User talk:Colmflynn

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Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or ask your question and then place  before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! — mholland (talk) 15:34, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
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Re: World Universities Debating Ranking AfD
In response to your questions at the above page: I hope some of that was helpful to you. Let me know if you've more questions. — mholland (talk) 15:34, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
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 * User:Dorange flagged you up as only having five prior edits. It's quite common in deletion debates to flag new users in this way, as well as users who tend only to edit in a very narrow range of articles (such users are often called single-purpose accounts - it's not necessarily a derogatory term).  I expect Dorange added the comment in this case because you are the author of the article's subject (you have a conflict of interest) and little prior history on the project.
 * If the number of your edits is smaller than you were expecting, it's probably because you've edited anonymously (without logging in) in the past. Editors can only access a list of your logged-in contributions at Special:Contributions/Colmflynn.