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Again, welcome! --ALargeElk 09:28, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

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The text you wrote at The Sisters of Mercy sounds oddly familiar - did you put it up somewhere else before, or am I just noticing similarites in tone to the official history? —Morven 08:33, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

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Edit summary

Please provide an edit summary, thanks. Hyacinth 20:20, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Changing Gothic rock to Alternative rock

Hi. I noticed you went through all of my infobox updates at The Sisters of Mercy's album articles and changed the genre from Gothic rock to Alternative rock with an edit summary saying that you were fixng a mistake. While I am sure that you have some reasoning behind the change, I'd like to point out that it was very unlikely to be a "mistake in updating" on my part, since I had to manually type in the change. I'd also point out that the article on Alternative mentions Gothic rock as a subgenre, without providing any additional information on The Sisters of Mercy, whereas the article on Gothic rock mentions The Sisters of Mercy something like seven times. I'd like to invite you to reconsider the change. Jkelly 23:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I've responded at to First and Last and Always' talk page, now that I understand that there is a larger issue involved that effects all of the album articles. Jkelly 02:37, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm hoping that you will reply to the discussion at to First and Last and Always' talk page. Thanks. Jkelly 00:53, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright problem RE: Image:Lenin Vilnius.jpg

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If you have any questions, just leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again. ~MDD4696 03:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello

I wanted to thank you for the long-needed Communist Party of Lithuania! I see that you are interested in politics of Lithuania, so I though I might drop you this link to Wikipedia:Baltic States notice board. There you can announce your new edits or ask for help. I hope to see you around more often! Renata 20:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Album chronologies

Hello there. Regarding changes like this, please note that the correct way to format the current album in a chronologies is with '''''Album Title''''', not ''[[Album Title]]''. See examples at WP:ALBUM#Chronology. Have a nice day. --PEJL 14:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Essential Leonard Cohen cover.jpg

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Sex Pistols template

Hey, I reverted your changes to the Sex Pistols template; the changes you made threw it off center and aligned to the left. Do you want to have another go at adding what it was you were trying to add; but keep it center aligned! Thanks. Ceoil 20:51, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Eek; I don't like that, but thanks for letting me know. Ceoil 21:14, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Morebestof.jpg

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AutoWikiBrowser

Hi,

Thanks for applying for AutoWikiBrowser. I have approved you, so you can get to work immediately (you can download it from here). Good luck!

  jj137 (talk) 21:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

External map service links

Hello. You have been identified as having added or removed direct external map service links in articles[1]. There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:External links#Issues with inclusion or exclusion of map service links about which should be done, and some more opinions would be good to find community consensus. --Para (talk) 17:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Templates for Swinging Singers...

The Sinatra template is badass! Well done! I feel like the sole editor of all things Frank sometimes...Roll on GA status Gareth E Kegg (talk) 00:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

July 2008

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Template:Desperate Housewives. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. emerson7 22:53, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Orphaned non-free image File:Dm sofad live.jpg

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