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  Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, discussion pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Rick Wilson (political consultant), is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Ed6767 talk! 19:07, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ed6767! The IP user on 173.85.195.134 appeared to be a banned individual returning as an IP user to evade that and continue with problematic edits. Looking at their continuing contributions, it seems I'm not the only one who encountered problems, and on their User_talk:173.85.195.134 page they pretty much admit as much. Still, I should have provided more documentation in the revert note. I'll bear that in mind. Thanks! Rayeverett (talk) 07:29, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Rayeverett, thanks for letting me know. Ed6767 talk! 11:39, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply


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