * Learn from others
 * How to write a great article
 * A simplified manual of style

The University of Edinburgh are also looking into running lots more edit-a-thons over the course of the residency – details are still to be confirmed but will be updated on my project page here: Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Remember, if you are writing on a talk page, please sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); 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 ask your question there. See you soon! EMcAndrew (talk) 12:49, 26 May 2016 (UTC)