Santiago88

Wilcume

Wes hāl, and wilcume tō Wicipǣdian! Wē þanciaþ þē þīnra forðunga.
Ic hopie þæt þē gelīcaþ se stede and gecēosest tō belīfenne. Hēr sind sume trametas þe þu gelāstfulle findan meaht:

• Þā fīf styde Wicipǣdian
• Hū tō ādihtenne tramet
• Helptrametas
• Lārbōc
• Hū tō wrītenne grēat gewrit
• Manual of Style

Ic hopie þæt þē gelīcaþ tō ādihtenne hēr and tō bēonne Wicibōcere! Bidde sett þīnne naman on gesprectrametum þurh brȳcunge fēower ofertācna (~~~~ ); þis wrīteþ būtan underscyte þīnne naman and þā tælmearce. Gif þu helpes þearft, besēo Wikipedia:Frignunga, bide mec on mīnum gesprectramete, oþþe sett {{tl|helpme}} on þīnne gesprectramet and bide mec þǣr þīnre frignunge. Eft wilcume! --James 06:32, 28 Gēolmōnaþ 2008 (UTC)

Hey man, thanks...I can't read all that, but give me some time. I'm guessin thats like over at the English wiki, right? --Santiago88 06:33, 28 Gēolmōnaþ 2008 (UTC)

Helpful Links

Hi Marco. Here are some helpful links for you:

• Old English Made Easy - helpful site for starting OE. It uses Early West Saxon spelling as seen in Wright's Old English grammar.
• Bosworth & Toller - dictionary of OE.

Enjoy! --James 06:47, 28 Gēolmōnaþ 2008 (UTC)

The weird 3's and things

Welcome aboard.

You are quite right about the funny-looking "3"s and "p"s. The "3" things are yogh; a medieval letter which did not exist in Englisc. The letter like "p" is wynn, which did exist but is never used in modern printed texts. They were all put in by one User. I believe they have put editors off. (They certainly put me off; why write a long article is someone is going to leap on it and fill it with inauthentic and untypable letters? I started trying to write articles without "g" or "w" in them, which is impossible!)

There is a series of style votes on at Wikipedia:Style Vote to formalize the wiki's policy. With any luck we can then get back to normal and expand the wiki to what it can be.

Hogweard 15:22, 31 Gēolmōnaþ 2008 (UTC)

University back

Maybe we'll play next year before the Superbowl! --Kayla1990 19:37, 31 Gēolmōnaþ 2008 (UTC)