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Walcome

Braw that ye're here, 86.149.54.93! Walcome til the Wikipedie in Scots: the first encyclopedie in the Scots leid!

Guid tae see ye. Some gibbles ye'll find uissfu:

• Aboot Wikipedie - whit it is an isna.

• Gin ye are interestit in writin airticles we bid ye hae a read o wir page anent writin Scots. Ye micht aiblins find thir dictionars helpfu.

• Tae find oot hou tae gang aboot editin an stairtin airticles, gang til the Wikipedie Lessons.

• For tae caw the crack anent the technical wirkins o the Wikipedie, gang til the Mercat Cross.
• Bi gaun throu the Commontie Yett ye'll can find aw kynd o wittins adae wi uisin an eikin til the Wikipedie.

• For tae hae a sey shottie, veesit oor Saundpit.

Dinna haud yer wheesht, haud yer ain!

(in Inglis) Forgive me. I am Canadian.

Which dialect are you using?
These spellings of yours, amongst others, are not standard in Scots Wikipedia:

• dother
• secunt
• Schule o Art
• fur
• Scotlan
• short story
• buik
• singin
• has
• bin

Our standard practice here would be more along the lines of:

• dochter
• seicont
• Schuil o Airt
• for
• Scotland
• cutty story
• beuk
• sangin
• haes
• been

This does not mean we are right, and you are wrong. Not at all.
We do have many users here who think Scots is misspelled English.
Therefore I would like to establish your intention, since we are still clarifying our standards for Scots here.
Many users opt for the least English-looking spelling they can think of.

My apologies for the Canadian English, Varlaam (talk) 18:53, 21 November 2012 (UTC)