A Softer Answer

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Thanks for your work on Fox Theatre (Atlanta)! -SCEhardT 23:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

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This is not vandalism

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You're right, it looks like decoration. Thanks, A Softer Answer 18:58, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

lol 86.10.194.199 19:15, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hello A Softer Answer, I have granted rollback rights to your account. The reason for this is that, after a review of some of your contributions, I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended use of reverting vandalism: I do not believe you will abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck. Acalamari 00:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome for rollback: I looked at your edits and believed you needed it. :) You're also welcome for me suggesting you get the name change: after the name change, I also deleted the redirects to your new name so the troll wouldn't get redirected to you. :) I'm glad you're still around. Acalamari 22:10, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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Well, thank you. I'm honored. A Softer Answer (talk) 03:45, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

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Recent rollback without explanation

Please explain why you reverted all of my edits recently on Gary Anthony Williams. Clearly you can admit that there should be a different section than "Career" for where the man was born. I also added additional information with references that should have remained. I am not well-versed in the function of reverting all edits, except in cases of vandalism or inappropriate edits. Moreover I may be in need of proper etiquette when discussing this. I would appreciate your input on all of this.--SidP (talk) 16:50, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

My apologies, I did not mean to revert all of your edits. I was trying to revert the last two and all of them reverted. The information about Gary's marriage you added is out of date. So while the info about his wife was correct at the time it was published, it is no longer correct. Please feel free to update the article with professional information. A Softer Answer (talk) 18:17, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I would appreciate it if you would make the corrections that you are concerned about. Usually, judging the wording as untimely, it can be adjusted instead of removed, such as "they reside in ____" can become "they previously resided in ____". I find this also happens when the family is specified to live together, but after 20 years, it's likely the children do not all live with the parents. If you are unwilling or unable to make the specific changes, please let me know. I don't like the appearance of being in a revert-war.--SidP (talk) 17:13, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Well, my brain injury makes editing Wikipedia more difficult. But then again, my brain injury makes a lot of things that are much more important more difficult. A Softer Answer (talk) 17:25, 22 August 2023 (UTC)