User talk:TopGunSEMI-RETIRED
I'll edit occasionally, but don't have alot of time or energy for foreseeable future. This user is no longer very active on Wikipedia as of January 2025.
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If we were already talking on this page but the conversation is gone: you'll find our conversation in one of the archives unless you were rude. You can revive it by creating a new discussion here and linking it to the archive and you can even move it back with attribution in edit summaries with a civil note (if you're comfortable with wiki markup). If I have left you a message on your talk page, you can reply there, but remember to add a {{tb|replace this with your username|ts=~~~~~}} template to my talk page because I might not be watchlisting your talkpage if we don't interact regularly. I will do the same for you if you ask me to or if you have not recently commented on my talkpage in the discussion. Note that it is 4:46 PM (+5 UTC), where I live.
Make a move...
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