User talk:Bbbitt

Hello Bbbitt, welcome to Wikisource! Thanks for your interest in the project; we hope you'll enjoy the community and your work here.

You'll find an (incomplete) index of our works listed at Works, although for very broad categories like poetry you may wish to look at the categories like Category:Poems instead.

Please take a glance at our help pages (especially Adding texts and Wikisource's style guide). Most questions and discussions about the community are held at the Scriptorium.

The Community Portal lists tasks you can help with if you wish. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page! Yann (talk) 00:44, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi, it looks like you have figured out the proofreading system. Keep the questions coming.  One question, was it the "Proofreading of the Month" notice on the front page that prompted you to join in? John Vandenberg (chat) 04:57, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I responded to the Proofreading of the Month notice, and the fact that it was a cookbook. I hope I'm doing this right.


 * Thanks. It is the first month that we have put that notice on the front page, so it is good to know it has helped us attract new people to the project.
 * I have made some changes to the page which you proofread. Click here to see them.  My changes involve using UNICODE characters, like emdash, recording where a word is hyphenated across a line break, changing the style of the headings.  All sorts of complex improvements.  But you dont need to worry much about those.  The first step is to verify that the text matches the images.  The other improvements can be made by someone else.  All pages need to be reviewed by at least two people, so it doesnt hurt if you only assist in proofreading the text.  :Also, you are learning the system, so dont worry about making mistakes, or missing something.  Everyone can see your changes as they happen, and other project members will drop in occasionally to let you know about tips and tricks to help you improve.  John Vandenberg (chat) 07:03, 12 September 2008 (UTC)