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Hello and let me be the first to welcome you to Wikitroid, the fan-based Metroid resource. I hope you like the place and choose to join us in our work. Here are a few good tips for newcomers: structure tutorial]] great article]] I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikitroid member! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~ . Four tildes  produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, ask me on my talk page. Happy editing! &mdash; $3
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