User talk:Paul Vanderveen

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Hello, Paul Vanderveen, 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:
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * The Wikipedia Adventure (a fun interactive editing tutorial that takes about an hour)
 * Wikipedia Teahouse (a user-friendly help forum)
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, or you can  to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! We are so glad you are here! Jim1138 (talk) 07:55, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

You also may find there are some specific rules in the Manual of Style, in particular, that apply to certain situations. Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages (but not article edits) by typing four tildes (~) ; this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions or ask your question on this page and then place Help me before the question. I hope this is not too late to help you and that you will not be discouraged when you learn more about Wikipedia. Jim1138 (talk) 07:55, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Introduction to Wikipedia; and Contributing to Wikipedia; and Wikipedia tutorial; and Getting started
 * Avoiding common mistakes; and How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * Simplified ruleset; and Simplified Manual of Style; and Manual of Style
 * List of policies; and List of guidelines
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia; and What Wikipedia is not; and Words to watch and Manual of Style/Words to watch
 * Identifying reliable sources; and Verifiability; and No original research; and Neutral point of view
 * How to copy-edit; and How to create your first article
 * Help:Referencing for beginners; and Help:Footnotes
 * Help:Introduction to talk pages; and Help:Using talk pages; and Talk page guidelines
 * Copyright Problems; and Copyright violations; and Images; and Image use policy
 * Help:Contents and Questions provide guidance and links to pages where help can be requested. Also see Teahouse.