GinnyThomas

Although some prefer welcoming newcomers with cookies, I find fruit to be a healthier alternative.

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Thank you so much, I love fruit. 🐲🐉 GinnyThomas (talk) 22:30, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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January 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contribution(s). However, as a general rule, while user talk pages permit a small degree of generalisation, other talk pages such as Talk:Doublet (linguistics) are strictly for discussing improvements to their associated main pages, and many of them have special instructions on the top. They are not a general discussion forum about the article's topic or any other topic. If you have questions or ideas and are not sure where to post them, consider asking at the Teahouse. Thanks. Nardog (talk) 22:32, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Nardog Thank you for the advice. I really love linguistics. 🧚 GinnyThomas (talk) 22:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Nardog Thank you. I got carried away. 🥹 GinnyThomas (talk) 23:14, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to History of Louisville, Kentucky. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Philipnelson99 (talk) 01:39, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

@Philipnelson99 I was in the bathroom taking a shit. I don't know what you're talking about. GinnyThomas (talk) 01:44, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

Materialscientist (talk) 01:46, 6 January 2024 (UTC)