User talk:TheFreeWorld/Archive 1
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National varieties of English[edit]
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February 2017[edit]
Hello, I'm Iryna Harpy. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Denial of the Holodomor without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Iryna Harpy (talk) 23:06, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
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Thanks! 220 of Borg 05:47, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
Manual of Style[edit]
I recently left you a rather obnoxious warning message for editing against the Manual of Style when I was, in fact, wrong about the guideline and you were right. I have reverted myself but I wanted to apologize anyway, since you may notice the message removal. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 11:04, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
August 2017[edit]
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Thanks! Moxy (talk) 14:34, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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No need to "fix" redirects[edit]
Hi, I noticed you changing links to the Second World War to World War II. There is no need to do this, and in fact the practice is discouraged. See WP:NOTBROKEN for more information. DuncanHill (talk) 11:22, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Need to engage with others[edit]
pls read over WP:NOTHERE = Little or no interest in working collaboratively.--Moxy (talk) 12:32, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
August 2018[edit]
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Thanks! Moxy (talk) 22:58, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
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Maps[edit]
Hi there. I must ask you to please stop adding low resolution maps to the infoboxes of countries. These maps you are adding are of such a low resolution that the labels and text in them are unreadable. The natural inclination for a user would be to click on them to see more detail, but they can't. As a result these maps are of no use so please stop adding them. Canterbury Tail talk 14:56, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
POTD creation[edit]
If you create POTD templates, than remove <noinclude>[[Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day]]</noinclude> from the end of the page. Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 15:21, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
A kitten for you![edit]
Thanks for all you do!
--- Coffeeandcrumbs 09:31, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
POTD selection[edit]
Thanks for helping to schedule some recent POTDs. Regarding next Tuesday's (Äußere Kanalstraße), in particular, however, the article in question is a stub and thus isn't eligible to be featured on the Main Page. Generally, I try to make sure that the article associated with a featured picture is of sufficient quality (free of any maintenance templates like "needs additional citations" and/or have few [citation needed] tags). As such, we can ensure that articles have enough content to form a POTD blurb and also avoid featuring substandard articles. Cheers. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 15:00, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender[edit]
Hey there! How d'ye feel about the restored version I did? It's fine if you don't like it, just don't want your vote to get counted for it if you don't approve, y'know? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 03:34, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
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