User talk:Theasianeditor

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Theasianeditor, good luck, and have fun. Legacypac (talk) 05:40, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Hey don't worry about the quick sock accusation. Go forth and productively edit various pages and all will be well. Legacypac (talk) 05:42, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Editing here can expose you to a whole lot of knowledge as you work on various topics. It's also a good way to learn editing webpages too.

I don't suggest trying to write a new article at first. Contribute to existing pages. Learn to add references and do some vandal patrol. Ok, what topics are you interested in? Legacypac (talk) 08:34, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Well, I don't know what I'd like to edit at the moment because I'm new to this whole thing. But because I'm a student, I use Wikipedia quite regularly, and will edit any mistakes that I find along the way. I will also look around any articles on instruments and music theory and edit anything that requires editing. I would also appreciate some information on how to conduct vandal patrols. Also, what does the 'Watch this page' option at the bottom of the page do? That's probably all for now but thanks Legacypac! Theasianeditor (talk) 08:54, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Watch this page (tick star) puts it on your watchlist (very top of screen). Every time the page is edited it pops up there. You can watch for vandalism to revert or bad edits to fix up or improve. I've got over 9000 pages watched, but most of those are deleted ones because I do tons of vandal and deletion work. Go set up WP:TWINKLE after you do a few more edits. I can't believe I edited without it for years. It's awesome for anti-vandalism work, tagging articles for cleanup etc. Practice on your own user pages first! It is powerful stuff and you don't want to misuse the tool.

If your looking for pages to work on, type "Category: instruments" or whatever to find pages of related articles. Start by watching a bunch of pages that interest you. You may spot vandalism and will get a good idea of the flow of editing works. Legacypac (talk) 09:33, 5 June 2017 (UTC)