User talk:Snowball821

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Current revision as of 19:56, 28 June 2006

A Guide into a Magical World

Contents 1 Welcome Snowball821! 2 Hi 3 Spamonymity 4 Haldotezzorz

[edit] Welcome Snowball821!

My name is Dacheatbot and welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki! We're glad to have you as a member. If you need any help, feel free to ask anyone on the welcoming committee. You can also post questions on the FAQ talk page.

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Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. After all, your user space belongs to you. I hope this information is helpful, and that you'll have a good experience contributing to our knowledge-base and our community.

Sincerely,
--Dacheatbot · Communicate, and "The Homestar Runner Wiki Welcoming Committee" 14:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

, looks like we're both new. Cool. AlliterativeAssociate 14:47, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spamonymity

Hey Austin! I'm glad you've become an addition to the wiki. What I'm about to say falls into the category of things-that-aren't-really-a-big-deal-from-the-wiki's-point-of-view, but-I-just-wanted-to-give-you-some-advice. Purely up to you.

I know some people feel differently about how much personal information they want on the internet, but you might think about having less here. Right now you have your picture, full name, email, IM, age, and state of residence. That means if for some reason somebody knew your name but didn't know what you looked like... now they would. (Or vice versa.) But actually the most immediate concern is not scary people finding you in real life—although that's a big deal, it's not guaranteed to happen. What I can guarantee is that, with your email displayed the way it is now, you will start getting spam within a matter of weeks, and will get more and more until we're talking about hundreds of messages a day. And that's an absolutely ironclad guarantee. (Basically, if your address appears anywhere on the internet with "@" visible in the source code, you'll get on the lists.) Fortunately, the wiki has a built-in way to let people email you without making your address visible. (There's also a way to mask it on other websites.) Back in May I wrote about it on someone else's user page; so I don't say the same things again, I recommend you read about it there.

And again, welcome to the wiki! —AbdiViklas 18:28, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Haldotezzorz

hi, AJ! 'sup?