User talk:Demosthenes2k8

Welcome

Hi, Demosthenes2k8. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck! Chzz ► 01:16, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people.

Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes.

Play in your user area. For example, create User:Demosthenes2k8/test.

Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup#2009.

When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page.

There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

-- Chzz ►

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FIRST

I saw you editing a FIRST-related article recently. I'm trying to start a FIRST wikiproject. I'm kinda a one man army when it comes to maintaining these pages (they were horrible when I started earlier this year), so if I could get several editors on board re: cleaning up and expanding FIRST wiki articles, it would be great. Put a comment on my talk page if you're interested. hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 03:45, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thanks. i was thinking about starting the wikiproject after the championship. at that time, we can create a bunch of articles related to first at that time. this is certainly deserving of a wikproject. there are 200k students competing every year. hello, i'm a member | talk to me!