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Hello, MithrandirAgain, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Thank you! I kept meaning to respond to this. :( --MithrandirAgain (talk) 01:43, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Stone Caster Studio

Can you tell me why you marked my article as spam?

You wrote: Can you tell me why you marked my article as spam? Absolutely! A line from the first paragraph says Stone Caster Studio is mainly recognized for being the first to offer professional grade stone veneer molds to the average consumer. Saying "professional grade" in that context is considered advertisment (or, at the least, slanted POV). A better version might be to include what and how the company does, not the quality. Also The keyword "Stone Caster Studio" is one of the top search phrases for the infamous ripoffreport.com, due to the fact that Stone Caster Studio has continued to stay alive despite the negative reviews. Stone Caster Studio has become a case study for Reputation Management and SEO Firms for this very reason. This is another example of promotion. And the use of second-person terms, like "You can see articles on eHow.com, do it yourself forums and other trade publications that source stonecasterstudio.com's information." are not allowed on Wikipedia. The reasons why I didn't suggest just a rewrite are a) There are too many errors and b) You have to consider the importance of a company. The company may or may not be, as you said "professional grade", but that is a personal opinion, not a completely verifiable fact. (I recommend you look at POV and the Article wizard.) I hope this clears a few things up. :) --MithrandirAgain (talk) 08:15, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

(Also posted on Shawnmerlin's talk page.)

Mithrandir's Note: The page in question, Stone caster studio, was deleted. --MithrandirAgain (talk) 10:04, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Please look before you leap

I removed your warning from User talk:203.202.234.226 and I'm about to have a look to see what you reverted, if anything: if you look at the talk page, and if you check the editor's contributions, you'll see that there is obviously more here than meets the eye. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 03:27, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

You are correct. I am sorry, and will be more careful in the future. :) --MithrandirAgain (talk) 03:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Mithrandir's Note: (Also posted on Drmies' talk page. He responded there:"Sure thing. As you can see on the talk page, I was momentarily puzzled also--but especially when you're leaving a level-3 warning, you should make sure that it is absolutely justified. Take care, Drmies (talk) 03:32, 30 April 2010 (UTC))" --MithrandirAgain (talk) 04:37, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

calm down and relax

Excuse me instead of getting angry and threatning me tell me what I did wrong. I mean the start of the article has ancient India. So I added that part to the origin area . 71.105.87.54 (talk) 05:32, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Let me quote from your edit: "The Swastika originates in Ancient Hinduism and / or in Ancient India biquity of the swastika symbol is easily explained by its being a very simple shape that will arise independently in any basket-weaving society." Read it out loud. That is, not only an awkward sentence, but also restating the facts that, as you know, were stated at the beginning of the article. You just admitted to knowing it was already there. That is considered vandalism. You have vandalised that same page before, so it was more likely that you vandalised than just made a honest mistake. I also recommend you see this. I hope that clears a few things up for you. :) --Mithrandir^Again Talk! 05:43, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Mithrandir's Note: I also posted this on IP's talk page.