User talk:Plloney

Welcome Plloney!

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Hello, Plloney. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions! I'm Crtew, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge.

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Sincerely, Crtew (talk) 02:58, 14 January 2014 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)

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First steps

User:Plloney, Welcome to the course! You have successfully created a Wikipedia account, enrolled and messaged me at my talk page! I wonder if you forgot to save your User page? You have to click on "Save page" at the bottom of the editor. Not to fret, your bio with a list and with a link to an article doesn't have to be long or overly complicated. Crtew (talk) 03:12, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

You did it! Crtew (talk) 04:00, 17 January 2014 (UTC)  Done

Aha!

Hi Plloney,

Hey I found out where your edits for your user page ended up -- in the survey to the tutorial you took! You can paste it in your user page, minus "Bulleted list time" and your signature. Also try putting double brackets before and after "College sports" to create a wikilink to an article in Wikipedia! Crtew (talk) 03:19, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

P.S., The text I retrieved is below:

• Bulleted list item My interests is becoming an Mechanical Engineer. I want to design rollercoasters.
• Bulleted list item Interests in improving as a freelance sports writer.
• Bulleted list item Interested in College sports and recruiting.Plloney (talk) 02:48, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

A special invitation for you!

Hello! Plloney, you are invited to join other new editors and friendly hosts in the Teahouse. The Teahouse is an awesome place to meet people, ask questions and learn more about Wikipedia. Please join us!

Wikilinks and links

Plloney, I noticed you edited your user page! The only thing to watch out for is links. If you want to create a link to an article in Wikipedia place double brackets before an after the article title, such as rollercoaster. But if you want to create a link to an external website, then you would place single brackets around the url. Here's an example: Ultimate Rollercoaster Crtew (talk) 03:59, 17 January 2014 (UTC)