User talk:KevO
KevO, welcome to Train Spotting World
If this is the first time you've used a wiki you may have a few questions. Most of the answers are obvious. To learn to edit, why not just dive in? At the foot of the editing window there is a help link. This opens in a new window and gives you a good overview of wiki syntax and stuff.
There are very few rules here. The best summary is:
- Respect other people's Copyright
- Behave to others as you would like them to behave to you
- Do no harm
This is not an encyclopaedia. Pages here do not need to comply with encyclopaedic notions or citations or neutrality. Just dive in and start.
It's always worth having a look at Station announcements every so often, too.
One of the first things you might want to do is to place {{talktome}} at the top of your talk page (this page) above this welcome message. Taking heed of what it says will make it much easier for you to follow discussions on talk pages.
And while you browse the site, and especially when you've created something truly worthwhile, why not Digg and also tag on del.icio.us – the tools are in the left hand menu. The more Diggs (etc) we have the better, because Diggs and del.icio.us links add to our findability. The best way to find out about them is to click on the tool. Each is different and each gives you the chance to "rate" any article here. Or anywhere else come to that!
"Snap", the little link preview window, has options in it that you can tailor to meet your needs. If you like it, stay with the defaults. If not then you can turn it off easily
Best yet you have a Spotting World Blog if you want it. Have a look at your User page. There is a link to let you create your blog. This is part of what Spotting World does for you. Or just go to blogs.spottingworld.com. You can use your blog for any lawful purpose. It's yours to do with as you like. Anyone can read your blog once you create it, but only you can write to it.
There is also a live chat room - see the left hand menu
Any questions, please ask any user on their talk page.
And please tell all your friends about us
A personal welcome
You asked me by email, quite reasonably, what a Wiki is. It's easiest to explain by example. This is a wiki. It's somewhere with several different compartments where anyone at all can edit. We rely on our user community to "keep it clean". We sign our posts on talk plages using ~~~~ which translates to our signature, and we siply edit articles or create them without signing.
We can message other editors, ask for help, and form communities within communities. Itls a great social thing. Tim Trent 22:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
What shall we call our Village Pump?
Hello KevO!
Your input would be greatly appreciated on what to call our new Village Pump! Click [[1]] to have a look!
Thanks,
Bluegoblin7 16:28, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
