User talk:Matthewbrowsing
Welcome + caution
Welcome!
Hello, Matthewbrowsing, 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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Don't do this
Edits like this one to Doug Sandom have two problems. 1) If we don't know what his birthday is, we don't actually know how old he is (unless it's January 1). 2) The template automatically adjusts as the year changes. Otherwise, someone would have to change it every January 1 (or birthday). In an encyclopedia this size, that's a lot of work. Thanks! - Richfife (talk) 14:25, 25 September 2011 (UTC)