User talk:71.11.142.138

Welcome to wikipedia. I see you've been contributing to a notable person section in an article. You may be interested in the Wikipedia sports notability guidelines. Also, here is some other helpful stuff about how wikipedia works. If you need some more help, feel free to ask on my talk page and consider starting an account. Names make it easier for people to talk to each other. --U5K0 (talk) 12:06, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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