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@DRAGON BOOSTER: Thank you so much for the warm welcome DannyS712 (talk) 19:52, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hello @DannyS712:, I linked the article for it not to be anymore orphan and removed your tag. All my very best, Philipe49730--Philippe49730 (talk) 17:19, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Greetings DannyS712! I have expanded the navbox you created for ((Special Counsel investigation (2017–present))), and included it in all relevant articles. Hope this helps. Thanks for your work. — JFG talk 11:18, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
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―Abelmoschus Esculentus 02:40, 27 October 2018 (UTC)Hi Danny! You may just leave a standard level 1 vandalism template. Thanks ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 09:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
I will try to get to it tonight. From this point, what I help you with is really up to you. By that, I mean you can decide what field/type of anti-vandalism you want to focus on. Any thoughts? Vermont (talk) 18:12, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
Why have you not included most of Jennifer Winget's awards she's won through out the years. It simply means we are not including half of her acheivements on her page which is sheer injustice to her talent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adising (talk • contribs) 09:13, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi DannyS712, WP:G13 speedy deletion does not apply to pages in the User namespace unless they have a ((AfC submission)) template on them. Many of your recent G13 tags are invalid for this reason. Do you think you could help in reverting your recent tags? Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 20:57, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello DannyS712. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Guayas (chief), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: a chief of a civilization that existed more than 400 years ago is certainly sufficiently significant to pass A7. Thank you. SoWhy 12:41, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello DannyS712. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Push Up Records, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Being part of a notable entity indicates importance/significance (WP:CCSI#CORP, WP:CCSI#ORG). Thank you. SoWhy 12:42, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Sadly I can't upload the file through the Upload Wizard because my account is not confirmed yet (I have less than 10 edits on it). Do I need to check an option to give you permission to use my file, or is a simple written confirmation enough? If so, then, of course, you can use this file as you wish. Thank you for answering me and have a nice evening. Nobody2017 (talk) 21:11, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hello DannyS712. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Bad Bad Hats, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: They are real band which releases on a label with a Wikipedia article. Coverage in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork (website) indicates they might pass WP:BAND at an WP:AFD discussion. Apologies for this appearing in blodface, that's just how the script formats a speedy decline. Thank you. Shirt58 (talk) 08:43, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
I means a lot. I also apologize for an earlier edit I made, as I thought you were David Johnson. He made a typo in his edit to the Lieberman page.68.47.64.121 (talk) 20:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
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My edit to Tuskegee syphilis experiment was simply correcting the name of the link. The link goes to the page Unethical human experimentation in the United States. The judgement of whether this experiment was ethical is made in the title of that page and the inclusion of the link on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.203.125.56 (talk) 06:17, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello DannyS712. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of SunPy, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 cannot be applied to software. Thank you. SoWhy 11:08, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello DannyS712, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Estadio Los Manantiales, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 cannot be applied to towns or places. If you are interested in learning more about how speedy deletion works, I have compiled a list of helpful pages at User:SoWhy/SDA. You can of course also contact me if you have questions. Thank you. SoWhy 11:10, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello DannyS712. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of European Network of Councils for the Judiciary, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: was co-established by a notable person (Susan Denham), quite a few hits on GNews as well. Use WP:AFD instead if necessary. Thank you. SoWhy 11:15, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Please contact me about your deletion of this article. Keith Henson (talk) 18:10, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Was it too late? I thought as much, but I decided to try. It doesn't matter--I hope our readers enjoy the article anyway!Zigzig20s (talk) 10:26, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
On 27 November 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article InSight, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 01:32, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
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This close at ITN was inappropriate and I've undone it. [1]. A discussion where most editors voted to Wait is certainly not resolved and it is too soon for a "no consensus to post" close - discussions at ITN are posted for the day the event happened, they are not posted again later when there have been more developments. Seraphim System (talk) 18:19, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
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Vijay(actor) article no.26 indian actor 2018 salary http://www.forbesindia.com/lists/2018-celebrity-100/1735/3 try this in the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.196.5.222 (talk) 18:16, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello DannyS712. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Uthongathi F.C., a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Playing in a notable league indicates importance/significance (WP:CCSI#TEAM). Thank you. SoWhy 09:08, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello DannyS712. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Zalan FC, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Playing in a notable league indicates importance/significance (WP:CCSI#TEAM). Thank you. SoWhy 09:09, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hello DannyS712. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Reem Kassis, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Coverage of her work in multiple national newspapers in different countries is enough to pass A7. Take to AfD if you still think it should be deleted. Thank you. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:03, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I've added some information and references to the article, can you please review it again.--IM3847 (talk) 03:13, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Please include the edit. It admit my edit request was based on the front of the article rather than the edit section.68.47.64.121 (talk) 17:38, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hey prick why did you revert my edit and start spouting on about living people? The thing I edited on is dead you idiot. Wikipedia has a cheek to beg for money if you can't edit what you want — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:140C:32B0:1:1:8EA5:64F8 (talk) 08:42, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased). The source given in the article for Khan's death says that "Sharmeen breathed her last after battling with pneumonia", meaning that she was not, in fact, killed by a suicide bombed. If you believe that she was, please provide a reliable source that says so. --DannyS712 (talk) 08:48, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
Re your edit summary at Dennis Ritchie, reverting a copyvio is an exemption at WP:3RRNO. I would use an edit summary referring to removal of copyvio. However, it might be safer to drop the matter (make no more reverts) because the material obviously will be removed in due course. I asked for protection of the article at WP:RFPP although that can take a while to occur. Johnuniq (talk) 09:40, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
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Following your nomination of this storm at TFAR, I listed this to run as TFA on January 17, but I'm now deferring it because the main editor, Juliancolton has pointed out that January 2020 is the 50th anniversary of the storm, and it would be more appropriate to run it then.
Please note that the TFAR instructions say Editors who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article before nominating it for TFAR.. That doesn't appear to have happened in this instance, thanks Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:52, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing Evertech Sandbox, DannyS712.
Unfortunately Insertcleverphrasehere has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:
If you reviewed this article, please note that PRODed and CSD tagged articles should not be marked as reviewed, per consensus here. That's not necessarily to say that the tag is not applicable, this change is just to help stop things from falling through the cracks. Thanks.
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Thanks for the review - I've been away but I've now completed this (more or less) :). Let me know if you have any comments.
Robinvp11 (talk) 16:54, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
I made a sassy change out of rage (whoops) on the Pirahã article, so I thank you for deleting it. However, I am not really good at editing Wikipedia, so I wanted to ask you to make an edit for me. Can you please revert the population estimate? It is currently listed as 800, but I do not find the source credible. It was 360 or 500 when I check the page about a year ago. I cannot find what that more credible source was in the edit history, otherwise I would do it myself. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.245.192.4 (talk) 03:26, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
As of 2018, they number 800 individuals.with the reference: ""Interview: Wie ein Missionar zum Atheisten wurde". profil.at (in German). 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2018-04-02." Can you explain why this source is not credible? --DannyS712 (talk) 03:32, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
While the article may be valid, the number comes only from the man, Dan Everett. He is a controversial figure (as the article should show) who currently has no contact with the Piraha. I do not know where he got his number from, and I do not trust him. I believe an earlier number (420?) came from a government census or something. Rather than from a single man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.245.192.4 (talk) 03:40, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
That's why I asked you to revert it to the previous number, because we can trust that moreso to be accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.245.192.4 (talk) 19:30, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
Cool, found it. 592 in 2014. I don't think they had a 200 person population growth in 4 years. https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Pirah%C3%A3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.245.192.4 (talk) 06:29, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
...is out now. You may wish to download the latest version. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus talk / contribs 10:37, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
I am Alley O'Neil, how much more of a reliable reference do you need? I would like to be recognized as such if I am mentioned. Is that okay? This is part of my resume. Can we please correct this issue? You can ask Kim and Edna over at the station.
Thanks Mary — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.255.17 (talk) 07:48, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
Danny, re your close at Talk:Stokes'_theorem#Requested_move_4_December_2018, it seems very odd that you see a consensus when there are 6 editors favoring going with the guidance of the MOS which was arrived at for this particular issue in a recent centralized RFC at WP:VPPOL. I could understand a close saying "no consensus to move", but how you can see a consensus to not move and to revisit MOS:POSS is beyond me. Dicklyon (talk) 22:22, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
See move review at Wikipedia:Move_review/Log/2018_December#Stokes'_theorem. Dicklyon (talk) 05:32, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
If you do not understand this then, yes, you are not competent to be making such closes.(bolding added) - we can disagree on the close without resorting to discussing my competence. --DannyS712 (talk) 21:49, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Wow, I've been out of it. I didn't notice you joined the Outlines Project -- three months ago.
I've been preoccupied with portals since April, when they were all nominated for deletion.
Prior to that, I was immersed in the outlines and their precursors for over 10 years, and I plan to go back after 10,000 (completed) portals have been created — we're at just over 4600 portals right now, up from 1500 last April.
The main thrust of the Outline Project at the time of the portal distraction was to build scripts that can build outlines.
First and foremost, we need a way to pull the links from a category, and place them in an outline section as list items. Can you figure out a way to do that? If so, I will hail you as a genius JS scripter. That problem has stumped me for almost two years. It would make an ocean of data available for mining for outlines. The implications for outline development (and other navigation systems) are huge. Wow, I've been out of it. I didn't notice you joined -- three months ago.
I've been preoccupied with portals since April, when they were all nominated for deletion.
Prior to that, I was immersed in the outlines and their precursors for over 10 years, and I plan to go back after 10,000 (completed) portals have been created — we're at just over 4600 portals right now, up from 1500 last April.
The main thrust of the Outline Project at the time of the portal distraction was to build scripts that can build outlines.
First and foremost, we need a way to pull the links from a category, and place them in an outline section as list items. Can you figure out a way to do that? If so, I will hail you as a genius JS scripter. That problem has stumped me for almost two years. It would make an ocean of data available for mining for outlines. The implications for outline development (and other navigation systems) are huge.
HUGE.
Another very useful script would be to copy and convert a navbox template into outline format. That would also help pave the way for rapid development of outlines.
The third key to the kingdom would be a list item annotator, that pulls text out of the linked article's lead, and includes it as an annotation of the list item. We already do something similar for portals (excerpting leads via selective transclusion), so a fork of a lua module, in conjunction with a JS script that applied it using subst:
, might do the trick for list item annotations in outlines.
Besides building outlines, another area that scripts can enhance is viewing outlines. Outlines are tree structures, and they become immensely more useful if you can control the tree. More about that later. Enhanced viewing is almost moot without well-developed outlines (translation: "outlines with annotated entries"). And so, tools for building outlines remain the priority, for now.
You might ask, "why not just continue to build outlines by hand?"
Well, I've built around 600 or more of them. Good (not great) outlines take one to five days to make. Great outlines can take weeks. At my fastest, I built 100 outlines per year.
The outlines are one of Wikipedia's navigation systems. A robust number of subject pages for such a system would be 10,000 or more. But, at 100 outlines per year, that would take 100 years of building outlines full time. Unless they come up with the cure for aging, we'd never make it.
Based on what has happened in the portals department, great potential for outlines has been revealed. Portals used to take 6 or more hours each to make. Now, using scripts, they are down to less than a minute each (under the right circumstances).
The same principles can be applied to outlines, and makes the creation of 10,000 outlines within a year's time a feasible goal. That is, with the right tools, an editor could build 10,000 outlines in a year, spending about an hour per day.
I sure hope you can help make this happen.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 12:21, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
P.S.: Let's rock!
@The Transhumanist: I've figured it out and have a draft. Before I show it to you, is the format you want:
and so on? --DannyS712 (talk) 06:05, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Can you make it pull only articles? (not files or categories) — The Transhumanist 10:02, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
@Abelmoschus Esculentus: If you are using version 2 (or are importing cat links.js, which then imports version 2), it restricts links to mainspace only (namespace 0). To access another namespace:
I'll hopefully come up with a better solution later, but for now this ensures that files, categories, etc aren't mistakenly added. See WP:NS for details on what numbers to use for namespaces. --DannyS712 (talk) 08:11, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
I'm curious as to how familiar you are with JavaScript.
How long have you been a JavaScript programmer?
What are the most advanced things you've created with it? — The Transhumanist 12:21, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
You've taken the plunge, I see.
Just in time too, because our JS guru is back!
Welcome to chaos (Wikipedia).
At the WikiProject Portals, we're trying to organize it.
Welcome to the team. We have a lot of fun.
A proposal was made last April to eliminate all portals.
It sparked one of the largest debates in Wikipedia history.
Initially, the discussion wasn't properly advertised, and it looked like portals were doomed.
So, I posted thousands of notices, and supporters came out of the woodwork.
During the debate, I restarted the Portals WikiProject, and some very interesting editors joined.
We immediately went to work automating the portals.
It had taken over 12 years to create the 1500 hundred portals we had. Since April, using some new custom tools, we've created over 3100 new portals.
We're far from done, and are still building portals and the tools to help build them better and faster. (And converting the old portals to the new design paradigm).
Welcome to the project.
I'm happy to meet you.
The New Year is gearing up to be very cool indeed.
Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 12:54, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hey Dan! Hope all is well with you.! So regarding the page for Nuckles, all that is left to do is add inline citations for it to be accepted? Thank you very much!)) Musiccollective97 (talk) 03:38, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
Sure! I will send it as soon as i resubmit it. Thank you Danny, i appreciate it a lot! Musiccollective97 (talk)
Hi! Let me know if you want any help with writing the newsletter. Thank you for starting it! Enterprisey (talk!) 04:26, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
@MusicAnimal: Until it gets really up and running, I plan to keep it in my userspace, but then I'll consider moving it. I'll make it clear, though, that anyone will always be welcome to contribute. I intend to include some toolforge tools, and updates to major pre-existing scripts. I hope this meets your goals... --DannyS712 (talk) 02:48, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
@MusicAnimal and Enterprisey: There is a draft of the first issue at User:DannyS712/SPP 01. Feel free to improve it, expand it, edit it, etc --DannyS712 (talk) 19:13, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for having reviewed and approved the draft. Now that it approved will it show up in the Google search? At present when I am looking for it on Google, it is not showing up, so thought of seeking guidance from you. Thanks again, regards, --Vinvibes (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:188D:7874:EC2F:124F:3249:DB74 (talk) 09:06, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hello DannyS712: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Walk Like an Egyptian (talk) 06:38, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
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the chemists will discover it very quickly. You are too fast and too "engaged". What do you mean that chemists will discover it? What do you mean that I am "engaged"? Happy holidays, --DannyS712 (talk) 13:16, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Last issue, I mentioned there would be a flood, and so, here it is...
We now have 4,620 portals.
And the race to pass 5,000 by year's end is on...
Can we make it?
The New Year, and the 5,001st portal, await.
( New portals are created with ((subst:Basic portal start page))
or
((subst:bpsp))
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After disappearing in mid-thread, Evad37 has returned from a longer than expected wikibreak.
Be sure to welcome him back.
User:FR30799386 is working on making ((Portal image banner)) even better by enabling it to chop the top off an image as well as the bottom.
Many pictures aren't suitable for banners because they are too tall. Therefor, User:FR30799386 added cropping to this template, so that an editor could specify part of a picture to be used rather than the whole thing.
Work has begun on upgrading Wikipedia's flagship portals (those listed at the top of the Main page).
So far, Portal:Geography, Portal:History, and Portal:Technology have been revamped. Of course, you are welcome to improve them further.
Work continues on the other five. Feel free to join in on the fun.
In place of many missing portals, there is a redirect that leads to "the next best topic", such as a parent topic.
Most of these were created before we had the tools to easily create portals (they used to take 6 hours or more to create, because it was all done manually). Rather than leave a portal link red, some editors thought it was best that those titles led somewhere.
The subjects that have sufficient coverage should have their own portals rather than a redirect to some other subject.
Unfortunately, being blue like all other live links, redirects are harder to spot than redlinks.
To spot redirects easily, you can make them all appear green.
Here are the new portals since the last issue:
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And I'll see you next issue.
Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 08:07, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Requires significant coverage in independent reliable sources
Could you explain what does this mean? What do I need to show in order for my article to be accepted by Wikipedia?
Aidar.bekmukhambet (talk) 07:05, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
The following statement is not true: " you can simply create a named account. It's free, requires no personal information, and lets you:" as it requires an email address that is as personal and singular as one's own name..2605:E000:9149:8300:8063:58D6:607C:BD3D (talk) 23:34, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
Email address (optional)--DannyS712 (talk) 23:38, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
On 30 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alabama v. North Carolina, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2010, the US Supreme Court heard an original jurisdiction case in which four states sued North Carolina for refusing to return the money they had invested in a failed waste facility? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alabama v. North Carolina. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Before, we could only cut off the bottom of pics.
User:FR30799386 has pulled it off, and made the upgrade to ((Portal image banner))...
So, this:
Becomes this:
Here's the code for the above banner:
((Portal image banner|File:American Falls from Canadian side in winter.jpg | [[Niagara falls]], from the Canadian side |maxheight=175px |overflow=Hidden|croptop=10))
To see it employed in a portal, check out Portal:Niagara Falls.
We were racing against time to create 5,000 portals by the end of the year (just for the heck of it).
We made it. We've passed the 5,000 portals mark, with time to spare!
And the 5,000th portal is Portal:Major League Baseball, by Happypillsjr.
Congratulations!
The 10,000th portal mark. But...
...there is plenty else to do in addition to building new portals:
And whatever else you can dream up.
But most of all, have a...
DannyS712, thank you for your contributions to the Portals Project, and have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year.
Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 11:53, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
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Just a friendly reminder that you might want to review the requirements for an A1 speedy deletion. No context means there's no possible way to know what the article is about, even with a google search. The article said it was about a film and listed the stars, so A1 didn't apply.----Fabrictramp | talk to me 21:51, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
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Legacy Fighting Alliance in 2019 was just created, and I believe that it should be draftified. However, it has been previously draftified, both by me and others, after which the author requests that the draft be deleted and then recreates the article in mainspace. See a full timeline below. What should I do. The author has intentionally removed draftification notices, leading me to believe that, despite trying to AGF, they are intentionally seeking to "cover their tracks" before recreating an article. I don't, however, want to turn this into a create/move/delete war. Also, I can't see if there were any improvements made between drafts, but I believe that the current one is not suitable for mainspace.
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I have moved part of the discussion so that we can continue it, and refactored it slightly. @Bilorv, Jmchutchinson, Kevin McE, and Yoninah: I'd like to more fully discuss this. Please approve my slight refactoring if its okay, and then lets discuss. --DannyS712 (talk) 01:05, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
[Above discussion questions added unsigned by DannyS712]
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can you change it to season please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Libby Kane (talk • contribs) 11:26, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
oh and this shit can be deleted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yar_Taraky
the dude who has been promoting himself will disagree probably
thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Libby Kane (talk • contribs) 08:56, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Danny!
I hope you are well. Under my request to edit the "Brexit" page (to add a subsection called "Mascot" under the "Cultural References" section) I noticed that you mentioned (19:17, 5 January 2019) that it is "not clear what changes you want to be made".
I was hoping to add the below text (in quotation marks) to the Brexit, Cultural References section. The reason being is that I came across this British company called "Brexit Bear" and I wanted to add it to the Brexit page, as it is in a time where very few British people are being positive about Brexit, would you be able to please approve the text? That would be very kind if possible, thank you!
"Mascot Continued division between "leave" and "remain" campaigners has sowed discord amongst the British population, however there are some who are trying to embrace the exceptional circumstances of Brexit by creating a positive mascot - a "Brexit Bear". A completely neutral mascot, the Brexit Bear looks to make light of the complexities of Brexit whilst encouraging a positive national dialogue that says "no matter the circumstances, the UK will be united and will continue to thrive"."— Preceding unsigned comment added by Natalia Karpoff (talk • contribs) 19:34, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
it is not "an example of positivity", it is just a scam to sell overpriced teddy bears. 20 pounds for a cheaply made teddy bear!! its not an official mascot its just some unknown company trying to make money out of misery. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Libby Kane (talk • contribs) 09:19, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, Danny! I've responded to your questions at Talk:Meghan, Duchess of Sussex/GA1. Surtsicna (talk) 20:39, 7 January 2019 (UTC)