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[[Category:Wiki Groups]]
[[Category:Newbie Help]]
[[Image:Pmlogo.png|thumb|300px|right|Project Mentor]]'''Project Mentor''' is an [[Main Page|Urban Dead Wiki]] member group dedicated to making people new to wikis feel more at home on the Wiki by giving them one-on-one tutoring. It was created on August 27th, 2006 after realizing that [[Project Welcome|Project Welcome!]] was simply not good enough and more "refined" help was needed.

==What We Do==
We perform several activities as part of the Project:

* '''Identify the newbie in need''' - First and foremost, we search for a newbie in need. Someone putting his or her user page in the mainspace or not signing messages are dead giveaways. After the {{tl|Welcomenewbie}} template, we drop off a friendly "Hello!" and tell them about our great program.
:*If you arn't currently mentoring any users, you can alternatively add [[Template:PMentor]] (use <nowiki>{{Template:PMentor}}</nowiki>.
* '''Teach newbies''' - This is the most important step in our program. We take pride in teaching newbies with an advanced Mentoring system explained below. This help make even the most newby newb a competent, productive wikizen.
* '''Make the Wiki friendly!''' - We strive to make the Wiki a more user-friendly environment. Experts agree that being a welcome individual is critical to successful teaching and learning.

==How to Get Involved==
Project Mentor is an open project, and welcomes any user that wishes to get involved themselves. As long as you're committed to helping those in need, and teaching often times frustrating newbies, we're welcome to have you. 

To officially join, you should place your name below on the Member register. And it is ''strongly'' recommended that to become a Wiki Mentor, you have at least balanced skills in all areas of the Wiki. One bad area is acceptable, but only if you report what you're bad at.

We also have a userbox that can be used to identify users as members of Project Mentor. You can use it simply by putting the following on your user page:

{| 
|{{mentor|Canuhearmenow}}
|width=100%|<pre>{{mentor|user being mentored|him or her}}</pre>
|}

Further, there's a fledgling convention of putting a link to Project Mentor within your signature. You can do this by doing the following:

#Go to the Preferences page, accessible from the set of links at the top of the page (or alternately, by pointing to [[Special:Preferences]]).
#Make sure you check the box labeled Raw signatures (without automatic link).
#In the field "Your nickname (for signatures)", put the following (replacing ''Your name'' with your user name):
#:<pre>[[User:YourName|Your Name]] <sup>[[Project Mentor|M!]]</sup></pre>
#Press Save Preferences.

This will make your signature look exactly like it normally does, except it will now have <sup>M!</sup> appended to the end of your name, with a link to this page.

==Member Register==
The easiest way to place your name on the register is to use 3 tildes (i.e., <nowiki>~~~</nowiki>). '''Try to keep the list in alphabetical order and remove inactive members.''' (almost no edits for 3 or more months). The current member register is as follows:

*[[User:Bob Moncrief|Bob Moncrief]]
*[[User:Krazy Monkey|Cheeseman]]
*[[User:Chief Seagull|Chief Seagull]]
*[[User:DanceDanceRevolution|DanceDanceRevolution]]
*[[User:Linkthewindow|Linkthewindow]]

==What to do if you're new!==
Simply pick a mentor and give them a poke on their talk page. Be sure to explain who you are and what you're there for!