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A belated welcome!

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, BridgeBoy1980! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! User:Nil NZ (talk) 00:42, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BridgeBoy1980, was glad to see that everything was sorted and your block was lifted when I woke up this morning – welcome back! I hope that the whole situation hasn't put you off editing and that you do stick around. Wikipedia and its rules can be pretty convoluted at times, especially for new editors, so just wanted to drop the above welcome message, as it has some useful links for both new and experienced editors alike!

Things like WP:ENGVAR are just one of many learning curves that exist, and has lead to many Talk page debates – in fact, there's an entire archive of discussions a Talk:U2 about whether U2 are or U2 is "an Irish rock band..." Don't let that discourage you from editing pages outside your geographic region, as we know that it is an easy mistake to make – I've certainly had other editors fix my -ise to -ize when I've used them without thinking.

I know there was some discussion about whether the edits or automated or not ^{(hell, I've certainly hyper-fixated on stuff 16+ hours before – adhd is one helluva drug...)}, so just wanted to give you a heads up about our policy for bots and automated scripts. The use of AI on Wikipedia is also pretty contentious (we have some hardliners against any use of AI, while other believe it could be utilised constructively). Using it to write article content is generally prohibited, but using it to identify issues is probably a pretty constructive way such tools could be utilised. You may be interested in checking out WP:WikiProject AI Tools, a collaborative project of editors interested in constructive uses of AI for maintenance and editing on Wikipedia.

You may also be interested in Wikipedia:Typo Team, which has a number of ongoing projects to fix spelling and grammar errors across Wikipedia; WP:Typo Team/moss was one of the first projects I got involved with as a new editor, and is one that I think you may find particularly rewarding :)

Anyway, enough from me – welcome back, and happy editing! nil^nz 00:06, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - thanks so much for this. I really appreciate it. I'll take a look at those links you sent through to make sure that I am up to date with my understanding of the various policies. And thanks for the tip re the Wikipedia:Typo Team! I'll take a look. Hope to see you around and thanks for your kindness :) BridgeBoy1980 (talk) 09:00, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template

{{rfc}} is for Wikipedia Request for Comments which are very different from IETF Request for Commentss. Polygnotus (talk) 11:34, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ah noted - thank you. BridgeBoy1980 (talk) 11:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Instead, please use the special link [[rfc:...]], as in rfc:742. It may be piped, as here. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 23:08, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Short descriptions

Thank you for adding Short descriptions to articles and wishing to update existing descriptions. However, most of these new descriptions have been much too long – the current guidelines at WP:SDSHORT advise a limit of around 40 characters. The full guidelines are at WP:SDCONTENT — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 18:25, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks for the heads up! I'll go back and make them shorter in line with the guidelines. BridgeBoy1980 (talk) 19:15, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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