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Hello, Mike429, and welcome to Wikipedia!
Thank you for your contributions. It's great that you want to contribute to Wikipedia - the more constructive editors the better!
I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Tutorial
- How to edit a page
- How to write a great article
- Manual of Style
You might also find these policies and guidelines useful:
- What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest?
- What do we mean by Neutral Point of View?
- What sources are counted as reliable?
- What makes the subject of an article notable?
- Why was my page deleted?
- An essay containging a List of bad article ideas
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask!
If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question.
By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Mike429) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the 
icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page.
I am now going to add my signature, using ~~~~: -- PhantomSteve (Contact Me, My Contribs) 13:23, 11 September 2009 (UTC)