", 23 January 2009 (UTC) 

 :G'day Richard.  The message 'gets' to me because this page is on my WP:watchlist.  If you look up in the top right hand corner of the page, you'll see some links, one of which is to your watchlist.  This alerts you when a page you are watching has changed.  That's how I knew there was something to reply to here. 

 :The second thing I want to tell you is to sign your entries on talk pages (like this one).  You do this by typing four tildes, like this: ~~~~.  The tilde key is usually in the top left hand corner of your keyboard, often near the 1 key or the Esc key depending on the keyboard.  This lets everybody know who is talking, and adds a date and time.  If I was to sign my post right now, it'd look like this: 

 :   

 :Now, about articles.  Which article are you working on?  Usually when adding a new article you just jump in and create it.  To do so you go to the page in the encyclopaedia where you think the article ought to be and the wiki will tell you whether or not the page already exists.  If it doesn't, the wiki gives you a link to ""start the article"".  You enter your changes, press the save page button and voila, the page is created.  Other users (probably including myself) will come along and look at it, and may make changes or comments to improve it. 

 :I recommend you read Wikipedia:Your first article which gives you a good guide.  If you have any questions, enter them by editing this page and editing beneath my comments.  To indent your questions, add : before each paragraph start as is customary in these conversations.  The page is on my watchlist so I'll be sure to see it. Cheers,   19:21"