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Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you're new to our community, drop us a note here and tell us a little bit about yourself. Most importantly, we would like to know about your interests (for which we have a separate page), your areas of knowledge, and the sorts of things you'd like to work on here at Wikipedia. That makes it easier for us to help you start editing. We'd also appreciate it if you told us how you found out about Wikipedia.

To add yourself to the list:

• post a comment,
• enter your name as the subject/headline (which will make a new header for you in the log), and
• sign your name at the end of your comment by typing four tildes: ~~~~. (This code makes a link to your user page, which readers can use to welcome you personally if they like).

Your comments will then be added to the bottom of the list.

You may also like to add yourself to other lists, such as the listing in order of arrival, by country, or by skills (such as translation or photography). Finally, if you want a little personal assistance in using or contributing to the site, you might go through one of the Bootcamps.

Archived comments

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Hi, I'm Muhammad Mahmood Sarfraz, I'm 24 at the moment, I live in Lahore, Pakistan.

Hello! I'm a brazillian born grad student (on computer science) in Japan. I have been using Wikipedia for quite a while, but just this year began contributing to it.

Right now I'm mainly interested in contributing in articles related to kenjutsu and japanese martial arts. But if requested I could help with articles related to Brazil, CS, or contemporary Japan. And anything someone might be needing a non-specialized hand in. Claus Aranha 12:32, 1 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! My name's Aaron from Toronto, Ontario. I'm a Jr. NBA player who led the Toronto Raptors to 5 of their 7 Jr. NBA Championships: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Hope to see ya soon! From, Aaron Aanes of Toronto, Ontario

Hi! I'm Aaron Aanes from Toronto, Ontario and I led the Raptors to 5 of their 7 Jr. NBA Championships: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. I also had to say that right now, I would like to work on basketball arcticles, and contribute my arcticle to be one of the most popular ones ever. See ya! From, Aaron Aanes of Toronto, ON Edited June 30, 2005 6:50 P.M. EDT

Happy to be aboard! (unsigned comment by 157.242.246.252)

Actually I've been here for about a few months on several names, but hopefully this name will be permanent.

My real name is Jeffrey Hope. I was born on December 26, 1989 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but most of my life has been spent in El Paso, Texas. I attend FHS (not revealing what the F stands for), where the mascot is the cougar, hence the name. My native language is English, and I also speak Spanish and am now learning Esperanto. I also know what I call "snippets" of other languages, that is, I know the word in that language, but I don't speak the language itself per sé. For example: I know the numbers from 1 to 12 in German, but I don't speak German.

Hi, Only new to this whole thing. I wrote a page on killorglin, Co. Kerry,Ireland before i did this which is all messed up. Glad to be part of the community. Hope to be for a long time yet. Any questions feel free

Loughlin 16:20, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, everyone.

So yeah, I'm a new user. I'm 19 years old, recently graduated in Computer Science. I surf the web a lot and learn new things from time to time. But it's not really a hobby of mine, though you could call it that.

My interests: Phantasy Star, computers, video games, and social stuff. With "social stuff", I mean that I'm interested in how people behave, how they live through their life, deal with things, communication, etc.

I learned to know Wikipedia through entries of it being linked from time to time on message boards.

What I want to work on Phantasy Star. Maybe more as I go along, but that's it at the moment.

BenoitRen 21:50, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Me Hi i am Zanny (formally Josh Woolley), im 15 (almost 16), and have been following the "Wiki Movement" for quite some time, from the time i was a "newb" i would visit the Wikipedia and its sisters for information regarding any subject. To say a bit about what i specialise in: I am a Young Gamer, anything from 5 - 18 hours a day solid gaming, on many a variety of games, many of variety of sites keeping up to the profession i would like to lead myself into. Therefore i know lots, about the games i play/follow, and similarly information regarding Retro gaming/consoles, and computers. I would like to say i know alot about programming, and computer science, but im learning it myself. I have already made edits to a few articles about games and software, which have been slightly eroneous. My main edit was to "Mu Online", where slight changes to the Global system, and character/map hierachy made certain items and places in the game change their name.

I am here for the long term, and cant wait for something i can write about, which hasnt been covered in the Wikipedia already, but im not sure i will be to lucky :)

How i came about Wikipedia I cant remember exactly when i found the Wikipedia, but im pretty sure i found it after looking at an "Unreal Wiki" (not related). I lost the link, remembered it was something "wiki", thought wiki was an unusual; "Googled It", and the Wikipedia was of course, top of the Google list, and i couldnt help myself :)

Zanny - Josh "TheAandO" Woolley 23:00, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a new Wikipedian! My name is Sandy and I teach organizational behavior at a US university. My students know me as a professor with high standards for writing, and I was first inspired to register here after discovering that I could correct typos and grammatical errors. (I first found Wikipedia when its links kept showing up in my google searches.) My research interests include a focus on cooperation and collaboration within and across organizational boundaries, so I am particularly excited about the idea of learning more about the way this volunteer effort works. I'm also a wife and mother with an interest in breastfeeding topics, and so some of the pages on my watchlist are connected to that. I love to travel and I lived in French-speaking Switzerland for five years, so I hope I will also be able to contribute some French-to-English translations, and in fact, I have begun one already. I look forward to learning more about this community as time permits! Mamawrites 03:03, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, this is Pranxter...not a prankster....as the name suggest :), great to be a part of WIKI...

Hey there, Just new to the whole wikapedia experence. Hope I can be of some help in the field of business, and all around random knowledge. Sweet...Azhain 05:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Good day to all! I am new here. Nobody told me about Wikipedia. I have encoutered it in Time Magazine (I don't remeber what issue was it), an article written about. I got interested of the whole wikkipedia thing, surf the net, and register. I'm particularly interested in research, just anything. I like the idea of contributing to the encyclopedia of wiki!

ScottSummers here.

I've surfed Wikipedia for a long time, and what a resource! I wanted to give back to the community and that's when I registered.

I do have expertise in several areas, but don't always have the time to write long articles. I decided to get involved fast, and decided that a quick way to help out would be with "stubs", those pieces of Wikipedia information that are not yet full-fledged articles, but could be if enough people joined in.

That's why my very first contribution was in the article on the Kenyan runner Hezahiah Nyamau, whose article was #1 in the main list of most-wanted stubs.

It's a start!

Hello Wikipedia! I've been using this site for more than months and thought I could also start contributing. I live in Turkey and there are loads of things that I can write about places, things in here. So hello again!

Hello everybody. I have been considering making an account on Wikipedia for about six months but didn't see anything I felt strongly enough about to actually work on until yesterday. So I made an account today. I am a senior in music education and vocal performance and plan to add the French minor. I hope to be fluent in French one day.

My main areas of expertise are in music, computers (from an end-user perspective), and writing. I have deep interests in other areas, meaning that I know just enough about those areas to think I know everything about them and am therefore probably a liability to Wikipedia in those areas. These areas include, but are not limited to, computer hardware and computer hardware design, computer science and engineering, Christian theology and hermeneutics, sound engineering.

I'm not sure what I want to do with my life but I know it involves teaching. I'd probably like to be a choir directior in a high school, college, or university; or a pastor of some kind. That's probably why I want to get involved in Wikipedia: to productively take part in disseminating information. --David R Wright 20:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I'm David, a US expatriate who's lived in Japan 14 years. I know a bit about lots of different things, but Japan is probably the field I'll be contributing the most about. Osakadave 08:56, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Heya! I'm Atomican, I've been on internet communities for years, but this is my first time as a user at wikipedia. I wanted to join because I love contributing and I noticed how undiscribably useful this site is. Previously in other communities I've been known mainly as mr a-bomb and regedit. I like working with computers a lot, and have been doing just that since i was around six, right now I am a 15 year old Australian, and im a Counter-Strike: Source player. --Atomican 15:50, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My name is Leonard. I've had the thrill of writing my first new Wikipedia article yesterday and today on Somatic Experiencing. I love to write, and the only thing that's frustrating is I love to use humor in my writing, which I realize isn't all that appropriate on Wikipedia. Still, having lots of fun alternating between making contributions and browsing and discovering all sorts of odd trivia. I'm 50 and live in Santa Barbara, California. I'm a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, but earn my living mostly as a Software Engineer. Two very different worlds. Lcuff 20:22, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My name is Rayc. I have been exploring and adding artiles for a while and expected to run in to someone. I was thinkning that Wikipedia was more of a social experance than this. Oh well, guess that what I get for focusing in on writing small observatory articles. If anyone wants me to help on their wikiproject, just drop me a line. I'm an electrical engineer who likes math, so I guess I could help out in any of the math to engineering article areas. Also like to catch vandels (just rv'ed a Yu-gi-oh vandle) but I can't spell. that's what spall chek is for! --Rayc 20:31, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

==Hey , Wikipedians- rock n roll!. Im veteran dj talk and I plan on rockin Wikipedia till ya drop, baby!==

Hello! My Name is Stanislav Spassov, a.k.a. sls. I am a 16 year old Bulgarian from Sofia. I'm very interested in computer programming and games, Mathematics, Physics and Music (not only listening, but also amateur playing). I'm proud to become a part of this community. Stanislav ls 21:24, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

About Me Hi I'm a new Wikipedia-addict from Holland. I've done a lot of minor (and some major) edits using different IP-adresses to pages already, but this is the first time I'm creating an account. To say a bit about what i specialise in Though I'm interested in a lot of subjects ranging from art history to Italian litterature and Russian polics, I find most of these topics very well covered in Wikipedia already. That's why I'm going to contribute mostly to my other fields of interest, being gay porn, and themeparks. I noticed that the Wikipedia is not up-to-date at all in the area of gay porn (a lot of very famous actors and studios are not even covered by articles). That's why I started out on this new account by creating articles for Billy Brandt and Christian Taylor. I'm planning on editing a lot of articles in this hierarchy. I addition, I'm also planning on adding a lot of interesting information to the various Disney-related articles, since I feel I have something to contribute there.

I'm very keen on getting good advice, so if you feel there is something you could help me with or just want to comment on my edits/additions, feel free to drop me a not on my talk page. How i came about Wikipedia I found out about Wikipedia some years ago on Slashdot, and have been a happy user and minor editor ever since.

Spheroide 21:41, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I have used Wikipedia for reference and information for years now. However I just started contributing to it officially today! I love the Wikipedian community and hope to contribute to it positively.

Miatch 22:05, 6 August 2005 (UTC)Miatch[reply]

I have known about Wikipedia for awhile now, coming across it now and then. I really started getting interested by listening to Leo Laporte on KFI 640 in Southern California. He has his own wiki, which made me very interested. I thought that it was a great thing that people can collaborate this way on the Internet.

I am a paralegal for a law firm that handles workers' compensation in California. There have bee a great many changes to the law and I think a website about workers' compensation and SB899 would be very popular.

I have been married for almost 13 years and I have 6 children. I have managed my daughters in fastpitch softball for the past couple of years. Two of my daughters are at the ASA Nationals this week.

I enjoy playing No Limit Texas Hold'em and watching The World Poker Tour and The World Series of Poker on television. I hope to play at the World Series of Poker some day. I play online and I play at the card houses in Southern California. I played first No Limit Texas Hold'em real life tournament today. I didn't do so well, I lost like on the 10th hand. I had trips and lost to a full house. It was disappointing.

I am somewhat of a geek and fix computers for my work, friends and family. I hope to design a website to help people fix their own computers, mainly getting rid of malicious software. I am interested in web design, but just can't seem to get it together.

I like open source and hope to get a Linux machine. I am interested in promoting open source, think someday soon it will takeover as the OS of choice.

69.160.141.54 23:26, 6 August 2005 (UTC)Conrad Taylor[reply]

Hello there. My name is RYan im fourteen years old. I hope to become more educated in the english literature because I feel pretty stupid right now. I wish to learn all that I can about what I wish and want. Just posting this because I found it neat. :)

Kimsan 01:21, 8 August 2005 (UTC)Kimsan[reply]

Hi all, this is Ahmed Al-Hilali. I was born in Kuwait but now I live and study in Egypt. Here to contribute, Love all, AhmedAhmed 00:26, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

i am a phd candidate in cultural/ethnic studies, after previously earning a BA in english lit. and philosophy. I have many/varied interests from music and to politics and phlosophy and am always eager for a lively discussion, so feel free to drop me a line.Ex-nihilo 01:18, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My name is Newguineafan. My intrestes are Papua New Guinea, History, Culture, and Media. I can't wait to become part of the Wikipedia Community! I have been under another user name but I didn't learn much. Please write to me on the talk page! Newguineafan 13:13, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Hi! I'm a world beat lover and, among many, I like musicians like Rachid Taha, Manu Chao or Natasha Atlas. I teach on communication, fashion and ethnic music. And I can speak more languages, like French or English. So I hope I will help as much as I can. Up with Wiki! kitticatKitticat 17:00, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad Mahmood Sarfraz Network Engineer, Dancom OnLine Services, Lahore

Mmsarfraz 17:11, 9 August 2005 (UTC) Muhammad Mahmood Sarfraz mmsarfraz@hotmail.com[reply]

Hi,

My names Ben and I'm a film student at New York University. I'm currently working at American Express publishing on travelandleisure.com and foodandwine.com. I'm actually at work right now so I should probably keep this short! Maybe even end it right here...

Bye.

Blim8183 14:42, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Shalom Wikipedia from Tel Aviv, Israel!

I am a 28 year old Economist in Tel Aviv working for one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms. I am a Jewish American.

My areas of interests are:

Judaism, Jewish History, Israel, International Tax, Transfer Pricing, and Major League Baseball

I heard about Wikipedia through Answers.com / GuruNet / Atomica and i'm lovin' it!

Hubscubs 15:02, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm really glad to have found my way to this place.

A 'brainstorm of my interests' leads to the following:

- Customer Relationship Management
- Business Intelligence
- Nature of Knowledge
- Environmental Health
- Technical Diving
- Adventure Travels
- China
- Australia
- etc, etc....

All the best,

Benspi

Well, hello, Wikiworld. I've just arrived in hopes of helping out, mostly, I expect, in articles regarding some of my interests (Buffy, The Vampire Slayer; general sci-fi; Final Fantasy; comic books) and also Portuguese culture.

I'm still rather unsure how I'll fit in round these parts as far as what I try to add to each article, but I hope all goes well and that this comes to be an enjoyable experience, heh.

Zeppocity 16:42, 12 August 2005 (UTC).[reply]

hi i am 14 and from liverpool. I found out about wikipedia from searching for something on yahoo and recieving the wikipedia as a result. I have already edited two pieces (only minor ;) ) and find it quite fun. I enjoy stuff like rap music and the second world war. But i don't mind editing anything.

Shyne 17:53, August 12, 2005 (UTC)shyne

I am new and am looking to battle inequality. Master Skinner 20:27, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I had heard of the joys of Wikipedia and how I'd be just the type of person to become obsessed with it -- however, I only have so many hours in the day and sometimes a short attention span. Therefore, I'll be putting in occaisional poofs of wikidust here and there, with frequent yet short wikibreaks. Random page is a beautiful, wonderful thing. Justsomechick 20:43, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have spent quite a few lunch breaks online reading Wikipedia. Actually I use TTS (text-to-speech) software to have it read to me while I eat. I can't wait until it evolves into the total voice application where I can be walking in the park and can say "Wikipedia, History of Sweden", and it'll start reading it to me....