User talk:There's nothing quite like a McDonald's

Apparently you can't change names without some edits to mainspace so just create the new user and use that. Spartaz Humbug! 16:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

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What the hell? You've "seen me before"?!?!?! Don't push what exactly? This is outrageous!!! Why is this deemed as "promoting" when John Smith's is permitted? This is extremely unfair and shows the inherent elitism that is typical (in my opinion) of this encyclopedia. Of course it's fine to do or say whatever you want if you're "on the inside" but a different set of rules applies to everyone else. Wouldn't want that kind of "riff raff" undermining this project would we? ffs