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Hello, BarneyBot

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.

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MysteryBot 09:28, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

Hi, don't spam the site with shit. White ♥ Mistress 09:31, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

Last warning asshole. White ♥ Mistress 09:42, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

What am I doing wrong????? --BarneyBot 09:41, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

Spamming the site with shitty pages. They have boring, pointless content and zero formatting. You need to work on them in your userspace if you can't be bothered to write a whole article. Also, those articles were deleted before for being bad and they haven't improved since. White ♥ Mistress 09:42, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

Have you ever seen a Barney Bunch video? You need to watch a bunch of them in order to get it, then they will not be so shitty anymore --BarneyBot 09:47, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

• I don't know what that is and I don't give a fuck, but we have standards here which you need to follow. White ♥ Mistress 09:47, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

• Go on YouTube and type in Barney bunch or Drew Pickles. At least 90% of the videos are BB-related--BarneyBot 09:52, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

When your ban expires, work on your articles in your userspace. We do not want shitty, uncyclopedia-style articles full of unfunny bullshit stinking up the site. White ♥ Mistress 09:56, 17 June 2008 (CDT)

This colostomy bag was BANNED for constant fucking whining and fagging up every article he touches. You can help by learning from their mistakes. Vandalizing their user page with ad hominem attacks never hurts either.

This person is an example of the AIDS that is killing ED. He/she is contaminated with dangerous levels of anti-lulz and should be avoided at all costs. Or if you're brave (or already infected), you can just vandalize the fuck out of every one of his/her contributions.