User talk:Mchapman13

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[edit] New and interested (reply)

I am EVERY new and wet behind the ears to this wonderfully growing world of WIKI. I would love to be a part of this fast pace, very wide spread community but do not know where to begin. Any advice on how to start, where to begin and what to do would be great. I am very much into computers. I am currently working on my 3rd degree a MS in info security and would love to get my PH D one day in Computer Forensics, that fascinates me so maybe somethings down that line would be goods for me, anything to do with animals or helping others (community services) ect. You point I will follow!

--216.27.87.135 18:06, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

See I cannot even figure out why my signature did not show up, anyway my screen name is mchapman13 my email is melissa.chapman @ tgnet . net feel free to contact me directly to provide any advice on getting me started.

Melissa, I would be honoured to help you out as much as I can - I put a "offered adoption" userbox on your user page. There is a very formal, somber ceremony involved to solidify the relationship we are starting, involving the sacrifice of outdated electronics and the blood of 2 earthworms. NOT! Actually, it's a very informal kind of thing. If you want to be "adopted" by me, then just say so, and it IS so - that simple!

Your signature is also an easy thing to fix - just type in four tildes ("~~~~"), and it shows up as your signature and the time/date stamp. You can further customize your signature, but that may be something for us to look into after you've gotten used to the "WikiPedia Way". Speaking of how things work around here, you may want to look into these (they are the six most common things that new users get referred to):

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• Tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

Some of this may help, some may be a little to simplistic, some may be too complex, but at least it's a start! Also as a starting point, you may be interested in these articles: Computer forensics (should be right up your alley!), Information security (another article you could probably write!), Animal husbandry, Veterinary medicine, and maybe Wiki.

Hope to see you around the project! - NDCompuGeek 01:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)