User talk:Ploughboy~enwiki

Welcome
Hello Ploughboy, and welcome to Wikipedia! We're really glad you've chosen to sign up for an account; it offers numerous benefits in case you weren't already aware of them.

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Useful links
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 * [[Image:Isimple system icons app edit.png|25px]]  How to edit a page - it's a lot easier than you might think.


 * [[Image:Crystal Clear action info.png|25px]]  Tutorial - a collection of pages explaining the most important things for contributing to Wikipedia.


 * [[Image:Crystal Clear app karbon.png|25px]]  Sandbox - the best place for trying things out. If previous edits you made to articles have been reverted because they were experimental or unconstructive, this is the place to make test edits.


 * [[Image:Nuvola apps filetypes.svg|25px]]  Where to ask a question - Wikipedia has numerous places for you to put your questions and comments forward.


 * [[Image:Crystal Clear app linneighborhood.png|25px]]  Five pillars - Wikipedia's official policies and guidelines are summarized here.


 * [[Image:Nuvola apps kdict.png|25px]]  Manual of Style - our style guide outlines our standards for ensuring that we present information in a consistent manner that promotes cohesion and professionalism.

Contributing
With these references at hand, we hope you find it easier to contribute to Wikipedia. Here's a brief synopsis of some ways you can:


 * We obviously wouldn't have an encyclopedia without articles. This page shows how you can help them grow.


 * Removing vandalism and keeping the integrity of articles intact is a great way of contributing. More information on how to do so can be found here.


 * Fixing typos, correcting poor grammar and repairing broken links are just some examples of useful, behind the scenes contributions. Even just making things look nice makes using Wikipedia more pleasant for everybody.


 * If you like working with images, you might be interested in the Graphic Lab. Similarly, this page shows you how to work with images in Wikipedia articles.


 * This page lists the many types of tasks you can do to maintain Wikipedia.


 * There are numerous WikiProjects that aim to provide coordination and collaboration on particular subjects. From this list, you can join a project and contribute within an area that interests you.

Of course, there are many ways of contributing, but I hope that this message is helpful to you, and that you'll enjoy editing Wikipedia and continue to do so. You can respond to this message by clicking  here  if you have a comment or need help - don't forget to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ), or you can place  on your talk page and write your query there. Again, welcome to Wikipedia! WilliamH (talk) 20:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Ploughboy. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Ploughboy~enwiki that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name. If you think you might own all of the accounts with this name and this message is in error, please visit Special:MergeAccount to check and attach all of your accounts to prevent them from being renamed.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 02:10, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 17:39, 22 April 2015 (UTC)