welcome to wikipedia i noticed you were new or at least that nobody has welcomed you yet so let me be the first to say hello give you some tips and share a few useful links tab one thing we like to tell newcomers is to be bold by this we mean don't be afraid to join the rest of us in improving the articles you see here most wikipedians are friendly and patient willing to give you the same respect you give them no matter who they are or how long they've been here still some newcomers find that it's also good to be cautious you may want to start out small and learn the ropes by fixing typos or just browsing if so that's okay too if you spot an error on a page go ahead and fix it if it's a big edit or a controversial issue you may want to look at the article's talk page to see if the issue has been discussed in the past it's important to cite references and set personal points of view aside user tutorial help desk policy on maintaining a neutral point of view policy for content when editing articles and creating new ones tips for settling disputes now that you have your own user name you can sign your discussions by typing four tildes this will automatically stamp your user name the time and the date that will help other users reply to your posts i hope this information is useful to you and i'm looking forward to seeing your contributions if you have any questions feel free to contact me for help