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edit    Welcome to Train Spotting World... Welcome to Train Spotting World! It's nice to have you aboard. We're glad you wish to help develop this world. We hope you enjoy participating in the TSW community as much as we do. As a new contributor, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the sheer size and apparent complexity of this project. But don't worry, it will become easier and clearer as you go. If you feel you need assistance, experienced editors are available to help you learn the basics and get up to speed. We've included some resources below to help you get started. Good luck and have fun. -- The Train Spotting World Welcoming Committee One of the best places to get started is Help:Contents/Getting started. And be sure to introduce yourself at Trains:New user log. Meet other beginners, and compare notes! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. In case you get stuck, the following people have volunteered to assist new contributors, to give a helping hand and help you learn the ropes: Trains:Welcoming committee/members Even more volunteers are standing by to answer your questions on the following pages. You can usually expect an answer fairly quickly, often within just a few minutes: Trains:New contributors' help page Trains:Help desk To learn more about the Welcoming Committee, see Trains:Welcoming committee. edit    Finding your way around To understand Train Spotting World, it is easiest to think of this website as having two types of pages: pages that are part of the encyclopedia itself, and pages of the community (used by contributors to help build and operate the encyclopedia). To find your way around the encyclopedia, either enter a term into the search box on the left side of the screen, or go to Train Spotting World's table of contents. Train Spotting World's community pages include instructions, help pages, policies, guidelines, discussion forums, places to make requests, pages to report problems, and user pages. These are all pages which we use to develop the encyclopedia and to communicate with each other in that mission. Some directories to help you find your way around the community are: Trains:Department directory - what gets done where. Trains:Community Portal - Train Spotting World's hub of activity. It includes announcements, news, ongoing projects, and task lists. This is where to find out where your help is needed most. edit    Related Projects Kindness Campaign Adoption edit    Our "Rules" The Five Pillars of Train Spotting World Policies and guidelines - Help page / Overview List of policies List of guidelines Be sure to read the above pages! They are very important, and they will help you - even if you're not perfect the first second tenth seventeenth time! edit    If you need help... If you've made a mistake and wish to undo it, revert it. Here's how: click history at the top of the page you made the mistake on. Then click on the second entry in the history list that appears on your screen. Once there, click edit this page. Then save page. See more detailed instructions at Trains:Reversion. There are two main styles of help on Train Spotting Worldself-help and assistance... Self-help involves reading the help and instruction pages around Train Spotting World. Some very informative self-help pages are: Trains:Introduction Trains:Cheatsheet Trains:FAQ Help:Contents Trains:Tips For when you get stuck, confused, or befuddled, assistance is available on Train Spotting World's "desk" and "request" pages - use these when self-help hasn't provided you with an answer: Trains:Newcomers help page - volunteers check this for new questions every few minutes. The Help Desk - is also checked very often. Most anyone on these lists will help you as well: AdminList Categorized by Recent Activity Complete by uncategorized list of Administrators and us T:WC/M refresh page/purge cache See also About Train Spotting World Welcoming committee