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I had understood that Wikipedia discouraged edit wars, preferring editors to resolve with discussion. I am currently trying to find the Wikipedia policy in *untransmitted* spoilers. I personally can't see the justification at all for including this in an encyclopaedia. I don't think it's appropriate to call my edits vandalism or to threaten to blok me while you take part in an edit war. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.47.43 (talk) 13:54, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked on the Editor Assistance Requests page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.47.43 (talk) 14:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have added to Talk page on the advice of one of the Editors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.111.47.43 (talk) 14:50, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I just thougt the discussion page would be easier to navigate if I cleaned it up a bit.

Btw, Would you consider adding back the text that mentions Britney as the best-selling teenage artist?

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.100.49.241 (talk) 23:55, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Would you consider adding back the text that mentions Britney as the bestselling teenage artist?

Source: http://britneyspearsblackout.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/guiness-2.jpg

--213.100.49.241 (talk) 00:17, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that you added back the text about Britney being the best-selling teenage recording artist in her discography article. I appreciate it!

--213.100.49.241 (talk) 21:32, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I am a Wikipedian and researcher from Carnegie Mellon University, working with Professors Robert E. Kraut and Aniket Kittur. We’ve published many scholarly papers on Wikipedia and are partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation on several new projects.

I have been analyzing collaboration in Wikipedia, especially Collaborations of the Week/Month. My analysis of seven years of archival Wikipedia data shows that Collaborations of the Week/Month substantially increase the amount and nature of project members’ contributions, with long lasting effects. We would like to talk to Wikipedians to better understand the processes that that produce this behavior change.

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Thanks! (This my personal website)Haiyizhu (talk) 04:45, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with your decision to cut down the size of the summaries. The previous summaries are far more comparable to the summaries of Avatar: The Last Airbender (1 2 3).

On top of that, you can hardly compare Korra's list to one with 7 seasons, now can you? Brightgalrs (/braɪtˈɡæl.ərˌɛs/)^[1] 21:49, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to say thank you for editing the post I made on the Holocaust page. I meant no disrespect, and the only reason I added that stuff was because my English teacher had us do an assignment that included adding random stuff to a wikipedia page on our subject for our term paper. Mine happened to be the Holocaust. She wanted us to see that anyone can edit a page and Wikipedia is not a reliable source. I'm sorry for any inconvenience.

~Lily

Lunar Lily Wolf (talk) 16:25, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I set up the article as a stub as it is no where near finished and I was posting it online as we were asked to publish what we have so far as a stub online for our assignment, I'm sure you have good reason for wanting it deletion but this is why I shall attempt to amend any problems. Thanks --NomNomNomNathan (talk) 16:47, 27 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your concern in this matter, kind regards NomNomNomNathan (talk) 23:51, 28 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Merlinsorca. I'm stopping by your talk page to let you know that this IP has been reverting you. I've reverted the IP once thus far. Flyer22 (talk) 08:26, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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An article you recently created, Google Clips, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please follow the prompts on the Articles for Creation template atop the page. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:17, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've added references. Will it really take over a month to get this article back? Merlin^sorca 18:40, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As an autoconfirmed user, you can move it back to the main space, but I would recommend letting a reviewer look over it. Since the product was just released today, its unclear whether or not it is notable. Time allows reviewers to see if it meets our inclusion criteria. If it were to be moved back to the article space, we likely have a deletion discussion. Continuing to develop this article as a draft and letting our articles for creation reviewers help you with it is probably the best way for it to become an article :) TonyBallioni (talk) 18:46, 4 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info. I won't move it back to article space myself after it's already been put in this process, especially as the article creator. I'll just wait for review. Merlin^sorca 16:55, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there! I'm glad to meet another person who uses Ecosia! I'm mostly here to help with citations. I was curious, how do you get those badges on your profile, i.e, this user fights vandalism, uses Ecosia, etc. Thanks for your time! Reply back on my talk page so I get a notification