User talk:StewartMH
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[edit] Long-overdue welcome
Hello, StewartMH, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! --Srleffler (talk) 05:33, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] A fine point about links
When you create links, don't create links to plural nouns. Wikipedia's article naming guidelines require that article names are nearly always either singular nouns or gerund verbs. For that reason links to plural nouns, adjectives, other verb forms, etc. are not preferred even if they happen to work due to a redirect. If the context requires a plural you can add an s to a linked term by just sticking it on the end of the word outside the square brackets. This has the same effect as piping the link but is easier to read. For example: "[[Optical processor]]s" produces "Optical processors", and is easier to read in the edit window than "[[Optical processor|Optical processors]]".--Srleffler (talk) 05:48, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
