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Ad Meliora en This user is a native speaker of the English language. PhD This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree. This user is an advocate of open research and open access. This user is bold, but not reckless, in updating pages. This user reserves the right to completely screw up their own edits. This user is fallible and encourages other admins to be bold in reverting their admin actions. This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know. incl This user is an inclusionist. incr This editor is an incrementalist. W This user prefers to make substantial edits to Wikipedia. Must click! This user does not have time for edit summaries. Everyone has points of view with inherent cultural biases - recognition is the first step to achieving NPOV. This user knows that replacing one bias with another is not cleanup. This user believes all assertions need citations from reliable sources. This user is against editors who cry wolf. This user likes to steal wikimarkup code for use on their own userpage. This user supports the right of anonymous users to edit Wikipedia. This user is against vandalism, undue criticism and defamation in biographies of the living—or the dead—per NPOV. This user does not understand mean people. Please be nice. This user assumes good faith. This editor has given thanks to these Wikipedians. This editor has been thanked by these Wikipedians.

New to Wikipedia?

Welcome! Here are 4 resources that I find useful:

• User page design center for ideas on setting up a nice user page for yourself.
• Teahouse to ask for advice from experienced editors.
• SuggestBot can suggest articles for you to edit.
• Article wizard is a neat way to get started on an article.

Cheatsheet is a common suggestion, but I find the wikitext editor to be adequate without need to refer to the cheatsheet. The Missing Manual is as useful as they say it is, though.