User talk:Shane Dirk

Welcome! (We can't say that loudly enough!)

Hello, Shane Dirk, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

If you have any questions or problems, no matter what they are, leave me a message on my talk page. Or, please come to the Help desk, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{Help me}} on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

Please sign your name on talk pages and votes by typing four tildes (~~~~); our software automatically converts it to your username and the date. We're so glad you're here! Meatsgains^(talk) 23:48, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tip of the day...

Interwiki links and shortcuts

You can make links that lead to Wikipedia's sister projects, and a few other places, without the arrow that accompanies external links. Here's how:

Prefix	Example	Shortcut
`[[wikibooks:]]`	wikibooks:	`[[b:]]` b:
`[[meta:]]`	meta:	`[[m:]]` m:
`[[mediawikiwiki:]]`	mediawikiwiki:	`[[mw:]]` mw:
`[[wikinews:]]`	wikinews:	`[[n:]]` n:
`[[wikiquote:]]`	wikiquote:	`[[q:]]` q:
`[[wikisource:]]`	wikisource:	`[[s:]]` s:
`[[wikipedia:]]`	[[wikipedia:]]	`[[w:]]` w:
`[[wiktionary:]]`	wiktionary:	`[[wikt:]]` wikt:
`[[commons:]]`	commons:	`[[c:]]` c:
`[[wikidata:]]`	wikidata:	`[[d:]]` d:
`[[wikispecies:]]`	wikispecies:	`[[species:]]` species:
`[[google:]]`	google:	used for google queries
`[[mediazilla:]]`	mediazilla:	used with bug numbers

The long form doesn't work within the same project. The shortcut works everywhere.

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