User talk:70.60.41.211

For the moment, we will assume that your attempt to replace Baroness Kennedy's picture with that of a monkey was a private editing experiment. Please be advised, however, that had you succeeded, it would have been published live to the world. Wikinews is an endevor of shared responsability, and deliberate acts of vandalism and defamation are not tolerated. Should you persist in this, you will be banned from editing the site, and our faith in people's good will could be (slightly) diminished. Please do not disappoint us.

Below follows a general welcome message,

StrangerInParadise 14:59, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Welcome

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