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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --☆ケンジガール 18:18, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Shipping pages
Don't create shipping pages on the main space. Always appened Shipping: right before the shipping name. --☆ケンジガール 18:18, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Page Categorization
Please categorize every new page you create. The only legitimate content page that should remain uncategorized is the Main Page. Nothing else. --Shiningpikablu252 15:44, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Gender
We won't put in that unless someone in the anime refers it as he/she. -Billy4b2004 16:24, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Everyone may know that Meowth is male...
But since it hasn't been confirmed in the anime, then we don't put it in. You can't just put a gender just because of their voice, or they fell in love, it needs to be confirmed through dialogue. (Or gender differences, for Pokémon debuting this season.(And even then...)) The Dark Fiddler - Nos hablamos? 16:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Please
Please sign your comments with four tidles (~~~~) so that everyone knows who put the comment there. Thanks!----Cassandra Teh Kkllnnator K 19:31, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
- And another thing, link templates. Instead of [[Kate (Ranger)|Kate]], {{ra|Kate}}. It's much easier, and it gets the reader to the same place. The list is at list of link templates.--Cassandra Teh Kkllnnator K 19:36, 25 December 2008 (UTC)