User talk:Purpleknowitall

Teh Purple One's Rules

1: Be nice. 2: Don't put your real name (for your own safety) 3: Post away!

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Welcome to Bulbapedia, Purpleknowitall!

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here!--KukiTalk 02:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

Yeah, they're disabled. For everyone. Server load was too much and we don't yet have something that can automatically limit the amount of edits. We're getting to it. TTEchidna 03:27, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, we're not adding the Volkner leaving in Platinum thing because as far as we know, that's just a rumor. Until we get official confirmation about anything, we don't add it to the pages.

And you didn't need to ask Unown Lord to add that to the page, anyway. Anyone can go and do it themselves; that's the beauty of this being a wiki. Both a gift and a curse, sometimes. --Martonimos_((Talk)) 03:31, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Talk pages

Don't remove talk page comments... even if it is your own page!! ^Moldy_Orange 03:44, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Move

I've gotten in truble 4 havin a page like this, abusing User talk spaces and geting around a ban we have (See Main Page Messages from the Editor) so move the page from User talk: to User. It's 4 ur own good--KukiTalk 00:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Ze userboxes I mean!--KukiTalk 00:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

You're actually better off just waiting for the ban to end. Until then, write down all the userboxes you want so you'll have a list later, or just copy the code down into a text file and save it to your computer (I've done that for three pages so far). Putting userboxes on your talk page is just begging for trouble. --Martonimos_((Talk)) 08:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

The Preview Button

Instead of making consecutive edits to "see if maybe this works," simply use the preview button next to the "Save page" button. --ニョロトノ666 01:09, 28 May 2008 (UTC)