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A quick comment
LOTROadmin will have to comment on the Captcha situation, however, a word on Talk Page usage -- We put new comments at the BOTTOM of a page. Which will (should) happen automatically if you use the "Add Topic" entry at the top right of the page.
Thanks, I did not see any hint about that. The amount of information about the how and what is a bit overwhelming. Chirp (talk) 17:54, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
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What is this language we use here?
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Red links in Preview Mode
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At Lotro-Wiki we never say "kill" but always say "defeat".
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Thanks for letting me know about the expiration of the asirra CAPTCHA. The cats and dogs were our best defense against the spambots so i'm sad to see it go. Thanks again! --Lotroadmin (talk) 03:09, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
