User:Moderatelyaverage

This user is a member of the Guitar equipment task force of WikiProject Guitarists.

I'm moderately average and always modest (translation of a verse from a Greek song that I feel I can relate to)

Even though I am new here, I know a little bit about editing in websites that use an engine similar to Wikipedia's - I had even installed the Wikimedia engine on a personal website just to try it out a few months back. And since several people out there are quite trigger-happy, a few quick reminders:

• WP:BITE
• WP:DBQ
• WP:NAAC
• WP:AGF
• WP:COI
• WP:OWN
• WP:NOTSPA
• WP:GAME

What does this all mean? Let's see...

1. Don't bite the newcomers. Seriously. When you see a new account, don't throw yourself at them. It's rude. It's anti-encyclopedic.
2. Don't be quick to assume someone is a sockpuppet.
3. Newbies aren't always clueless. Some may actually know how to create an article or how to perform some basic editing (hey, some may even have similar experience from blogging).
4. Always assume good faith.
5. If you are affiliated with a certain party (be it a company, a band, a political organization or movement, a sports team or whatever) in any way (especially if you work for it), be honest and state your affiliation with this party when contributing to an article pertaining to it. Otherwise, you will be outed eventually. And then, don't lie to the administrators and arbitrators; don't go crying to them, asking to have the person who outed you for your dishonesty blocked.
6. Do not think for a single moment that an article you created is yours. It's not. It will come under scrutiny for quality, neutrality, notability, reliability, importance. It will be edited by others. Perhaps heavily. If you exhibit this sort of behavior, especially if you also hide a conflict of interest, then you are not a positive contributor.
7. A new account is not necessarily a single-purpose account, so it is ridiculous to assume it's "on a mission".
8. Do not game the system. It's that simple.

I've seen such instances in various online communities, where certain people have managed to mislead moderators and administrators. I detest this sort of behavior.