User talk:Helvifinn: Difference between revisions

Hi Helvifinn! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

• The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
• The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
• The Teahouse new editor help space
• Wikipedia Help pages

-- 19:48, Friday, July 7, 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I look forward to it! Helvishmelvi (talk) 20:00, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Helvifinn, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Below are some pages you might find helpful. For a user-friendly interactive help forum see the Wikipedia Teahouse.

• Introduction
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• How to write a great article
• Simplified Manual of Style
• Your first article
• Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community
• Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox
• and check out the Task Center, for ideas about what to work on.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome!

Plus, you might want to check out WikiProject Finland. Again, welcome and happy editing! — Prodraxis {talk • contributions} (she/her) 01:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Prodraxis Thanks! I just followed that page at your suggestion and will check out your suggestions Helvishmelvi (talk) 19:26, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, welcome and thanks for your edits. An issue has been that you have been adding external links to article text, rather than links to other articles, please read WP:EL for information on when and where these types of links are accepted. I left the one you added to the "external links" section, as that would be the place such links can be added. Are you affiliated with Finlandia Foundation or Concordia Language Villages in any way? If so, that must be disclosed per WP:COI, however if you are only using these organizations as references then that's no problem. Thank you and welcome once again. TylerBurden (talk) 10:54, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @TylerBurden for your feedback. These are my first edits, so I am really appreciative of your guidance. I will take a look at the link situation and make corrections to that per WP:EL. I reviewed the WP:COI info you shared and am pretty sure I am in the clear for these edits. I used to be affiliated with CLV, but that was over six years ago. I have never worked for Finlandia Foundation National. Again, thanks for the guidance and let me know if you think something else needs to be changed or if you think I need to do something further with COI. Helvishmelvi (talk) 14:54, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]