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Hello, Glaci

THIS IS SERIOUS; READ IT.

Congratulations on joining ED! You probably fit into one of these categories:

1. New User

Before making your first article look over ED:101. Try checking out random articles and fixing typos, grammar and/or bullshit where you find them before trying to make a new page. To start with, make multiple small edits to different articles until you have the hang of it. If you don't, it is unlikely that your article will survive for more than sixty seconds and you risk being molested by ED Sysops.

If you don't know anything about wiki formatting and code, please read ED:BASIC and the Style Guide. Take your time and start slowly.

2. Mediawiki Migrant If you're an experienced wiki user (probably from a Wikipedia offshoot) who knows how to operate, please read ED:101 for offical policy and ED:MIGRANT for tips on assimilation and basic rules.

Whichever you are, to successfully contribute to ED, please take some time to look around, note why other people get banned and don't act like they did.

Communication with other users prevents misunderstandings and can be done through talk pages, TJC and the mailing list.

If you plan on sticking around, feel free to make your mark on the ED:Map and join the all new ED Facebook, the ED Myspace the ED Bebo and follow the ED Twitter.

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MysteryBot 10:10, 29 April 2008 (CDT)

Knock it off. White•Mystery

 

Ruh Roh, You Got Banned!

Looks like you pissed off SecurityBot!

• If you were reverting vandalism or making a legitimate edit, contact WhiteMystery and you'll get unblocked ASAP. You most likely got blocked for:

1. Spamming recent changes. The preview button exists for a reason; use it.
2. Spamming new pages. The Sandbox and your user page are there for you to experiment with.
3. Generally being stupid. You should take a look at ED:101 to avoid further problems.

• If you were actually vandalizing ED, tough shit.

Love, SecurityBot

[edit] PROTIP

Every time you work hard to blank or otherwise vandalise your article, we can revert with three mouse clicks. It's no use vandalising an article, because it takes you a lot of work and it's easily reverted. You'll most likely get permabanned after your recent blanking, since Lateral already had to revert your faggotry, and seeing as he's a SysOp, he won't have a lot of patience for you. For now, I'll award you with the butthurt template (see your user page), which is quite a light measure, but I'm guessing, once a SysOp logs on, you'll get the banhammer. --ElStormo 06:36, 27 May 2008 (CDT)