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Glad you're here! PanchoS (talk) 11:33, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
- A little piece of advice that might comfort you: like in the real world, while the debate might turn quite harsh in a few highly disputed contexts, this is not representative of the usually very constructive way we're collaborating in most subjects. For somebody interested in getting work done rather than arguing about this and that, there is ample opportunity to just help building an encyclopedia, with just occasional, problem-oriented discussions. Cheers, --PanchoS (talk) 11:44, 10 January 2016 (UTC)