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Welcome to Wikibooks, Bigwelcome!

First steps tutorial

Wikibooks is for collaborative development of free textbooks.

You do not need technical skills to contribute. You can easily change most books. Please introduce yourself, and let us know what interests you.

(Would you like to provide feedback on this message?)

Getting help

Read the Using Wikibooks] book for a friendly introduction to the project. Even though that is not hosted here, it is a very good resource for wiki editing.
You can get friendly help from the community in the community portal.

Made a mistake?

You can restore a previously saved version by clicking the history button on any page.
Need to rename a page? Use the move tab.
To request a page be deleted, add {{delete|your reason}} to the top of the page.

Goodies, tips and tricks

Please fill in the edit summary and preview your edits before saving.
Sign your name on discussion pages by typing ~~~~

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

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Given the value of the Wikibooks community, it is encouraged for seasoned Wikibookians to welcome new users with this template, which lists some useful links and conventions that are often helpful to new users.

Usage

Place {{subst:bigwelcome|~~~~}} on the user's talk page (not the user page itself) to sign it.

There are no rules as to when to welcome new users. Generally, they should have some valid edits (not just their own user- or talk page). At the same time, welcoming users who have been with the project for a while could be taken as a disrespectful hint that they don't understand the project.

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 '''Wikibooks is for [[WB:AGF|collaborative]] development of free&nbsp;[[WB:WIW|textbooks]].'''
-You do not need technical skills to [[Using Wikibooks|contribute]]. You can [[WB:BOLD|easily change most books]]. Please [[WB:CHAT|introduce yourself]], and let us know what [[WB:PROJECTS|interests you]].
+You do not need technical skills to contribute. You can easily change most books. Please [[Pathfinder_Wiki:Community portal|introduce yourself]], and let us know what interests you.
-If you already contribute at other Wikimedia projects, our [[Wikibooks:Wikibooks for Wikimedians|Wikimedia Orientation]] should quickly get you started.
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-* Read the [[Using Wikibooks]] book for a friendly introduction to the project, or our [[Help:Contents|help pages]] for more information.
+* Read the [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Using_Wikibooks Using Wikibooks]] book for a friendly introduction to the project.  Even though that is not hosted here, it is a very good resource for wiki editing.
-* You can get friendly help from the community in the [[WB:HELP|user assistance room]] or our [[irc:wikibooks|IRC channel]].
+* You can get friendly help from the community in the [[Pathfinder_Wiki:Community portal|community portal]].
-* Upload freely licensed files to [[commons:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]]. You may [[WB:RFP|request permission]] to upload [[w:fair use|fair use]] files locally. Please include author and source {{tl|information}} and a {{nowrap|{{tl|non-free use rationale}}}} for [[WB:FU|non-free]] files.
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-* You can [[WB:REVERT|restore]] a previously saved version.
+* You can restore a previously saved version by clicking the history button on any page.
-* Pages should follow the [[WB:NP|<code>'''Book Title/Chapter Title'''</code>]] naming convention.
+* Need to rename a page? Use the ''move'' tab.
-* Need to rename a page? Use the ''move'' tab (is available once your account is 4 days old - until then, ask for [[WB:HELP|help]]).
 * To request a page be deleted, add {{tlx|delete|''your reason''}} to the top of the page.
-* Was a page you made deleted? Please read the [[WB:DP|deletion policy]], and check the [[Special:Log/delete|deletion log]] to find out why. Also check the [[WB:RFD|RFD]] archives if applicable. You can request undeletion at [[WB:RFU]], or ask the administrator who deleted the page.
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-* Please fill in [[WB:ES|the edit summary]] and [[WB:PREVIEW|preview]] your edits before saving.
+* Please fill in the edit summary and preview your edits before saving.
-* Sign your name on [[WB:TALK|discussion pages]] by typing &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;
+* Sign your name on discussion pages by typing &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;
-* User scripts can make many tasks easier. Look at the ''Gadgets'' tab of [[Special:Preferences|''my preferences'']]; check off the boxes for the scripts you want, and hit ''save''!
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Usage

See also