User talk:Pandapoons

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Hello, Pandapoons, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm RyRy, a fellow Wikipedian and part of the welcoming committee. I've been editing here for a while now and I decided to welcome you since your new here. We are here to help build Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Just don't vandalize or else you will be blocked. Well, I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any questions you have! Or, you can just type   and your question on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. If you have any questrions about using Wikipedia, feel free to ask at the help desk. Here are a few good links for newcomers like you: If you think you need a mentor, you should consider adoption by an experienced user. If you would like to make test edits and changes, you can do so at the Sandbox. I hope you enjoy editing here and being Wikipedian! By the way, you should always sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; or by clicking. And don't be afraid to talk to others, we are all kind here. :) If you have any questions, see the help pages or you can click here to leave me a new message on my talk page. Again, welcome to Wikipedia! Come contribute and edit often. :) -- RyRy   Public  ( talk ) 06:55, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
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August 2008
Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia and the articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits. Readers looking for serious articles will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, try the sandbox, where you can write (almost) whatever you want. Longhair\talk 07:03, 31 August 2008 (UTC)