september hello and welcome to wikipedia i hope you like the place and decide to stay the following links will help you begin contributing on wikipedia the five pillars of wikipedia how to edit a page editing tutorial picture tutorial how to write a great article naming conventions manual of style respect copyrights do not copy and paste text or images directly from other websites maintain a neutral point of view this is possibly the most important wikipedia policy take particular care while adding biographical material about a living person to any wikipedia page particularly controversial and negative statements should be referenced to multiple reliable sources no edit warring and sockpuppetry if you are testing please use the sandbox to do so do not add troublesome content to any article such as copyrighted text libel advertising or promotional messages and text that is not related to an article's subject deliberately adding such content or otherwise editing articles maliciously is considered vandalism doing so will result your account or ip being blocked from editing lastly if you are editing an article about an individual or group of people please adhere to wikipedia's biography of living persons' policy the wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about wikipedia if you have any questions see the help pages add a question to the village pump or ask me on by the way you can sign your name on talk and discussion pages using four tildes like this the software will replace them with your signature and the date again welcome