welcome hi welcome to wikipedia be bold in editing pages and don't let others scare you off to sign your posts for eg on talk pages use four tildes this will insert your name and timestamp here are some links that you might find useful wikipedia how to edit a page tutorial sandbox the place where you can experiment wikipedia where to ask a question wikipedia five pillars wikipedia manual of style you can contribute in many ways write an article fight vandalism be a wikifairy or a wikignome improve illustrations and upload new images perform maintenance tasks become member of a project that interests you i hope you stick around and keep contributing to wikipedia if you need help you can drop a note on my talk page or use wikipedia new contributors' help page you can also type helpme on your user page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions hope you enjoy contributing to wikipedia talk