User talk:Riley Smitherton

December 2022
Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Marabou stork, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use your sandbox. ''We do not link to words which need no link ~ self-explanatory or common words. Please stop doing this as it is potentially disruptive and you have now been reverted at least twice.'' Happy days ~ LindsayHello 17:38, 6 December 2022 (UTC)


 * My bad. I was under the assumption that some basic or common words would need explanation, seeing as how words like bird and fishing lures had links associated to them. I will refrain from editing this anymore unnecessarily. ~ Riley Smitherton Riley Smitherton (talk) 18:59, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries, we all make errors ~ and it's easy to do so around here, as we have lots of seemingly arcane and arbitrary practices. Earlier in the day i had taken out a second link to "bird" and seriously thought about removing the first, because really, well, it's basic, isn't it?
 * Anyway, welcome here, i hope things work out for you; if i can help in any way, please let me know ~ i'll be watching this page for some time, or on my talk page. In a moment i'll put a welcome template here; it has a lot of links to useful places and information.  Happy days ~ LindsayHello 06:10, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Riley Smitherton, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:
 * Introduction
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * How to write a great article
 * Simplified Manual of Style
 * Your first article
 * Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community
 * Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox
 * and check out the Task Center, for ideas about what to work on.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place  on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome! Happy days ~ LindsayHello 06:11, 7 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help! I'm relatively new to editing wikipedia, so I'll need all the help I can get. Thanks for understanding, and I'll try and take a look at some of the pages you suggested. Have a great day ~ Riley Smitherton (talk) 03:46, 8 December 2022 (UTC)