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This page is also a place that I put stuff that I created that other people probably wouldn't use like the talk page banner (below).

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Looking for articles created by Shankarnikhil88?[edit]

You've come to the (sort of) right place.

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This page can be found at User:Shankarnikhil88/About.

Looking for the homepage of Shankarnikhil88?[edit]

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This page can be found at User:Shankarnikhil88.

Looking for Shankarnikhil88?[edit]

You can talk here.

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This page can be found at User talk:Shankarnikhil88.

Can't find Shankarnikhil88?[edit]

He might be here.

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This page can be found at User:Shankarnikhil88 (alternate account).
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