User talk:WikiEditar

About your edit to Dex Media
Hi WikiEditar, welcome to Wikipedia! Below this I'll leave a templated message that has a lot of useful links. Thanks for trying to improve Dex Media, but I'm afraid there were a couple problems with your edit. First is that you copy-pasted text from elsewhere; this is not allowed on Wikipedia as all text on Wikipedia needs to be free for anyone to reuse, and text from other websites is almost always copyrighted in a way that's not free to use. See this page for more information. The second is that you need to cite your sources, preferably reliable, independent sources such as newspapers or magazines (the Dex Media article needs some help in this respect, it relies a bit too much on press releases). This page shows you how to cite your sources. Note that citing a source is not enough to allow you to copy/paste directly; you have to summarize and paraphrase. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 17:11, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia!
Hello, WikiEditar. Welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions. My name is Howicus, and I've been an editor here for some time. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful: If you're working on creating a new article, you should take a look at this page on your first article, and use the article wizard here to get started. Also, this page has instructions on how to cite sources, complete with videos.
 * Introduction and Getting started
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style

If all this Wikicode is a little overwhelming, this cheatsheet may help untangle it.

If you're looking for a tutorial of sorts, The Wikipedia Adventure is a good option.

And if you need more help, I'd recommend asking at the Teahouse (a help page for new users). Or, you could try getting live help at the Wikipedia help chat channel: click here to join. Additionally, you could ask me on my talk page, or and a volunteer will visit you here shortly

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. Again, welcome, and have fun editing! Howicus (Did I mess up?) 17:11, 16 December 2016 (UTC)