Gina8825

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Ian.thomson (talk) 21:52, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

A short guide to how some stuff works here

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You have created your sandbox but have made no changes to it. You can edit existing pages instead of having to create a new account every time one page doesn't come out right. That said, your edits to User:Gina8825 were lost because of an edit filter meant to block spam (because you were copying and pasting text from your website). Looking at what you were trying to write, some things you'll need to keep in mind:

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Ian.thomson (talk) 21:52, 23 February 2020 (UTC)