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Hello, ArborBorealis

THIS IS SERIOUS; READ IT.

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Plz to be read. Chenquieh!

--OldDirtyMudkips 23:32, 1 November 2007 (CDT)

Computer Science III

It happened on April 23rd of this year, during the whole Virginia Tech massacre aftermath, when various trolls were taking place on Facebook, and people were pissed off that ED had an article which was summarily documenting and mocking the drama. Mike Sandy claimed that he was hacking us, thus the article. <3 Tfo_{Talk to me}^{Listen to me.} 12:23, 19 November 2007 (CST)

I see. / A.B. 10:53, 20 November 2007 (CST)

Your post on 'Needed'

• Well, get onto it Arbor. Unfortunately people too seldom pick up good ideas from 'needed'.vanff 16:41, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

• I suck at writing articles, but I'll see what I can do. If someone else wants to pick it up, he can. / A.B. 16:47, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
• Take your time, do the research, find some good pictures. It isn't something that needs to be done in a rush. If you want help, ask.vanff 16:50, 27 June 2009 (UTC)