welcome hello welcome to english wikipedia thanks you for your participation in this project we hope that you will stay and contribute and that you will find the experience enjoyable wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that started in it is free for all to use and anyone may edit it there are certain guidelines and principles that all users are expected to follow these principles and guidelines are listed below click on a link for more information the five pillars of wikipediathe fundamental principles of the project helpwikipedia's help section tutorialthis tutorial is a basic guide to editing your user pages and your sandboxhow to experiment and edit in your user space mentoring programask an experienced editor to be your mentor how to start a pagehelp on creating your first article things to avoidhow to avoid common errors and mistakes style guidehow to write in an acceptable style main policies of wikipedia an introduction to wikipedia's main policies and guidelines frequently asked questionssome common questions and their answers help deskhere you can ask other editors for assistance quick referencea handy quick reference guide for editing wikithis page is your talk page here you can receive messages from other wikipedians and discuss things with them at the end of your messages you should put your signature by signing with four or by pressing the button in the editor bar shown here in the picture do not sign in the articles themselves see when signatures should and should not be used for more information can't see this message properly click here for a simpler version user sphilbrick