Hi Marcus Cooper Welcome to Wikipedia   I hope you like this place  I sure do  and want to stay Before getting too indepth you may want to read about the Five pillars of Wikipedia and simplified ruleset If you need help on how to title new articles check out the naming conventions and for help on formatting the pages visit the manual of style If you need help look at WikipediaHelp and the FAQ  plus if you cant find your answer there check the Village Pump for Wikipedia related questions or the Reference Desk for general questions Theres still more help at the Tutorial and Policy Library Plus dont forget to visit the Community Portal And if you have any more questions after that feel free to post them on  or place helpme on your talk page and someone will be by to help you shortly     Additional tips      Heres some extra tips to help you get around in the pedia  If you want to play around with your new Wiki skills the Sandbox is for you   You can sign your name using three tildes  If you use four you can add a datestamp too Five will get you the datestamp only You may want to add yourself to the new user log   If you ever think a page or image should be deleted please list it at the votes for deletion page There is also a votes for undeletion page if you want to retrieve something that you think should not have been deleted If youre still entirely confused or would like to get a better grasp of your wikipedia skills and you have an IRC client or dont mind getting one check out the Bootcamp Its not what it sounds like but it is fun and can help you with your editing skills If youre bored and want to find something to do try the Random page button in the sidebar or check out the Open Task message in the Community Portal  Happy Wikiing     PS This is not a bot and you did nothing to prompt this message This is just a friendly welcome by a fellow Wikipedian     Click here to respond to this message