User talk:Dalyup!
Welcome!
Hello Dalyup!, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay.
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on Talk pages (ie discussion pages) using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Dolphin51 (talk) 03:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
Removing dead links used as references[edit]
Are you aware of the recommendations in the "how-to guide" at Wikipedia:Link rot to not remove dead links that were used as references for at least two years. Dead links may be recoverable from archives, such as the Wayback Machine, but are not visible there until six or more months after the pages were archived. I have often recovered "dead" links from the Wayback Machine. -- Donald Albury 11:16, 16 June 2011 (UTC)