User talk:Codedon/Archives/My Rocky Beginning

Welcome and introduction

Hi, Codedon. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. 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  ►  22:02, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

ようこそ 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:Codedon/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  ►  22:02, 27 March 2010 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Grade sources • Cite sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists • Best articles Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Pages needing attention • Peer review The missing manual

Coaching

I want to know how I can get adoption. {{helpme}}

You can get an adoption by going to WP:ADOPT. Cheers, FASTILY_sock^(TALK) 22:29, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

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When you leave messages, please remember to "sign" your name, by putting ~~~~ (four tilde signs) at the end. This will add your name, and the date and time. You can also do this by clicking the 'sign' button, pictured here.

Head over to Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User, and follow the instructions.

For more help, you can either;

• Leave a message on my own talk page; OR
• Use a {{helpme}} - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put {{helpme}}, and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~~~~ at the end; OR
• Talk to us live, with this or this.

The last of those is particularly useful - please try it; pop in now and say hello.  Chzz  ►  22:32, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

I already followed the directions for adoption. I was waiting, but no one came, so I decided to try helpme. Codedon (talk) 22:51, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello Codedon/Archives,

I saw you were looking into adoption! I'd like to offer myself to help you out! Being an experienced editor, with several successful articles and many edits, I thought I would be a good choice! I love to work with new users; they have so much potential! I know how it feels to be a newbie in the ever so confusing Wikipedia. I'm working on a New Users program and I would be so happy to work with you. Before you accept, you might want to look over the adoption guidelines and understand:

• Forever. Once experienced, an Adoptee will be able to graduate, though likely to stay in touch with their Adopter.
• A social club. Though fun, Adoption is there to help users use and improve Wikipedia.
• Just for the newest of users. It is also for users with limited experience who want to expand their involvement.
• A shield. Adoptees remain solely responsible for their behavior.

There are many benefits to adoption and I'm glad you'd like to get involved. If you're interested, please drop me a line!

Thank you, mono 00:53, 28 March 2010 (UTC)--mono 00:53, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi. I would be delighted to be adopted by you! Codedon (talk) 03:36, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Word

Although the space allotted here can't possibly suffice to elaborate on the dictatorial smears by the Wikipedia community on neophytes, I must endeavor nevertheless to convey my point.

First off, I would like to offer a piece of advice — the use of the particular welcome template I was given should be ceased immediately. I was overwhelmed as a new user, intimidated by the hundreds of useless links that were hurled at me.

Second, Fastilysock and Chzz, perhaps you should glance at a new user's contributions before giving them useless messages asking them to do this and that, when the user has already done "this and that". Though I was not satisfied with your answer, I was grateful that both of you provided a polite leavetaking.

Third, perhaps the most acrid review I will give, Mono, you failed my expectations. You gave me your boiler template for adoption. However, when I replied, no one regarded it with any significance. I was left in solitude, with no clue as to how to get started. You have not responded to me in four days. If I were the manager of this place, I would have fired you eons ago. This is horrible customer service. Mono, please treat your adoptees with more respect; you will be more successful that way.

It's quite unfortunate and heart-wrenching that a place that boasts "anyone can edit" shuns and outcasts the inexperienced that dare venture over. In the future, I hope that as a community, you will learn to accept the flaws of newcomers, as all have flaws, and welcome them, embrace them in better showing than you have shown me.

If any of you are willing to win back any of your dignity, please feel free to carry on with getting me started as if this never happened. Codedon (talk) 18:29, 2 April 2010 (UTC)