Welcome to Wikipedia! edit

Hello Paw42, welcome to Wikipedia!

I like the Ossian (band) article - I formatted the Discography, put a Category:Scottish musical groups link and an "expand this" notice in. I replied to your thanks on my talk page then noticed you hadn't been welcomed so here's the rest of the stuff I greet newcomers with...

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alf melmac 11:48, 21 October 2005 (UTC).Reply


Thanks for all of the above. It's all becoming a bit clearer. A pity that my first contribution involved a faulty disambiguation page, Still that's how you learn. Now I know how to do discographies! Thanks, --Paw42 13:40, 21 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Moved from user page edit

Primo Levi edit

You're welcome. That was just one of many hundreds of articles that were vandalised in a serious attack by the squidward vandal, using a range of open proxies. A whole lot of people pitched in to help revert it all, and it was all gone within ten minutes. The open proxies have now been indefinitely blocked. Snottygobble 22:43, 16 February 2006 (UTC)Reply

January 2023 edit

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