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I tried to move "John A. Meacham" from sandbox to article. I can't see how to respond to the red alert at the top and am concerned about making matters worse. Thanks so much for your suggestions.

@Random149:, no big issue, I removed the template, should now be fine. CommanderWaterford (talk) 21:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Hugs and kisses. Thank you! Random149 (talk) 21:12, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

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Edit-warring

Why do you keep edit-warring random punditry into the Political polarization in the United States article? David Brooks, Frank Bruni and George Packer are not experts on polarization. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 01:29, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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ANSWER. Is this how I should reply on a talk page? I am NOT engaged in an edit war! My first posting was deleted (OK) which I accepted as feedback that I should consider. I waited a day (as wikipedia advises) and then rewrote the introduction to provide a better rational for my posting. If this didn't work, ok to delete my posting. Reposting ONCE with a new rational can hardly be called an editing war! I have no interest in pursuing this. I read three recent books and I thought they all addressed political polarization. So I was just trying to contribute to wikipedia. Random149 (talk) 02:20, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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Disambiguation link, thank you, I fixed it. Random149 (talk) 09:48, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

September 2021

Hi Random149! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at Political polarization in the United States that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. --Renat 01:54, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. I appreciate the feedback. I will be more careful. (I had been using "minor" for my own posts, not for anything that touched on or deleted what anyone else had written.) Random149 (talk) 17:42, 5 September 2021 (UTC)