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Hello, Robert P Metcalfe. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions! I'm Pigsonthewing, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge.

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The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!
To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Mypage/sandbox&action=edit&preload=Template:User_Sandbox/preload create your own private sandbox] for use any time. Perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put {{My sandbox}} on your user page. By the way, seeing as you haven't created a user page yet, simply click here to start it.

Sincerely, Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:36, 13 December 2012 (UTC)   [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pigsonthewing&action=edit§ion=new&preload=Template:Welcome_to_Wikipedia/user-talk_preload (Leave me a message)]

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