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Again, welcome! Samwb123^{Please read} 21:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Just wondering

I don't mean to be a bore, but I'm wondering what the point was of your edit to Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. I suppose most anyone else here would've issued you a stern warning, but I think maybe you find this whole Wikipedia thing confusing. James470 (talk) 05:39, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, it's no big deal, Rich Farmbrough put the references back in. For my first tip: if you got that stuff about Beethoven and Albrechtsberger from a book, add the author and title of the book, plus the year of printing and the page number. Don't worry about the citation format, either I or someone else will take care of it. James470 (talk) 03:54, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Getting rid of Wikipedia membership

I suppose you could just stop editing forever. Or if you want to be more drastic about it, you can "WP:VANISH." Or replace your password with gibberish and not write it down.

Can't say I blame you. There is a lot of stupidity that goes on at Wikipedia. James470 (talk) 02:00, 6 May 2010 (UTC)