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We're so glad you're here! Meatsgains (talk) 02:08, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

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DoB missing. Please provide some biographical information in addition to the CV.

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Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:35, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Copyright problem on Abdul Nizam Abdul Hamid

Content you included in the above article appears to have been copied from https://www.theartshouse.sg/whats-on/singapore-international-film-festival-2016-for-nizam-a-retrospective. Copying text directly from a source is a copyright violation. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. All content you add to Wikipedia must be written in your own words. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:56, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

An extended welcome

Hi ApplePieRising. Welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily.

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I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Ronz (talk) 03:13, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

@Ronz: Thanks for the welcome message and the advice. I will try and edit a variety of topics that come to my attention, but I do love biographies. People and their stories fascinate me. I will do my best to adhere to the guidelines and hope I can add to making Wikipedia the best it can be. ApplePieRising (talk) 12:14, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

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