User talk:205.152.138.58

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Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. moink 22:02, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

This is your second warning. Please do not vandalize Wikipedia articles. JRR Trollkien (see warning) 15:06, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

Please don't vandalize the Warren G. Harding article by placing a Homestar Runner link on it, which you called Famous Speeches. Chrisn4255 00:50, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  – Jrdioko (Talk) 21:46, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Shanes 16:56, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Please don't remove Wikipedia style from MSM-04 Acguy. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:28, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This is a last warning: don't remove Wikipedia style from articles (see, e.g., MSM-04 Acguy & YMS-15 Gyan). For details, see Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Continuing to remove correct style after warnings will count as vandalism. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:44, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
  1. The point is that it's not a matter of my preference versus yours, but of Wikipedia style (did you check the link I left above?): "The subject of the article should be mentioned in bold text (subject) at a natural place in the first sentence, or at least the first paragraph." In this case, you want to leave the mention in bold text until further into the article, after it's been mentioned unbolded in the first sentence. (Moreover, in order for the reader to know what the article is about, a clear first sentence giving the nature and context of the subject is important. The reader shouldn't have to read half the article before realising that this thing is a bit of equipment in a fictional universe. Remember that it's an encyclopædia article.
  2. Alway remember to 'sign' your messages with four tildes (~~~~, so that other users don't have to go into their Talk page history in order to reply to you.
  3. In fact:

You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikipedia, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires you to provide no personal information, and gives you many benefits, including:

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We hope that you choose to become a Wikipedian and create an account. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:32, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Happyfeet10 12:14, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

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