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Hello, SpartyParty! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking

if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Neutralhomer • Talk • 20:56, 17 February 2011 (UTC) 20:56, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome![edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia, SpartyParty! I am N2e and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions check out Wikipedia:Questions, or feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or type {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. Again, welcome!

N2e (talk) 20:35, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mentoring?[edit]

Hi SpartyParty. I am N2e, your Wikipedia online mentor for your class in telecommunications policy. I am happy to help in most any way, short of writing for you. Just ask.

One comment. It appears you are using your Talk page as a place to work on drafts of the article, or parts of the article, that you might (in the future) add to the mainspace Spectrum auctions article. My recommendation is to do your draft work in a sandbox rather than on your Talk page. That way, it leaves your Talk page available exclusively for your communication with other editors.

To start a sandbox, just click on WP:Sandbox, then click on the words create a user subpage in the third paragraph. If you want any help on how to do this, just ping me on my Talk page. Cheers. N2e (talk) 13:49, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is now a helpful link, above, that will make it even simpler to create a sandbox page. Just look for: "Click here to create your sandbox" ...

—N2e (talk) 20:55, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting Photos[edit]

(copied from N2e's Talk page to hold the discussion here)
Hey [N2e], sorry I havent communicated with you about the Spectrum Auction project. Currently, we have an assignment where we have to do random edits on other wiki pages. I chose to update some things about the cast of The Cosby Show but I cant figure out how to add a picture to the biography section (the long box on the right hand side of the pages). I saw the code from the page on the actual show but I dont know how to get the photos to show up on the page Im doing. I would appreciate any help, thanks.

Letia Armstead — Preceding unsigned comment added by SpartyParty (talk • contribs) 16:03, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Letia. It is good to hear from you. To your specific question, let me say a couple of things. First off, I'm not an expert on adding photos to the Wikipedia and Wikimedia foundation projects. If you want, I can definitely find you someone to help who knows a lot more than me. Second, as a brand new editor of Wikipedia, I would suggest you not start with editing Wikipedia by adding photos. While you are certainly free to do so, it is a somewhat complicated process that has many obstacles and legalities that can make adding your first few photos (i.e., while you are "learning the ropes") a bit difficult. Copyright, "fair use" exemptions, rules for posting one's own photos, etc. can be a bit daunting at first. Third, if you decide you really want to do photos right now, just say so and I'll offer more pointed help, and provide you a link to find a image-related mentor should my simple help not be sufficient.

In the meantime, I recommend you make your "random edits on other wiki pages" textually, in prose. I think you will find "learning the ropes" of Wikipedia much more straightforward with this (initial) limitation. I'll have more to say about that in the next 24 hours. Cheers. N2e (talk) 20:51, 28 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback[edit]

Hello, SpartyParty. You have new messages at N2e's talk page.
Message added 15:42, 23 April 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Hello!! Excited to be able to be there to help with anything you could need! And thanks! Never did I think it would give me a cool opportunity like this! Chlopeck (talk) 16:25, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wiki-Project Management![edit]

Hello Letia,

As Dr Obar, probably mentioned I am one of the two Campus Ambassadors for your class - hopefully I will be able to come in person and say hello but till then, I wanted to say welcome to the class and feel free to ask me any questions you may have. Chris/Epistemophiliac (talk) 17:33, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Article draft[edit]

Hi Letia, I moved your article draft from your talk page to your sandbox. You can find it here: User:SpartyParty/Sandbox. Please feel free to contact me anytime you have questions or need help with anything. Welcome to Wikipedia! Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 04:52, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! SpartyParty, you are invited to join other new editors and friendly hosts in the Teahouse. An awesome place to meet people, ask questions and learn more about Wikipedia. Please join us! Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 16:53, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SpartyParty. You have new messages at Cuchullain's talk page.
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