Welcome  Hello Rachel and welcome to Wikipedia This is one of the most popular websites in the world and its only through the contributions of editors like you And Wikipedia is not just a collection of articles its an active community The real fun here is contributing to Wikipedia but dont feel hurt if some of your first few edits get removed as there are some central guidelines you may not be familiar with   Some good advice be bold in your editing and use the talk pages to discuss with other editors Be kind to others because theres a lot you can learn from them and theres lots they can help you with  Theres lots of resources to help you become a great editor from our basic introduction to our indepth manual But if you have any questions or problems no matter what they are leave me a message on my talk page Or you can just type helpme on this page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions And if you havent done so tell us a bit about yourself If you need some help visit the Teahouse QA board Oh and please sign your name on talk pages and votes by typing  our software automatically converts it to your username and the date  Glad youre here