User:Hersfold/Adopt/Eoag
Welcome to Wikipedia, Eoag! I'm glad you registered to join and am looking forward to us working together to get you to be a top-class editor! This page is what I call my Adoption HQ, and it's where I'll post most of the information in relation to this program, such as assignments or lessons for you. I'll try to give you an update on your talk page whenever I change anything here, but try to check this page fairly often anyway. If you ever need to get in touch with me about anything quickly, post it here or on my talk page - I'll be notified immediately either way. If it's really urgent, you can send me an email by clicking on the "Email this user" link to the left of the page. In order to do that, you'll have to activate your own email address if you haven't already - go to Special:Preferences and add your email address to the box, then save the page.
Here's how I hope things will work out here. This is just a sort of general sketch, and is by no means set in stone, so we'll change things around as needed.
- For a couple days, I'll let you go edit pages based just on what you already know. I see that you've already made some good edits, and have participated in some discussions on talk pages - that's pretty good! While you're out editing, I'll watch what you're doing and provide some pointers as you need them. This also lets me figure out what you already know how to do, and what you still need to work on.
- Once you're fairly well settled here, I'll start posting some lessons every few days for you to look over and work on. These lessons will introduce to you some new ways to do the things you've been doing, some new tasks for you to try out, and some really neat javascript tools that can make your editing a lot easier. Some of these lessons you'll be required to take - five in all - and I'll also ask that you choose three of my optional lessons to complete. This is just to make sure that you're a good, well-rounded editor that doesn't focus too hard on any one thing. A specialty is good, but you should have a general idea of how everything works around here, just in case.
- Once the lessons are done, I'll keep working with you to try and improve your editing skills as needed. The lessons can give you general knowledge, but it's experience editing that is the important part. We'll work to fine-tune any problems you may still be having, and work on some more advanced details that aren't covered in my lessons.
- When I feel you've learned about as much as I can teach you, and have a full grasp of everything a good editor needs to know, I'll set up your exam and send you the link to the page at which you can take it. The exam is a week-long period in which I will assign you a series of tasks to complete, as well as some questions that test your knowledge of policy and procedure. It's not required, but I would really really really like it if you took it - doing so lets me know you do in fact know what you need, and you get a fancy award out of the bargain.
And again, if at any point you need to contact me with questions, concerns, or suggestions, please let me know! I've learned things from my adoptees in the past, and I'm sure there is more I can add to the program. Feel free to let me know! Glad to have you here. :-)