Here's is also a welcome message for you too read in the interim[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia![edit]

Dear Johngordonboyle: Welcome to Wikipedia, a free and open-content encyclopedia. I hope you enjoy contributing. To help get you settled in, I thought you might find the following pages useful:

Don't worry too much about being perfect. Very few of us are! Just in case you are not perfect, click here to see how you can avoid making common mistakes.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

Wikipedians try to follow a strict policy of never biting new users. If you are unsure of how to do something, you are welcome to ask a more experienced user such as an administrator. One last bit of advice: please sign any discussion comment with four tildes (~~~~). The software will automatically convert this into your signature which can be altered in the "Preferences" tab at the top of the screen. I hope I have not overwhelmed you with information. If you need any help just let me know. Once again welcome to Wikipedia, and don't forget to tell us about yourself and be BOLD! Thanks! Glen 23:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

External links[edit]

Hi John,

Writing you a reply right now, please allow me 5 minutes :)

Chat in a sec, Glen 23:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC) reply[reply]

Our low threshold what most do: "linkspamming"[edit]

Normally when we see a new user edit 10 or 20 pages immediately upon forming their acount it's clear the have one intention - to use WP as a free bulletin board. So we have to have very firm rules.

Now, looking at your link, I can see its not spam, and, I believe that with my help we can get then in the specific articles the pertain to. However, before I get ahead, I'll tell you about a little thing here called consensus, take a look at these guidelines (it seems a lot but most double up...):

and finally...

Wikipedia:Spam

Again, back in a couple minutes - happy reading. Glen 00:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]