User talk:Martinmagnuson

 Hello Martinmagnuson, and Welcome to Wikipedia!  Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.

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Martinmagnuson, good luck, and have fun. – Jnanaranjan Sahu (ଜ୍ଞାନ) talk 13:44, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Welcome, but be careful
Welcome to Wikipedia. Here are suggested readings: WP:SECONDARY and WP:COI. The gist of these guidelines are: If you have questions, many editors can offer advice. Happy editing. --Smokefoot (talk) 15:55, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
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