User talk:Dude on Wiki

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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 (~&#126;); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! You might also want to read WP:BIO Brian 20:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)btball
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If you repeatedly defamed someone, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. If you find that you have inadvertently defamed someone in an article, do two things:
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Once that is done, and the defamation is gone completely from our records, the problem should be resolved. Stifle (talk) 22:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)