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 Welcome to Wikipedia! 

  
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 Welcome to Wikipedia!, CookieMinister! I'm an editor like so many others, and I just thought I'd say hi. This is a really great project, and I hope you'll stay! Here are some pages that you might find helpful: 

 *The Five Pillars of Wikipedia, our most basic guidelines on how to edit and interact with other editors 
 *The Manual of Style, some quick pointers on the basic quality standards Wikipedia Articles have 
 *How to edit an article, a great starting read 
 *The Sandbox, a place to try editing without actually editing an article 
 *Finally, my favorite, the Ignore All Rules policy (but ignore them within reason, of course) 
 *Oh yes, and remember to sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~)! 

  

 If you need any help at all with anything, don't be afraid to ask me. You can either type "{{helpme}}" right onto your talkpage and then ask your question, or you can ask me on . 

  

  Yours truly,