Aus0408
Thank you for experimenting with the page Petrobras 36 Oil Platform on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it 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. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Paleorthid 05:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Sorry to have to be giving you a bad time on your first set of edits. I am sure we can work it through. Restoring your reverted edits and _not_ contacting me as requested above tells me you agree that your edits should have been reverted by me, you know you are engaging in bad behavior but you are hoping I won't notice. Please reply to me here or on my talk page as to if this was your intention? Do you need help figuring out the philosophy here, how to edit and all that? Assuming this is the case I offer the following:
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editHello, Aus0408, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. -- Paleorthid 14:22, 5 October 2006 (UTC)