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Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Trees Rock^MyGoal 03:20, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you actually have to know anything about a subject to contribute to an article? Where are the rules listed at? Are there any more important pages I should read; where can I find them? Could content on, for example, Freewebs.com be used in an article -- of course cited? What is the adjective form of Wikipedia? Is there a certain place I can post questions about Wikipedia; where is it? Is there anything else I should know?Pozilla (talk) 15:46, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a little hint, Pozilla, that if you want to ask a question you need to ask it directly on someones user page to guarantee a response. I'll see if I can answer your questions here and now, however:

1. Strictly, no. Realistically, yes. Unless you are very good at picking up relevant information from sources which you know relates to the topic, then i'd advise against contributing to articles you don't know about. Stick to the topics you are famililar with and pick up sources for them and contribute that way :)

2. There are lots of policies here but there is a very important one here called WP:IAR. It essentially means you can do what you like as long as it benefits Wikipedia, so if that means you have to ignore a certain rule, do it by all means as long as it is helpful and not, for example, vandalism. A list of other policies on Wikipedia can be found here.

3. Here on Wikipedia we've got a fairly good idea what constitutes a reliable source and i'm afraid that Freewebs doesn't really cut it. The best articles to use are peer-reviewed, if you can find them. See here for more information.

4. Adjective form? Not entirely sure what you mean there, sorry.

5. There are two good places to ask questions. If you have a question regarding general help topics, go here. If you have questions about policies, for example, go here.

6. There is a lot you should know but most of it you will find in your own time :) If you have any more questions feel free to ask on my talk page. Thanks. Regards, CycloneNimrod^Talk? 08:57, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be thrilled to adopt you if you'd like me to be your mentor here on Wikipedia. Do not worry about phrasing things, people are always available to help work on your edits to help them make more sense to the everyday visitor to the site! I'll update all the adoption stuff to say that i'm now adopting you and you are free to ask anything you want :) Speak to you soon and happy editing! Regards, CycloneNimrod^Talk? 23:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on here pretty much everyday for a while so don't hesitate to drop me a line! There is indeed such a place. To find it for any user (including yourself) go to your user page and on the sidebar, in toolbox, there is an option saying "User contributions" and that will tell you what pages you've edited. You can select so it only shows you user talk pages. Hope that helps! Regards, CycloneNimrod^Talk? 23:08, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not entirely sure but I think that the tool reads the list of references on an article and manually tries them all to see if the links are working properly. It can then pick out errors. Regards, CycloneNimrod^Talk? 08:47, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid that if you are looking for 'motivation' as such, I cannot really help you. That's something you're going to have to find on your own by just getting involved. If you enjoy it, you'll be motivated! Although i'll happy check over any edits you've made if you'd like my opinion, that's not a problem.

There are too many guidelines, I find it helpful to read them only when they apply to you. If you're worried about your level of English, do not worry, simply tell me to check it over after you've written something and I'll have a look. You'll soon get into the swing of things :)

Just a few words of advice, now. First, it's usually best to talk to a user on their talk page unless it is confidential, in which case you can email them. I mention this only because you've emailed me twice now when it would be more appropriate to talk on here! Although it's not really that much of a problem.

Finally, I'd like to point you over to WikiProject Chemistry — If you join there, you'll be able to find loads of articles about chemistry you can work on. Same applies to WikiProject Animals. Good luck and happy editing! :) Regards, CycloneNimrod^Talk? 09:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Easiest way is to find another article with a similar theme and copy the infobox, changing the necesersary information. For Voltaj, you will want to copy and paste the following and fill in the information (EDIT THIS PAGE TO SEE THE ACTUAL CODE TO COPY):

Incubus
Background information
Origin	Calabasas, California, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, experimental rock, hard rock, funk metal, nu metal, disputed subgenres
Years active	1991– present
Labels	Sony BMG Music Epic/Immortal
Members	Brandon Boyd Mike Einziger José Pasillas Chris Kilmore Ben Kenney
Past members	Alex Katunich Gavin Koppell
Website	EnjoyIncubus.com

This is an exact copy from another band. You'll want to change the information to suit your band. Regards, CycloneNimrod^Talk? 19:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]