User talk:PaulieZiegfeld

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 * Hi PaulieZiegfeld! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
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-- 18:24, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit-athon at Civic Hall
This was one of the more delightful of our Wikicoaching sessions. I got to chat with old-time colleagues (some of them were bright teens when we became friends; others are fogies as ancient as myself) and meet new smart, sweet, lively ones like you. I hope to see you and the others again at Meetup/NYC. Some of my fellow coaches yesterday were people whom I introduced to editing years ago. And darn it, better coaches now than me. Journalists and scholars are among the most capable classes of students; they tend to understand already many points that confuse some of our other recruits. Of course, one never knows, and sometimes a retired telephone wire puller can fit in.

One kind of editor we fail to meet at these sessions are the mean, sneaky, unpleasant ones. They are not many, overall, and they mostly haunt the politically sensitive articles, though they have been known to wander more widely. Anyway the abundance of trolls in politics is one reason we don't encourage new editors to do much with those articles. More advanced editors can accomplish more in those snake pits.

Anyway, you're on my watchlist, which doesn't mean your article editing will automatically come to my attention but discussions here in your Talk Page will. If you need help, there's a "WP:Teahouse" to discuss especially newbie questions, or just leave a message in my Talk Page. Lots of old-timers like me are eager to help smart new editors. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Agreed it was delightful! As I only started my Wikipedia editing less than one week ago (after a long time away due to much paid work, and an outsized fear of mean Wiki editors), and then I found myself able to attend the Meetup/NYC — I do not believe in "woo woo" stuff (and have in fact been a guest at a CSI event) but I felt the whole experience was very bashert. See: Shidduch
 * I still have so much to learn, but thank you for answering all my dumb questions... and OK, maybe I had one or two good questions? Debatable!
 * Thanks again and yes I'll go to the Teahouse to get answers otherwise you will go from retired telephone guy — to full time unpaid porter of my many questions! But seriously, I thought the event was great. And I even ran into an old friend there, one whom I was very happy to see.
 * All best, PaulieZiegfeld (talk) 16:24, 20 July 2024 (UTC)