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Momo

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Thanks for adding all the Momo links.

Czolgolz 17:35, 14 March 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Title of Devil Dogs article

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This article used to be called "Devil dogs" with a lowercase d, which is no good. You changed it to "The Devil Dogs," which is better. But it would be best if the aritcle were simply called "Devil Dogs" with a capital D. Since, in its current incarnation, the article provides information about the snack product AND the band, "Devil Dogs" would more sensibly apply to both.

I also don't like how when you changed the name of the article (or redirected, or whatever it is you did), you can no longer see the edit history for the article, which might be interesting to some people.

Sorry, I know I'm splitting hairs.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 06:45, 11 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Ryan Avery

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Hello! Because of your interest in similar musicians, I wanted to direct you to the Ryan Avery article and the corresponding [[1]]. Thanks! PT (s-s-s-s) 20:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

St. Louie Louie

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  • Whoa a little intense response on my talk page! I'm sorry I'm making Wikipedia "Annoying as hell to use" for you. I am just enforcing the rules. I think it's great that you started your own forum, but Wikipedia is not a vessel for you to use to advertise/promote your new forum. The other forum link is only allowed to remain because it is the current dominant forum for St. Louis. Evidence was shown that various city officials post there, and it is widely known and the best source of information on St. Louis. Wikipedia is a source for information, not advertisements/self-promotion. It is against Wikipedia policy to post any external links to sites you are affiliated with, check the links I posted for confirmation of that rule if you wish. I apologize if you feel my enforcement of the rules has upset you. Gamer83 06:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)Reply
Hey man, thanks for posting on my talk page. Yeah, Gamer83 is a Wiktator. I agree that people like him make Wikipedia a painful place to edit. Apparantly my site having 200+ articles about St. Louis and over 900 unique hits in just over 2 weeks doesn't make it notable...so I duno what will in his eyes. Anyways, lets work together to promote our sites. What do you have in mind? I'd actually looked at the Low Life guide a few times before, you should contribute that info to WikiLou, if it's still kicking around and you have time. I've been planning on making quarter sheet fliers to hand out at events around St. Louis. Maybe we can team up on that? WikiLou on one said, St. Louie Louie on the other? Lemme know. You can also e-mail me at Mijunkin(at)gmail.com. --Mijunkin 20:16, 20 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Video blog article

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Hi Kopper,

I'm looking to get the video blog article expanded and I noticed you've contributed to the article in the past. It would be great if you could check it out again. It could use some help. Thanks! Pdelongchamp 22:45, 28 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

garage punk

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Firstly, may I suggest that you look at WP:CIVIL? Personal insult does not help your argument. The reason for the deletion of this article does not depend on my supposed musical ignorance, nor on my personal opinion. It is based on the wikipedia policy in WP:MUSIC. If you feel that this is an incorrect judgement you are welcome to make your point on WP:DRV.--Anthony.bradbury"talk" 19:56, 27 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Just to be clear. I am not accusing you of anything. You are a contributor to the article. The article, as it stands, has be cut and pasted from beatlebob.com. I thought maybe you could help in integrating the information. Cheers--Adam in MO Talk 11:14, 13 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

Meetup in St. Louis for Wikipedia's tenth anniversary

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Hi, this is Garagepunk66. While looking at the edit history, I noticed that you were one of the earliest editors to work on the Garage rock article, and, when viewing your user page, just now, I noticed that you also run the Garage Punk Hideout website. I love reading Garage Punk Hideout regularly (and religiously). It is a great place to get information and read discussions. I should probably get in on some of those threads--if I weren't so busy doing this Wiki stuff. But, over the last year, I've been working on trying to expand the garage rock article, and you'll notice that it has grown a lot. Check it out--I think you'll really love reading it! Garagepunk66 (talk) 10:20, 23 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

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