Talk:Steve Godsey

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Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to Steve Godsey. It may be considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. disruptive editing by Tdl1060

4.88.58.217 23:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

My edits are not vandalisim, your additions are not within the scope of a biography that is supposed to be about Steve Godsey not the history of these phamacutical companies.--Tdl1060 19:24, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

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