User talk:GeoffreyVS

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello GeoffreyVS, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions. I hope that you like the place and decide to stay.

If you haven't already read the policies and guidelines page, some of the key points are:

• The Five pillars of Wikipedia:
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  2. Articles must conform to a neutral point of view
  3. Wikipedia is free content, and submissions must not violate the copyright policy
  4. Observe Wikiquette and the other rules of engagement
  5. Wikipedia doesn't have firm rules
• The Simplified Ruleset adds:
  • Be bold in making changes
  • Information should be verifiable
  • Provide an Edit summary
  • Sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~).
  • Use the Show preview button
  • There are five official rules which must be followed

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• How to edit a page
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• What to do if you see vandalism
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• How to write a great article

If you feel a change is needed, feel free to make it yourself! Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone (yourself included) can edit any article by following the Edit this page link. Wikipedia convention is to be bold and not be afraid of making mistakes. If you're not sure how editing works, have a look at How to edit a page, or try out the Sandbox to test your editing skills.

If, for some reason, you are unable to fix a problem yourself, feel free to ask someone else to do it. Wikipedia has a vibrant community of contributors who have a wide range of skills and specialties, and many of them would be glad to help. As well as the wiki community pages there are IRC Channels, where you are more than welcome to ask for assistance.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page or via email. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax ^τεχ 13:24, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DC Meetup notice

Greetings. There is going to be a Washington DC Wikipedia meetup on next Saturday, July 21st at 5pm in DC. Since you are listed in Category:Wikipedians_in_Virginia, I thought I'd invite you to come. I'm sorry about the short notice for the meeting. Hopefully we'll do somewhat better in that regard next time. If you can't come but want to make sure that you are informed of future meetings be sure to list yourself under "but let me know about future events", and if you don't want to get any future direct notices \(like this one\), you can list yourself under "I'm not interested in attending any others either" on the DC meetup page.--Gmaxwell 22:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC)