User talk:Mdougla

Welcome!

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 * The stuff above is a form letter, but your talk page looked so empty and I hoped some of the links might be of use. So here's a vey belated formal welcome to Wikipedia. :-) Cloveapple (talk) 16:15, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note
I replied on my talk page. Cloveapple (talk) 17:24, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

A handy tip
I just noticed that you were having trouble with edit conflicts while you were doing the Edit-aThon article. There's a notice I sometimes stick at the top of a page I am editing to let people know to leave it alone for a bit. If you put at the top of the article it says "please do not edit this page while this message is displayed". Template:In_use gives the details. Cloveapple (talk) 18:47, 3 March 2012 (UTC) Hello Cloveapple! Thanks for this excellent advice. Someone did start editing and correcting my first article as I was drafting it. I did not realise what an editing conflict is. If one or more people are working on an article at the same time, changes can be lost! Certainly edits and corrections are a benefit of a community like Wikipedia...but the timing of the editing and the way it's handled can encourage or discourage! Mdougla (talk) 02:38, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event
In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Special Collections (4th floor)

When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. &mdash;innotata 02:19, 5 October 2012 (UTC)