User talk:Sandynewton

Welcome!

Hello, Sandynewton, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page and How to develop articles
• How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Johnuniq (talk) 00:12, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikiquette Alert notice

Hello, Sandynewton. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic Male-female income disparity in the United States. Thank you. Blackworm (talk) 23:41, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Collaboration

I noticed your contributions at Talk:Male–female income disparity in the United States and want to welcome your expertise to Wikipedia. However, it takes quite a long time to become used to the way things work here, so I hope you don't mind but I would like to offer some suggestions. One trivial issue is that it is usually best to not bother replying to old points made on a talk page (I'm thinking of this). Also, FYI, that particular user is indefinitely banned (see Special:Contributions/Grundle2600). We don't reply to old points because essentially Wikipedia is not a forum – talk pages are for collaboration in building the encyclopedia, and are not a place to right wrongs. The essential point about this is that we should always be civil. See WP:CIVIL which spells out that civility is not an optional extra, but is a requirement for participation here. Please address other users rarely, but when you do, use their user name without any descriptors. Working here is very different from almost everywhere else on the Internet: stick to discussing the issues (what text should be in the article), and never discuss other editors. See WP:5P for an overview of the policies. Discussion on a talk page should focus on verifiability and neutral point of view plus other policy-based points. Johnuniq (talk) 00:12, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

WAQ Notice #2

Hello, Sandynewton. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Blackworm (talk) 07:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)