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'''To:''' you! whoever you are reading this webpage
'''Date:''' 03:39, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
'''Subject:''' Welcome! (and a few words of <strike>wisdom</strike> stubborn "way it's always been done here" from a longtime admin)
Hi editors of [[electowiki]]!
If you're reading this page, there's a reasonable chance that I pointed you to this page. Assuming '''you''' are a new editor: welcome! Here's a few tips, and things to keep in mind as you contribute to [[electowiki]]:
* '''We're watching you....''' - You may have been pointed here because I was watching [[Special:RecentChanges]], and noticed that you made a change to one of the pages. I'm kind of obsessive about doing that, and many other editors here are too. Don't worry about it, it's pretty standard on a [[wiki]] like this one. It's how we make sure that new editors aren't actually vandals coming to trash this wiki. If I sent you a welcome message, I'm probably not too worried about you. (yet...don't push your luck <code>:-)</code>)
* '''User pages''' - You can read all about me on my user page ([[User:RobLa]]). You may have been pointed to this page because you're new here, and hadn't put anything on ''your'' user page. If that's you, then when visiting [[Special:RecentChanges]], you will probably see a red hyperlink associated with your username. I would appreciate it if you filled a little something in there, even if it's "I'm new here, please help me even though I want to remain anonymous." Or "I'm new here, and here's a webpage you can use to learn more about me: https://www.example.com ". I get a little fussy about [[pseudoanonymity]], but other users here don't, and have elected not to reveal their real identity.
* '''Timestamps''' - I'm writing this in the early evening of 2020-05-26 in the [[Pacific timezone]]. However, you'll see from the date above that it's "03:39, 27 May 2020 (UTC)" in [[wikipedia:UTC|UTC]], which is the international standard timezone. Since we have editors from all over the [[United States]] and in other parts of the world, we just use "UTC" rather than [[Eastern timezone|Eastern time]]
* '''Conflict of interest''' - as of today (2020-05-26), I'm a bit cranky about [[conflict of interest]] editing. My fear (probably not justified) is that staff members and board members of various electoral reform organizations (like [[FairVote]] and [[C4ES]]) '''could''' start editing electowiki, and talk about how great ''their'' electoral reform organization is. I don't mind it when editors pseudo-anonymously make typo fixes or grammar fixes to articles, but I get a little upset when they start making changes that I can't review, and other reviewers aren't keeping up.
Please feel free to edit anything you like to edit (even the [[Main Page]]). Don't feel bad if one of us (including me) reverts your change almost immediately. These things happen. We use English Wikipedia's "[[Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle|BOLD, revert, discuss cycle]]" as our standard practice here too. Or at least, I should. I need to start reverting people more....
Sincerely,
Rob Lanphier ('''[[User:RobLa]]''')
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