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Reservist

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Hello there, I saw you redirected the article to military reserve force, which I reverted. While there is overlapping content, there certainly is room for an article on the personnel rather than the force (and alot of content that won't fit in the parent article). Before redirecting/moving an article which is already going, please bring up the matter on the corresponding talk page or slap one of the {{merge}} tags on it, in order that other may voice their opinion. Happy editing, Scoo 17:59, 9 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Please use edit summaries

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Hello. Please be courteous to other editors and use edit summaries when updating articles. The Mathbot tool shows your usage of edit summaries to be extremely low:

Edit summary usage for Puddhe: 3% for major edits and 0% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 0 minor edits in the article namespace.

Using edit summaries helps other editors quickly understand your edits, which is especially useful when you make changes to articles that are on others' watchlists. Thanks and happy editing! --Kralizec! (talk) 15:26, 15 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Fort Rucker

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Hi. Why have you moved the content of Fort Rucker to "Fort Rucker, Alabama"? It's a military base, not a town. —wwoods 20:43, 29 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

That is very true, and actually the various ways that military bases are described here (on Wikipedia) oftentimes alternates between "Fort <name>" and "Fort <name>, <state>". I live not far outside of Fort Bragg (in North Carolina) and have seen many instances where people identify their current post as "Fort Bragg, North Carolina" when addressing someone not in the know when it comes to the US military. I know the practice could get confusing when attempting to distinguish between a military base such as Fort Campbell, Kentucky and a town or city, like Fort Myers, Florida. But all I was attempting to do is to put the place into a context by decribing where it is located. —Puddhe 17:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)Reply

Infamous massacres

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Greetings. Please give your opinion before you revert something that is concerning an ongoing discussion. Thanks! --Ddahlberg 15:29, 4 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned fair use image (Image:UNCPBraves.jpg)

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I had uploaded it to be used on the University of North Carolina at Pembroke page, as it is a logo used by the school, and was being lazy about actually adding it in. But the situation has been corrected and it has been put on its intended page.Puddhe 04:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Christian Democracy

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Hello! As an editor of the article on Christian Democracy, I'd like to see you comment on Talk:Christian Democracy#Revolutionary socialism equated with violence. Thank you. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 20:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Help Prevent Article Deletion: Religious Perspectives on Dinosaurs

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Thanks! Killdevil 03:55, 30 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Drawing of Kim Jong-un

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Do you draw well? If so, we could really use your skills. Please see this. Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:58, 22 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Proposed deletion of File:Latveria.jpg

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