User:Elaragirl/templates/Welcome

Welcome to Wikipedia from Elaragirl!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. Since you are new, I've taken the liberty of providing a few useful resources: Frequently Asked Questions Read this first. Getting started How to get started Introduction A tutorial of sorts on Wikipedia Glossary of Wikipedia terms To figure out all those acronyms! Policies and guidelines Rules to follow The Five Pillars The basis of our policies Manual of Style How to make articles fit the desired style Change your preferences How to change how you see Wikipedia Change your signature How to change your signature Help Desk For questions on how to use Wikipedia Reference Desk For general knowledge questions Here are some other hints and tips: I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikipedia, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and there are many benefits of having a username. (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.) When using talk pages, please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or type {{helpme}} on this talk page and a user will help you as soon as possible. I will answer your questions as far as I can. Again, welcome! Thank you again for contributing to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian.