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Welcome to Bulbapedia, Ikarishipper900!

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --ニョロトノ666 16:07, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Talk Page Comments

Removing talk page comments, including the initial welcome template, is prohibited per Bulbapedia's talk page policy. Please do not remove any comments in the future. If you wish to clean old comments away, you should archive your talk page instead. Thank you! --P S Yライダー 03:58, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Oh I'm sorry! I didn't know that. >////< Um.... How do I archive it? I'm sorry.... Ikarishipper900 04:19, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
At the top, there's a move tab and you can move the talk page to an archive, such as "User talk:Ikarishipper900/Archive 1" or something. However, it would be better if you had more on your talk page before you did so, but it's up to you. --P S Yライダー 04:29, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
If it'd be better to leave it, I guess I'll leave it. I just didn't like having the giant welcome blob there. :-/ Thank you! Ikarishipper900 04:34, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey

-pokes the second rule in the notice at the top-

Please make sure you pay attention to that. R.A. Hunter Blade 22:43, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

ARRRRRRGH. SORRY. ;--; Ikarishipper900 23:33, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Um...... is my page protected because of this? :( Ikarishipper900 02:07, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Nope. It's protected because you edited your userspace twice in one day. If you see the notice at the top of the page, you're only allowed one personal userspace edit per-day. :) Jo the Marten ಠ_ಠ 02:11, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
That's...... kind of exactly what I was asking, so I guess yes. And I guess that's fair. How long term is this may I ask? Ikarishipper900 02:16, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Oh, right, sorry. Yeah. ^^; And it'll be protected for a week, so it'll come off May 15th. Jo the Marten ಠ_ಠ 02:22, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Okay. >__< This once a day thing is a little frustating for me because I tend to notice dumb typos or something I meant to do afterwards. Making this PAGE was a total frustration (except for the fun factor)..... I had to save it get the raw coding for the infobox but I should have thought it through more. I'm sorry :( Ikarishipper900 02:26, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
If you'd like my advice, I keep my page in a text file (notepad, word, etc.) and will edit it from time to time. Then after doing a decent amount of work on the main space, I'll apply all the changes I made on the text file to the user space. That way I get to avoid minor edits like that. :) Jo the Marten ಠ_ಠ 02:31, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
That sounds like a good idea. Thanks! :) Ikarishipper900 10:19, 10 May 2011 (UTC)