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I've done a quick copyedit on your English ;-), if I've not made the article inaccurate please change {{develop}} to {{publish}}. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 00:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much ;-) I'm still learning english, but I hope I may contribute to Wikinews. I'll try my best to write in a good english so you don't have to edit everything ;) Alexanderkg 00:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks again! — Doldrums(talk) 05:50, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Commons talk page

I just noticed someone left a message for you on your commons talk page. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:23, 6 February 2007 (UTC)