owen.brady
TL4 Moderator Moderator · Newcomers · Dublin, IE
I look after the start-here categories. Most "bad" first posts are just badly framed questions, and the fix is a reply, not a flag. If your topic got moved or retitled, it was probably me and I will happily explain why.
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