User:Kingturtle/WikiPrinciples

• Taken from Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians in order of arrival:
  • "We Wikipedians abhor the idea that the amount of time spent working on this website is any sort of indication of how well one can write an encyclopedia article. Indeed, we distinguish ourselves by our ability to write good articles, which is what really matters. We ought to do our best to underemphasize seniority, which can be used, often illegitimately, as a way of deciding who to accord how much respect."
• Wikipedia:Wikiquette
• Wikipedia:Standard user greeting
• Wikipedia:Boilerplate text (Wikipedia:Votes for deletion)
• Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
• Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
• Wikipedia:Delete test and welcome
• Wikipedia:Most common Wikipedia faux pas
• Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages
• Wikipedia:Possible copyright infringements
• Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
• Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians

Parting words of advice from User:Larry Sanger:

• to be open and warmly welcoming, not insular,
• to be focused singlemindedly on writing an encyclopedia, not on Usenet-style debate,
• to recognize and praise the best work, work that is detailed, factual, well-informed, and well-referenced,
• to work to understand what neutrality requires and why it is so essential to and good for this project,
• to treat your fellow productive, well-meaning members of Wikipedia with respect and good will,
• to attract and honor good people who know a lot and can write about it well, and
• to show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who if permitted would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere here.

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Welcome...

Welcome to Wikipedia! Your energy and knowledge will be of great use here. As you settle in with this community, please take a look (you may have read some of them already) at some pages to further your understanding of the community, and the wikipedia project: *[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]] *[[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines]] *[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] *[[Wikipedia:How to write a great article]] *[[Wikipedia:Graphics tutorials]] *[[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia]] *[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not]] *[[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages]] *[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)]] *[[Wikipedia:Wikiquette]] *[[Wikipedia:FAQ]] Keep up the good work! ~~~~

--- Other resources:

• http://google-fight.com/

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Wikicovenant:

• Make others feel welcome
• Create and continue a friendly environment
• Turn the other cheek (which includes walking away from potential edit wars)
• Give praise, especially to those you don't know
• Forgive