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Hello, USER'S NAME. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for LINK TO USER'S CONTRIBS! I'm YOUR NAME, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. IP ADVISED TO CREATE ACCOUNT. EXTRA MESSAGE IF ADDED.
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  Introduction to Wikipedia
  The five pillars of Wikipedia
  Editing tutorial
  How to edit a page
  Simplified Manual of Style
  The basics of Wikicode
  How to develop an article
  How to create an article
  Help pages
  What Wikipedia is not
Some common sense Do's and Don'ts:
  Do be bold
  Do assume good faith
  Do be civil
  Do keep cool!
  Do maintain a neutral point of view
  Don't spam
  Don't infringe copyright
  Don't edit where you have a conflict of interest
  Don't vandalize
  Don't get blocked

 Since you've shown some interest in editing topics related to Mauritius, we hope you'll stay and add content to Mauritius related articles. Mauritian topics are generally under represented on Wikipedia and you can help counter this imbalance by becoming a regular contributor and by joining WikiProject Mauritius which is a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles relevant to Mauritius.

To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can REGISTERED USERS CAN CREATE OWN SANDBOX for use any time. Perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put a link to it on your user page. REGISTERED USERS WITH NO USER PAGE ENCOURAGED TO CREATE IT.

Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your EITHER "signature" OR "IP address", a link to this (your talk) page, and a timestamp.

The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!

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