User talk:Asn
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[edit] Welcome
Hello Asn, welcome to Wikipedia.
You might find these links helpful in editing pages or creating new ones: How to edit a page, Tutorial, Naming conventions, Manual of Style. You should probably read our policies at some point too.
But don't feel you have to read every policy document before you do anything. Dive in, be bold in editing (as you've done with your good work on the Chewbacca Defense), and if you do anything wrong, someone will be quick to correct it and let you know (hopefully, politely!)
If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!
You may have already noticed that you can sign your name using three tildes, like this: ~~~. If you use four, you can add a datestamp too, as I've done below. This is mostly useful, and is considered good wikiquette, on talk pages. But be aware that the actual wikipedia articles should never be signed - they belong to the community, rather than the individual who created them.
Again, welcome! --ALargeElk 09:28, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
The text you wrote at The Sisters of Mercy sounds oddly familiar - did you put it up somewhere else before, or am I just noticing similarites in tone to the official history? —Morven 08:33, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Edit summary
Please provide an edit summary, thanks. Hyacinth 20:20, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Changing Gothic rock to Alternative rock
Hi. I noticed you went through all of my infobox updates at The Sisters of Mercy's album articles and changed the genre from Gothic rock to Alternative rock with an edit summary saying that you were fixng a mistake. While I am sure that you have some reasoning behind the change, I'd like to point out that it was very unlikely to be a "mistake in updating" on my part, since I had to manually type in the change. I'd also point out that the article on Alternative mentions Gothic rock as a subgenre, without providing any additional information on The Sisters of Mercy, whereas the article on Gothic rock mentions The Sisters of Mercy something like seven times. I'd like to invite you to reconsider the change. Jkelly 23:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for your response. I've responded at to First and Last and Always' talk page, now that I understand that there is a larger issue involved that effects all of the album articles. Jkelly 02:37, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
- I'm hoping that you will reply to the discussion at to First and Last and Always' talk page. Thanks. Jkelly 00:53, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Image copyright problem RE: Image:Lenin Vilnius.jpg
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If you have any questions, just leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again. ~MDD4696 03:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hello
I wanted to thank you for the long-needed Communist Party of Lithuania! I see that you are interested in politics of Lithuania, so I though I might drop you this link to Wikipedia:Baltic States notice board. There you can announce your new edits or ask for help. I hope to see you around more often! Renata 20:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
