User talk:JohnDavies

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, JohnDavies, Welcome to Wikipedia!
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--Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:08, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User page

I'm afraid that we don't allow editors to add articles about themselves. Rather than deleting it, I've moved it to your User page (User:JohnDavies). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:08, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. There's a little more leeway concerning people editing articles on themselves (though it's still deprecated), but as you started this article yourself, that didn't appply, I'm afraid. I hope that you'll feel that you want to stay and contribute anyway. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
I wonder if we're talking at cross purposes? I'm talking about the article that's now at User:JohnDavies, with this History. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:05, 27 February 2006 (UTC)