User talk:Joseph Ca98
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Welcome to Wikipedia, new editor! I am so glad you are here to help improve this encyclopedia. I appreciate your constructive contributions to Wikipedia so far and I hope to see you stick around! If you need help editing, you may want to check out the Teahouse, which is a friendly forum for new users to ask for help with editing or using Wikipedia. Alternatively, you may want to message me on my Talk page or ping me on your own talk page anytime for assistance. :)
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Also, feel free to make test edits in the sandbox and take a look at the Task Center to see what to work on if you need any ideas. Again, welcome to Wikipedia, and I hope to see you continue to contribute! ~delta (talk • cont) 21:36, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
October 2024
Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contribution(s). However, as a general rule, while user talk pages permit a small degree of generalisation, other talk pages such as Talk:Tropical cyclone naming are strictly for discussing improvements to their associated main pages, and many of them have special instructions on the top. They are not a general discussion forum about the article's topic or any other topic. If you have questions or ideas and are not sure where to post them, consider asking at the Teahouse. Thanks. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:37, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
Please refrain from using talk pages such as Talk:Hurricane Sally for general discussion of this or other topics. They are for discussion related to improving the article in specific ways, based on reliable sources and the project policies and guidelines; they are not for use as a forum or chat room. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. See the talk page guidelines for more information. Thank you. AntiDionysius (talk) 00:04, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
Message from WeatherWriter (Help with getting started on Wikipedia)
Hey Joseph Ca98! As mentioned above by AntiDionysius, article talk pages are not suppose to be used like a standard forum-style page. They should be used to help improve articles. With that, I saw you mentioned adding information on category 6 hurricanes. Some information regarding a proposed category 6 ratings is actually already in the article: Saffir–Simpson scale#Proposed extensions. A perfect way to use an article talk page would be if you have additional information and sources regarding a proposed 6th category for hurricanes. If you do, that is what you should either add to the article or mention on the talk page.
With that being said, while article talk pages should not be used like a forum, user talk pages can. If you want to message me about Wikipedia or a general weather-topic, feel free to message me on my talk page anytime! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me! Cheers and welcome to Wikipedia! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 00:17, 20 October 2024 (UTC)


