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Hello, Nathan.tang, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! 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 Misplaced Pages
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page
• How to write a great article
• 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 Misplaced Pages:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Philip Trueman (talk) 11:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

.. but please use the sandbox for testing in future. Thanks. Philip Trueman (talk) 11:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

{{helpme}} How do you make your talk page fancy?

There are lots of ways :-) I've added you a nice header, I hope this is okay for you. Cheers, Anthøny 12:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

June 2008

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages to Misplaced Pages. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. For more information about creating articles, you may want to read Your first article. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Beeblbrox (talk) 04:52, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Misplaced Pages! I noticed that you recently added commentary to an article, Pubgaine. While Misplaced Pages welcomes editors' opinions on an article and how it could be changed, these comments are more appropriate for the article's accompanying talk page. If you post your comments there, other editors working on the same article will notice and respond to them and your comments will not disrupt the flow of the article. Thank you. Not trying to pick on you or anything, but the CSD tag says clearly that you should put your hang-on reasoning on the talk page, and I really don't think every variant of "Rogaine" needs it's own separate article. Beeblbrox (talk) 05:01, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship#Request_for_adminship

Hello Nathan, if the above post you made to the discussion page for adminship was you asking to be an administrator, please read through the guide to adminship, especially things to consider before requesting adminship. There is a specific application process one goes through, and as you have less than 300 edits in total, there is very little chance that your request to become an administrator would succeed at this point. Misplaced Pages has numerous areas, policies, and guidelines, as well as many behind-the-scenes areas that most editors are not even aware of, and one must be familiar with a good amount of these things to be able to be an administrator. I would suggest that you seek out a mentor for a while, to assist you with editing articles, how to follow the manual of style, learn about things like footnotes and sourcing, and many of the basics before you consider adminship. Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 10:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: Adoption

Hi Nathan! Welcome to Misplaced Pages. I'm unfortunately not taking any adoptees right now myself (I've just gotten back from vacation and have a bit of work to catch up on), but I'm glad you're interested in it! Adoption is a good way to work with another more experienced editor who can help show you the ins and outs of Misplaced Pages so it's not quite as much of a head-first dive into a cold and shallow pool. Misplaced Pages, as you've probably noticed, is a really big place, and it's easy to get caught up in some issues when you're not quite sure what's going on. An adopter would be able to help you through these issues, and help you get on the road to being really well involved. You can read through the adoption project page for more information, but that's really about the gist of it.

If you are interested in finding an adopter, go ahead and put the template code {{subst:dated adoptme}} on your talk page to let adopters know you're looking for someone. You can also just contact someone directly from this list as you did with me. While you're waiting for someone to take you on, though, feel free to look through my lessons to get you started - they may be a little out of date in places, but they're being used by several other adopters and should be good to get you started.

Anyway, welcome again! Sorry I can't take you on myself just now, but I'm glad you've signed up and are interested in getting involved further. Misplaced Pages may seem like a lot of work, but it can be a lot of fun and it's a great way to learn some really random things as well. If you run into any problems, feel free to let me know; usually I'm fairly quick about responding to messages. Happy editing! Hersfold 00:55, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Merauke five

Good to see you are able to add additional information - it is also very very important to make sure you are up with WP:RS, WP:CITE and WP:V on that! SatuSuro 10:55, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I try to edit pages that are lacking information whenever possible. Nathan.tang (talk) 10:58, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Fine keep at it but.... - WP:TONE- beloved boat? - try getting a hang of encyclopediac language or cite such stuff or expect it to be deleted as a WP:COPYVIO SatuSuro 11:01, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Nah youd need photos and maps i think for it to go up the scale - but never quote me on that:) SatuSuro 11:03, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I have to get off for real life issues - photos have to be ok'ed as public domain - I dont think youd be able to get any - cheers I am off for a day or two now - SatuSuro 11:07, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Adoption.

This user has been offered adoption by an experienced editor. (If you wish adoption by another user click here)

--Comppro (talk) 02:55, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Adopted.

I have adopted you.I removed the seeking adoption thing off your talk page and that was it.I put the adoption template on your User Page.

Congrats on being adopted!

This user has been adopted by Comppro.

--Comppro (talk) 13:30, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Nathan.tang (talk) 07:41, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

• Wikipedians having been offered adoption
• Wikipedians adopted in Adopt-a-user