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There is no consensus to include an IB on the Olivier talk page, so please do nor try and force one on there just because it may be your personal preference. There is a talk page thread on the matter (to which you have already contributed), so if you wish to join in further, that is the place to deal with the matter, not through edit warring. - SchroCat ( talk) 06:47, 21 September 2015 (UTC) reply

  • There is an established consensus for no info box to be included on the Laurence Olivier article, as SchroCat has explained to you above. Please stop re-adding unless you are able to overturn the consensus. Thanks. SagaciousPhil - Chat 07:21, 22 September 2015 (UTC) reply
  • Re your edit summary "This I the ONLY article about a person I have EVER visited on Wikipedia in all the years I have been using it that has no infobox." If that is the case then you have been unlucky. There are many, many articles which do not hold an IB, many of them are of FA or GA standard. I suggest you do not edit war furthert to your own personal opinion, but use the talk page instead. - SchroCat ( talk) 07:35, 22 September 2015 (UTC) reply

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One lousy reversion and I'm engaged in an edit war?!?! olef641 ( talk) 08:48, 12 July 2022 (UTC) reply

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