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==Greetings!==
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===About me===
My name is Rick. I have a broad but shallow base of knowledge, so I don't author any articles, but I have a childhood-engendered fondness for browsing reference works (such as encyclopediae, dictionaries, and atlases) and an apt eye for spelling and usage errors, so I contribute a little in the way of copyediting.<br/>

I'm currently exploring ways to be more involved in the project, especially by translating featured articles on the [[:es:Main_page|Spanish Wikipedia]] to English.
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===Discussions===
Dedicated Wikipedians are constantly discussing ways to improve the project. These discussions occur 'behind the scenes' to avoid confusing the majority of users, who just want to ''use'' Wikipedia. But this makes the discussions difficult to find for a new user who wants to become involved in developing the project.<br/>

The box to the right offers one solution; it provides a summary of most of the major discussions occurring at any given time. You can include this box on your user page by entering the text <nowiki>{{cent}}</nowiki> somewhere on it. 

Additional, generally briefer discussions can be read at the [[WP:VP|Village Pump]], categorized as [[WP:VPP|Policy]], [[WP:VPT|Technical]], [[WP:VPR|Proposal]], and [[WP:VPM|Miscellaneous]] discussions.
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===What I'm currently working on===

====[[WP:PNT|Pages needing translation]]====
*[[Miranda de Ebro]]
*[[Tenerife]]

====Copyediting====
*[[Airsoft]]
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====[[Special:Newpages|New page patrol]]====
* [[Wikipedia:NPP|Project page]] - How to patrol new pages

====[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]====
* [[Wikipedia:RCP|Project page]] - How to patrol recent changes

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== Key [[WP:PG|Policies and Guidelines]] ==
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|[[WP:NOT]] || What Wikipedia is not
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|[[WP:IAR]] || Ignore all rules
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|[[WP:NPOV]] || Neutral point of view
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|[[WP:V]] || Verifiability
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|[[WP:NOR]] || No original research
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|[[WP:BLP]] || Biographies of living persons
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|[[WP:CON]] || Consensus
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|[[WP:DR]] || Dispute resolution
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|[[WP:3RR]] || The 3-revert rule
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|[[WP:VAN]] || Vandalism
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|[[WP:BOLD]] || Be bold
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|[[WP:TALK]] || Talk page guidelines
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|[[WP:RS]] || Reliable sources
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|[[WP:NOTE]] || Notability
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|[[WP:AGF]] || Assume good faith
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|'''Style guidelines:'''
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|[[WP:MOS]] || Manual of style
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|[[WP:LEAD]] || Lead section style guideline
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|[[WP:CITE]] || Citing sources
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|[[WP:LAYOUT]] || Layout of articles
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|[[WP:ENGVAR]] || National varieties of English
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|[[MOS:DATE]] || Chronological items
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|[[MOS:NUM]] || Numbers
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|[[WP:UNITS]] || Units of measure
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==Other Useful Links==
*[[WP:EIW]] Editor's Index to Wikipedia
*[[WP:DIR]] Wikipedia Department Directory
*[[User:Arnon_Chaffin/Anti-Vandalism_Center|Arnon Chaffin's Anti-Vandalism Center]]

==Wiki markup references==
:[[WP:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet]] (really basic markup)
:[[WP:How to edit a page#Wiki markup|Wiki markup]] (links, images, headings, character formatting, tables, variables)
:[[Help:Table|Table formatting]] (using pipe syntax)

==Useful templates==
===Templates for editing===
:[[Wikipedia:Citation templates|Citation templates]]

===[[Wikipedia:Welcoming_committee/Welcome_templates|Welcome templates]]===

===[[WP:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace/Multi-level_templates#Vandalism|Vandalism templates]] (use on UserTalk pages)===
====The Warning Templates====
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| colspan="7" style="font-weight: bold; text-align:center; width:25%" | {{tltt/tip}}
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| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; width:25%" | Don't forget to [[Wikipedia:Template substitution|substitute]] these templates ([[Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace/Substitution|more information]])
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! Editing tests
| {{tltts|uw-test1|Thanks, but use the Sandbox.}}
| {{tltts|uw-test2|Please refrain from testing}}
| {{tltts|uw-test3|Please stop adding nonsense}}
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! Vandalism
| {{tltts|uw-vand1|Your unhelpful edit has been removed}}
| {{tltts|uw-vand2|Please don't add unhelpful info}}
| {{tltts|uw-vand3|Please stop vandalizing}}
| {{tltts|uw-vand4|Final warning, stop vandalizing now}}
| {{tltts|uw-vand4im|Only warning for severe vandalism}}
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! Page blanking, removal of content or templates
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| {{tltts|uw-delete4|Final warning, stop deleting now}}
| {{tltts|uw-delete4im|Only warning for severe infractions}}
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! Adding [[Wikipedia:Spam|spam links]]
| {{tltts|uw-spam1|Your links don't meet our guidelines}}
| {{tltts|uw-spam2|Wikipedia is not a billboard}}
| {{tltts|uw-spam3|Please stop spamming}}
| {{tltts|uw-spam4|Stop spamming now, may be blacklisted}}
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===[[Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup|Cleanup templates]]===
See [[Template:Articleissues]] for articles with multiple cleanup issues

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