I actually find myself giving less and less of a fuck in following up on the events of the other day, didn't even read whatever the latest post was. Consider this a Wikibreak notice.
ValarianB (
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Should have known that this dumpster fire,
User:May1787, was a sock of someone. Oh well.
ValarianB (
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I see you are back from your wikibreak. How was it? Thinker78(talk) 21:18, 27 October 2022 (UTC)reply
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Regarding your revert
[1], I made the redaction because the item is a defamatory implication by a Wikipedia editor that is not in the source. Why do you think it is a pretend BLP violation?
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It wasn't directed at an editor or a BLP subject, it was a general comment.
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I just wanted to address the edit summary that you left at Bill O'Brien. Please read the article referenced, as ESPN is going off anonymous sources. Anonymous sources are the equivalent of
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A reliable source is sufficient.
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A spade was called a spade, my friend. You are a "new" account trying to partake in deletion discussions, which is a giant red flag for either a truly wet-behind-the-ears user whose input to such a discussion would be negligible. Or you're a sock.
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Hello! I pinged you at the Teahouse but realized that the ping feature is disabled for you. Someone whose edit you reverted wants to discuss your revert. Happy editing! —asparagusus(interaction)sprouts! 21:32, 10 October 2023 (UTC)reply
Hello. I just found out that the ping feature is disabled for you. I had tried to ping you at the talk page of the Barack Obama article. @
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Resending/posting my invitation to the Barack Obama article talk page.
This is a resending/reposting of the message that I posted on this page a day and a half ago, that I accidentally posted as a reply to another editor, so I don't know whether you have read it:
Hello. I just found out that the ping feature is disabled for you. I had tried to ping you at the talk page of the Barack Obama article. @
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looks like it is already solved.
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