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As you know your way around..and still have decided to stay on, this seems to be better than a welcome :)) Lectonar (talk) 15:50, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Pentangle compilations

As some of these albums have extensive reviews, and most of the rest have reliably sourced information, they don't include less than most of the album articles. As such, I don't think PROD is the way to go, so I am going to object them all. I emphasize that I am not saying I believe they all deserve articles, but I think this should be discussed in AfD and not removed without discussion by a faster deletion process. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 11:09, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wolf3D ports and differences

Hi NukeofEarl, sorry I didn't get your message earlier - my Internet connection has been spotty lately. I've responded to your requests and points on the Wolf3D talk page, under the Ports/Version details and differences section. Apologies for the confusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walker222 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit conflict on Spear of Destiny

Hello, you essentially undid my edit to Spear of Destiny and referred to the Lost Episodes enemies as "palette swaps" of those of the original game. Granted, my edit was rather poorly worded, but it was true.

I disagree with your edit, and would like to call you to the talk page of the article for a discussion. In the meantime, I have changed the text of the article to be neutral and to not claim it is or is not a palette swap.

Thank you! − Elecbullet (talk) 23:40, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Personnel sections

Hi NukeofEarl . From Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Album article style guide in the Personnel section: "A personnel section should be included under a primary heading "Personnel" and should generally be formatted as a bulleted list of names and forms of participation" (emphasis added). What made you think otherwise? This guideline may need updating if it's been superseded! Nikthestoned 09:27, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing made me think otherwise. That's exactly the editing practice I've been following. It souns like you're reding something into the style guide that isn't there.--NukeofEarl (talk) 14:39, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, I just didn't read the entirety of that section, for which I apologise! Nikthestoned 14:54, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reverts

Someone is going around undoing your edits. I reverted one where they undid a code fix. I would like to assume good faith, but I don't know if they are doing this for any particular reason. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 02:47, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In response

Mr. NukeofEarl is a WikiVandal that was well aware of why this occurred having wanted to start an editing war with me. Him feigning ignorance and claiming he couldn't guess what this was all about is completely dishonest, but that is what you get from a lying hack! The paragraph in question in the Ys article was original and entirely written by me (yes, without explanation) before it caught his attention, before he decided to monitor it like a hawk ever since and keep swooping down to excise and edit it... At least 3 times he excised several sentences from it and his "atrocious" grammar/spelling fix was to lowercase a job title and selectively declare comments "inappropriate" and self-references along with excising relevant links. Even his description in his edits were subtle insults. He waited a few weeks this time before reimposing his 3rd edit, hoping to sneak it by me would be the only explanation. Not exactly somebody that wanted to communicate with me to resolve it civilly. Since he was mostly excising the aspect of what fan translators have felt in terms of legality and what it means that a corporation actually purchased fan translated scripts, that was relevant/interesting information and history he kept trying to excise, not edit for improvement, so I don't see how I could've "worked" with him on that particular issue. Declaring yourself by implication to having superior writing/grammar skills doesn't exactly help either.

Mr. NukeofEarl, poor fella, claims pessimism in that if he had communicated with me, that it would've never led to a resolution. If the only resolution was him imposing his edits and mostly excises on my paragraph, and ignoring all other problems with the article, showing particular bias and animus against me and what I said in particular, yeah, I'm probably not going to be willing to let him have his way. But, how does insulting me here (declaring me unreasonable, a brick wall, even before ever speaking to me, and that I'd be the one to make personal attacks when he already made them here before I even got here!) and getting an admin to insult me as well, how was that ever going to "solve" the issue which he instigated to begin with? It's laughable. He only used this opportunity to report the incident and add further insults in addition to the subtle ones he made with his first edit. He goes on to thank an admin for "illuminating" the situation for him... Please, you knew full well you started this, NukeofEarl, ~3 times you swooped down on *just* that paragraph to impose your excises/edits to it. You've been monitoring just my paragraph like a hawk ever since you saw it and I guess you don't like a taste of your own medicine, so you ran running to an admin to waste more of my time on something that was rather minor frankly to begin with (not to someone with a grudge of course, as in your case)! Anyway, you might fool somebody else with the innocent routine, but you don't fool me for a second... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ysfan (talk • contribs) 20:09, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, looks like Ysfan is suffering from brain damage. I've edited down his insanely long section heading; the rest, I think, merits no response on my part.--NukeofEarl (talk) 01:31, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It occurs to me that maybe some explanation is due for the sake of anyone happening to browse across my talk page: Ysfan is the editor referred to in the above "Reverts" section. He was indeed blindly reverting my edits and did not respond well when the situation was reported. Also, as a hopefully final update to this situation, Ysfan has since been indefinitely blocked from Wikipedia. Not the happiest ending that could be hoped for, but at least it means I can resume making improvments to Wikipedia in peace.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:30, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chthon

Hi there,

A couple of months ago, a whole lot of info was removed from the Chthon article for being unsourced (and probably way too long). Since you are good at finding sources, and it looks like you are working on the article anyway, I wanted to let you know about that in case you can find sources for any of it. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 19:02, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Unfortunately, I'm actually not that good at finding sources. It only seems that way because much of the time, instead of going to specific articles and trying to find sources for the info in them, I read specific sources and then go find articles that they can be used as sources for. But I do have a few issues covering Chthon, so I'll do what I can. One thing I'm uncertain about is the "powers and abilities" section. Were I creating the article from scratch, I wouldn't have created this section because, as with most dark gods in fiction, Chthon's powers aren't very well-defined. Any thoughts on that?--NukeofEarl (talk) 12:51, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sunfire

Per here, we need to know if the source said 'free reign' or 'free rein'. 24.12.74.21 (talk) 01:58, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It says "free reign". Thanks for checking this; I hadn't even thought of the need for "sic" to be placed there.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:56, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. 24.12.74.21 (talk) 01:51, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Egads, how did I make a goof like that after I must have visited (and linked to) Archie Goodwin (comics) at least a half dozen times before! Oh well, I've gone and fixed it now.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:11, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)

Excuse me, but I saw that you have uploaded a picture of the Spider Woman (Jessica Drew), but you can add to article picture of Ultimate Spider-Woman? I just can't upload pictures correctly because of this, I blocked and error I can't make more! If you help me I may help you with something in return! Here is a link to pictures of Ultimate Spider-Woman can choose to your taste! http://shawnee-smith.ya.ru/replies.xml?item_no=1133 And if you don't look Russian article in the Department of Ultimate Spider-Woman!--Youtube2014 (talk) 16:29, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Sorry, but I'm new to uploading images myself (the one on Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is the first I've done), so I need to set aside a considerable time slot to get it done in. I'll try and upload it sometime tomorrow evening.--NukeofEarl (talk) 00:26, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Got it. It's at File:Ultimate SpiderMan 98 cover.jpg --NukeofEarl (talk) 21:25, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! About the image where the Ultimate Spider-Woman portrays Julie Carpenter, don't download! Of course this picture should be in the article Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) and Julie Carpenter, but to burden you don't want to you and so much useful did! If there's something you need to contact me and ask something such as a club to create or find a picture of you or in any wiki help you! And that picture where Ultimate Spider-Woman portrays Julie Carpenter looks like this: http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/shawnee-smith/view/581275?page=0 --Youtube2014 (talk) 01:54, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Golden

No problem, brother. And don't sweat it. For my part, I apologize if my edit summary came across as more accusatory or incivil as it should have. Nightscream (talk) 17:41, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Oops. I've gone and fixed both of those.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:44, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Sebastian

Hi, I just wanted to say I'm glad to see you took my advice about not wasting your time trying to reason with Jack Sebastian. To confirm that you made the right decision, let me inform you that Jack Sebastian just deleted the claim about the animated Robin being based on Jason Todd himself! What's more, here's his accompanying edit summary: "get a cite from a RS that makes that claim. You cannot be the one noticing similarities". It looks like Jack Sebastian is not just a standard destroy-any-facts-I-don't-like editor, but a verifiable nutcase. And if you're fortunate enough to not know this first-hand, believe me, you don't want to nutcase editor on your case.

Best wishes for your further editing.--Martin IIIa (talk) 14:14, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that is kind of creepy. I'm not 100% sure it means "nutcase", though... It could be that he kept himself signed on on a computer, and someone sharing that computer with him made that edit. Very unlikely coincidence that that person would basically revert one of his edits, but it's possible. In any case, it's good to hear that that little falsehood was removed from the article.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:41, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
True, it's not 100%, but it doesn't hurt to be wary. There are a lot more nutcases on Wikipedia than you might think.--Martin IIIa (talk) 23:39, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Edit warring

The warning I posted to that editor's talk page was appropriate; using a source to advance a position not explicitly said in the source is original research, hence the OR warning. Instead of reverting me, consider commenting on the content with respect to the guidelines. As for my tone to Y45ed, the editor is a genre warrior who in fact reached for a questionable source to support their genre warring. Dan56 (talk) 01:45, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reply posted to Dan56's talk page.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:32, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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My pleasure

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Atlantis

Hi there! I love the work you have been doing on character articles. Would you have any source material to add some out-of-universe info to articles like Atlantis (Marvel Comics), Massachusetts Academy (comics), Department H, The Raft (comics), or anything else listed here? BOZ (talk) 15:55, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not as of yet, unfortunately... Indeed, looking over the list, I haven't even heard of some of the article subjects. But I'm still looking through my magazines, so hopefully I'll find something.--NukeofEarl (talk) 14:01, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for checking, and good luck. :) BOZ (talk) 15:32, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks! I wasn't on Wikipedia this Christmas so I didn't get the chance to see this note and pass the WikiLove on to other users... Will try to do so next year.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:59, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Whoops, looks like I put an extra "l" in his name. Fixed now.--NukeofEarl (talk) 15:30, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, this is a pretty handy bot. The bracket errors were actually brought over during an article merge, but they do indeed appear to be errors, and I have fixed them.--NukeofEarl (talk) 14:07, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on a source for comics articles

Hi. Your opinion could be very useful in this discussion. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 12:48, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Spawn and Savage Dragon

Alex Wilde and The Dragon: Blood & Guts are up for deletion so if you wish to participate in the conversation for or against deletion or improving said articles be my guest. I thought you may be interested since you were in a previous discussion about said subjects. Dwanyewest (talk) 21:18, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll be sure to weigh in on the discussions.--NukeofEarl (talk) 18:22, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lead section and character names

Hi there,

I noticed yesterday that you reverted a number of changes by User:Gregkaye to the lead sections of character articles. I saw that the user subsequently changed the lead sections of several articles which originally said something like "Superhero name (real name) is a fictional character" to something like "Real name, also known as Superhero name, is a fictional character". Was not sure if you had any input on that. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 15:17, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Aw, dang. I had a feeling I should keep an eye on Gregkaye's edits, but I didn't want it to seem like I was going after him personally. I'm guessing what he's doing here is using the model of articles on living persons, which do generally open with "Birth name, better known as Pseudonym, is..." For instance, Sting (musician) opens with "Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by the stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist." The difference is that fictional characters don't actually have legal birth names, so their birth names are just another fictional element and shouldn't be mentioned in the lead sentence. It just seems dangerously like treating the subject from an in-universe perspective. At any rate, I assume there is a good reason why, for example, Tarzan opens with "Tarzan ("...the Apeman") is a fictional character..." and not "John Clayton, better known as Tarzan, is a fictional character..." But maybe we ought to bring this up at WikiProject Comics. I could just contact Gregkaye and try to convince him to stop, but I'm very bad at broaching such matters diplomatically.--NukeofEarl (talk) 18:34, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I will start a thread there, thanks. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 17:22, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cerebro

Hi there,

You seem to have some skill at coming up with sources. Do you have anything you could add to improve Cerebro? BOZ (talk) 19:42, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know of anything off the top of my head, but there's a decent chance that I overlooked something useful in Wizard: X-Men Turn Thirty. I can't check it right now because I'm not at home, but I'll flip through it in a few hours and post back here.--NukeofEarl (talk) 16:14, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thanks! BOZ (talk) 17:45, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately I couldn't find even one mention of Cerebro in there, though I did find on some useful Danger Room info that I'd missed the first time. I'll keep it in mind, though; I might stumble on a good Cerebro reference elsewhere.--NukeofEarl (talk) 21:34, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for checking! BOZ (talk) 22:16, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Stella merge

I'll probably just do the merge later today. I'd forgotten about that merge tag (LML NV+Stella (scooter)) that I made a few years ago now. — Brianhe (talk) 16:34, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on Brianhe's talk page.--NukeofEarl (talk) 17:21, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Oh boy. It would be nice if the Image Upload Wizard let you know that photos of living persons have such stringent requirements; I'd never have guessed it from how few articles on living persons lack infobox photos. Unfortunately I think I'll have to just let this one be deleted. The e-mail I got from the owner giving his permission naturally doesn't have the legal language required, and I wouldn't feel right about asking him to type up such an e-mail.--NukeofEarl (talk) 19:04, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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This situation was resolved before the above was posted here, but just for the record: I wasn't posting to the article talk page because there was nothing for me to post there. I fully explained why I was reverting the other editor's changes in my initial summary; he simply ignored this and continued to repeatedly cite WP:OWN, despite my patiently explaining to him that WP:OWN is not a rationale for edits. If he wasn't listening to my edit summaries, he certainly wasn't going to listen to talk page posts.--NukeofEarl (talk) 14:48, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Daredevil

Many thanks for your kind words, Nuke. I'll keep an eye on it. If I may ask, would you keep an eye on Superhero? It's a long problematic article with an enormous amount of fancruft, and now one particularly fannish editor is obsessively adding to that problem. Keep up own good work — I know we've been colleagues for years! With regards, --Tenebrae (talk) 22:44, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Supertramp

Hi. I wanted to explain why I reverted your edit on Supertramp. I think some of what you did on the article was a good job in tightening things up, but you also removed a number of bits that were well cited and seemed to me to be relevant information. You may have had good reasons for doing this, but since you didn't provide an edit summary, I don't know or follow what they were. Happy to have your thinking explained to me. Thanks. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 17:31, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the confusion. My edit was actually basically reverting recent edits which are the latest in a seemingly endless series of attempts to turn the article into an advertisement for Roger Hodgson's solo tours. These attempts have been going on ever since I added the article to my watchlist several years ago, and Martin III has told me they've been going on for years before that. I agree that the statements are mostly well-cited (I hardly think the webpage of Roger Hodgson's record label qualifies as a neutral source), but the statements themselves run the gamut from long pointless Roger Hodgson quotes to obvious violations of WP:POV ("Three of Hodgson's songs were the standout singles from the album", "thus making the band name a brand"). On top of that, in most cases they were added carelessly, such that they disrupt the flow of the prose or even create mid-sentence contradictions. Also, I don't blame you for overlooking this, but in many cases my edit actually restored sourced information which was removed without explanation. I salvaged what I could from these edits, and I'm working on trying to integrate useful information from the sources into the article, but for now I think the highest priority is restoring WP:NPOV.--NukeofEarl (talk) 18:08, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It's obvious that the Hodgeson/Davies divisions is a touchy subject for many fans. Much of it revolves around who wrote what. Since they officially, for most of the band's work, adopted a policy of join credit, it seemed bad practice to me to attempt to assign songs to either individual. Yes, you can make a good guess who wrote what, but that's not good enough. However, this cite here seems to do a credible job of clearing this up in an official statement. So I don't think it can be ignored. What's needed is even-handed accrediting of the plaudits, credit where credit is due. By all means list Hodgeson's thoughts and achievements, but equally give Davies his due. When it comes to their falling out, there is undoubtedly two sides of the disagreement to be neutrally reported. Otherwise I fear this article will continue to teeter from one side to the other. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 13:31, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
At a first glance, yes, it would seem to, but the statement from Hodgson's management doesn't hold up to examination. For starters, several of their credits (e.g. "Even in the Quietest Moments", "Crime of the Century") contradict extensive commentary from Davies and Hodgson themselves on how those songs were written. Then there's the claim that Davies and Hodgson had a contract stipulating individual rights to the songs, which goes against Hodgson's repeatedly emphasizing in interviews that it was strictly a gentlemen's agreement between them, not to mention the fact that Hodgson hasn't been making use of the legal rights accorded to him in this supposed contract despite his very publicly complaining about Supertramp using his compositions in their shows. The fact that Hodgson's management hasn't posted an actual scan of any part of the supposed contract is also suspicious.
In any case, song-by-song credit of who wrote what falls into the domain of the articles for Supertramp's albums and songs, and would weigh down the main Supertramp article. Besides, I don't know where you get the idea that that would appease the people trying to turn the article into an advertisement for Roger Hodgson's tours. If you look through the history, you'll find that numerous times editors (or one editor under different names; it's hard to tell because they're all Wikipedia:Single-purpose accounts) have removed all mention of "Goodbye Stranger" and "Bloody Well Right" from the article under the claim "Those songs were not hits", and that's without any mention that Davies wrote those songs! I've even seen people remove sourced information from the album articles just so they could replace it with claims that Hodgson wrote all the songs by himself.--NukeofEarl (talk) 17:44, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think we want a song by song credit list. Just that if the article is going to go down the road of crediting individuals, in the general history of the band, it should do it in an even-handed way. That way we may reach a compromise that all can live with and the editing dispute can be resolved. I don't think this is making anything an advert. If, as you suggest, there are still contradictory claims surrounding authorship of songs and agreements, then the article should neutrally explain that dispute, using cites to both side's claims. It certainly shouldn't be in the business of trying to determine who is right and who is wrong, or ignoring one side or the other. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 20:40, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to amicably resolve this via Roger Hodgson:Talk. Well-cited information was removed without any reasonable explanation other than calling it as Rv vandalism, which term should be used with more careful consideration. I am hoping to hear your in-depth reasoning so we can both present facts accurately on the articles. QuietestMoments (talk) 00:43, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NukeofEarl, calling edits you don't agree with "vandalism" is not helpful and is treated as a failure to follow behavioural guidelines. No matter how much you may disagree with QuietestMoments's edits, they are not vandalism, and you cannot use this as an explanation for reverts. Please try to discuss and resolve this dispute constructively. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 12:40, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I appreciate the heads up on the talk page, but please, let's avoid engaging Stormwatch in debate, at least until the thread on the Administrator's noticeboard has been closed. We don't want to give the responding admin any possible basis for thinking that the antagonism over this article runs both ways.--Martin IIIa (talk) 22:07, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Point taken. Sorry about that.--NukeofEarl (talk) 17:01, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Not much, I'm afraid. I'll keep an eye out in the future.--NukeofEarl (talk) 12:00, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Please see my response to Martin IIIa on my talk page to learn why changing "minimalistic" to "minimalist" is incorrect from an English point of view. In journalistic standards, it is acceptable to fix a blatant English mistake in a quotation. You have done exactly the opposite: By changing the wording inside a quotation you have made it arguably inferior at expressing the writer's intent, in addition to introducing a factual error to the Wikipedia article itself. :) Gibbousmoon100 (talk) 02:21, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"In journalistic standards, it is acceptable to fix a blatant English mistake in a quotation." Um, that's exactly what I did. Not only are you stubborn, you clearly don't pay attention.--NukeofEarl (talk) 17:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No, you did the opposite. I reverted your change.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/minimalistic
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are two different words with two different meanings.
You insist that the author must have meant the latter meaning, evidently because of your ignorance of the existence and meaning of the former word. And then you accuse another of being stubborn and not paying attention, after (deliberately!) misquoting a writer in order to demonstrate to everyone that you are "right". I would humbly suggest that you confirm factual data that exists in articles before changing text that is directly cited. Gibbousmoon100 (talk) 11:43, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, talk about digging up ancient history. You're really so desperate for a flame war that you have to resort to trying to stir up an edit conflict that has been dead for over six years? I don't even remember what this is about anymore, much less care. NukeofEarl (talk) 15:38, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Oh, for crying out loud, aren't WP admins ever going to learn their lesson with this guy? I guess so long as he's smart enough not to pick fights with admins, they don't really care how often or how flagrantly someone violates WP policies on consensus and civility. Anyway, thanks for the warning. NukeofEarl (talk) 23:14, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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