User talk:Gingerbreadmann

I think a mention of it could be made in the History of the New England Patriots article, yes. Pats1 19:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia and trivia

Perhaps it might be worthwhile to acquaint yourself with the goals of this project. One you might like to review is Wikipedia:The perfect article. Another is Wikipedia:About, which states that "Wikipedia content is intended to be factual, notable, verifiable with external sources, and neutrally presented, with external sources cited." Trivia, in general, is not notable. If it is notable, then it's not really trivia and should be incorporated into the main article. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

You don't have a welcome yet, so I'll give you mine...

... which, incidentally, summarizes the important policies/guidelines of Wikipedia for you. Read and remember.

Hi! Welcome to Wikipedia! First and foremost, we are an encyclopedia. You should begin contributing by reading these pages:

1. Start at Wikipedia:Introduction. But if you're too busy to click through a few screens, try this basic table of how to write Wikipedia's links, headings, etc.
2. You want to make sure you know the Five Pillars of Wikipedia. I've summarized them here (although you still should read the full page):
   • Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Try for accuracy and verifiability, and don't try to create articles about yourself, your friends, dog, school, or company... not, at least, until you have read the criteria for notability and know that what you're writing about meets those criteria.
   • Wikipedia has a neutral point of view policy. Give reasonable weight to all sides of an issue, without overemphasizing any one view, and without inflating fringe views.
   • Wikipedia is free content (licensed under the GFDL) and can be edited by anyone. No one is a webmaster (except maybe Jimmy Wales) and anyone can change any article that you make with certain exceptions.
   • Wikipedia does have a code of conduct. Do not attack anyone, and be civil, avoid making personal attacks, find consensus for your changes, avoid edit wars, follow the three-revert rule, and remember that there are about 2 million articles out there and you don't have to get into any disputes about any one article.
   • Wikipedia does not have any firm rules. Be bold, because nobody is perfect and you don't have to have a perfect encyclopedia article the first time around. Don't worry about messing up, either, because all previous versions are kept (check the "History" tab at the top of the page for all those previous versions!) and can be accessed.
3. There is a help page for new contributors.

And above all, this is an encyclopedia! Happy editing!~user:orngjce223 how am I typing? 03:19, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, your Village Pump post apparently prompted me. By the way, on pages that have the "discussion" tab highlighted, or say "talk" somewhere up top before the colon (called "Talk pages"), please sign your comments using the signature button up top (help page on signatures here), or by using the "tilde" button just under your Esc key at the top left hand side of the keyboard (you need to use four of them, like so: ~~~~) or you can use the 4 tilde link at the bottom within the little box with all the symbols in it. Do any one of those to SIGN your COMMENTS, and people will thank you for it. Thanks, ~user:orngjce223 how am I typing? 02:17, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Trivia

Hi. I just read your thoughts on trivia and I was wondering if you would be interested in this.

Here is a wikiproject proposal for trivia and a fresh look at trivia policy by the admins. Support the wikiproject proposal. Add your name to the list here: [wiki project proposal for wikitrivia]

Please send this link to other users that you feel would be interested. Thanks Ozmaweezer 18:46, 17 October 2007 (UTC)