User talk:Dan100/Archive/6

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Hey Buddy take a look at the discussion in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Muscle#DOMS_.26_lactic_acid I had place updated information over the DOMS issue with reference sources. Thanks =]

Message
This LAN is shared by over 700 people, I doubt your messages are getting to the right people.

Thanks
Thank you for the barnstar :) It's nice to see that someone notices your work and appreciates it :) --Missmarple 08:47, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Signpost RSS
I was having trouble SSHing, and now my computer's fried. When I get my new computer, I plan to get it back up and running again. Hopefully RSS will be up by the April 17th issue; my apologies. Ral315 (talk) 19:32, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

ContiE has impersonated me on other wikis
Hi, I'm in a potentially awkward position with an Administrator. I have read the Wiki pages on dispute resolution but I'm still not sure how to proceed.

The Admin ContiE has a personal grudge against me for reasons I do not fully understand. He has been this way since I began frequenting wikipedia.

I have done work improving the furvert article. He has basically gone on a crusade against any edit I make. He controls every furry category article and several others ruthlessly. He is an iron fist and bans anyone he edit wars with. I had uploaded pictures and he deleted them with no talking. He seems to believe I am every person he has had an edit war against. He is always using personal attacks, calling me troll without reason. I uploaded them again and he voted them for deleted, but to his surprise the person who runs the images, thank you Nv8200p, found they were acceptable once I tagged them properly. Just recently he removed both the images without himself discussing it in the talk page (unless he was the same person who discussed only one) with the edit here  Then ContiE assumed bad faith, added his constant insult of troll in the talk page. It appears on a completed different wiki, a comedy one in all things, somebody else stole my username and I believe this was Conti himself and uploaded them. ContiE showed it as his reason. While vandalism like his, I would revert and mention it, he would ban me permanently if I undid his edit. That is why I am asking admins for help. He holds a couple of accounts on wikipedia and I think they are administrators so I have to be careful who I tell about this. Arights 07:33, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Fake barn stars
Can you please confirm if you awarded User:The_Man%27s_Plans any barn stars. It is strongly suspected that he is misrepresenting himself.

unblocking of 213.232.79.238
Just a note that user:213.232.79.238 who you unblocked today (reason: "Shared IP - was blocking me from editing") immediately vandalized again in the article The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. S Sepp 16:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

If you want can you take a look at Infiniti G20?
I noticed some of your edits and would like it if you took a look at the Infiniti G20 article. No pressure if you do not feel like it. Zoli Elo 06:32, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Proposal on Notability
Because you're a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians, I'm notifying you that the inclusionist proposa Non-notabilityl is in progress to define the role of notability in articles. Please help us make this successful! Also note the proposal Importance is a deletionist proposla that seeks to officially introduce notabiltiy for the first time. Make sure this is defeated! --Ephilei 04:40, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

wikimania
Left you a note on the conference page :-) +sj + 16:29, 11 July 2006 (UTC)   Send me email for more coordination : meta.sj <> gmail.com


 * Hey Dan! Linuxbeak here. Sj and I just got off the phone and told me that you were interested in doing the online part of Wikimania. I would be more than glad to help you out. Is there any way that we could get in greater contact? Linuxbeak (AAAA!) 16:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 FARC

 * Hi there—Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 is currently on the Featured Article Removal list. Attempts to improve the article since its nomination for FA Review have been insufficient, by consensus.


 * I note that you have contributed to the article, and I wonder whether you're able to assist at this crucial stage. It would be a pity if the article were no longer featured after all of the work that was put into having it promited. Tony 05:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Your Block
Dude, I just have to ask how you came to block Jimbo way back in December, even if only by accedent.

--Wslack (talk) 02:15, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The contribs from around that time don't show anything but perfectly normal vandalism reversion. And neither do the logs.  And there's no comment I can find explaining this.  Not that it matters, but it is odd. ;-) JesseW, the juggling janitor 19:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * That's just weird. I mean, Jimbo Wales can be blocked??? Pyrospirit  Talk  Contribs 16:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: WikiGnome page
Your response requested at Wikipedia_talk:WikiGnome. Thanks! JesseW, the juggling janitor 19:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Please don't revert a page to your version without discussing on the talk page, as I requested above, and which you never did. It is not respectful. JesseW, the juggling janitor 03:20, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Images on MainPage, ITN
Hello, Dan100. Please be reminded that images on MainPage must be protected to avoid vandalism. Instructions can be found on Category:Protected main page images. And, please also be reminded that ITN is not a news service, and only wikiarticles adequately updated with current news events should be featured on ITN. (One sentence and an external link probably doesn't count.) Thanks. -- PFHLai 16:32, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...
...for keeping on top of the news:. --HappyCamper 18:46, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Request for Opinon
Would you please take a look at Talk:Charles de Gaulle (R 91)? We need some outside opinions on an ongoing dispute. Thanks. --BillCJ 18:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Guideline of notability
Hi. I have reverted your deletion of the guideline tag in WP:N. This guideline was placed after extensive discussion on the talk page. Before considering a removal of it, I think it would be good to state your case on the talk page and listen to what others have to say about it. The arguments in favour of this being a guideline are fairly convincing. Best, Pascal.Tesson 20:37, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Street Thunder
I have reverted your merge of the Street Thunder article with Assault on Precinct 13. Before making such a drastic change (and effectively deleting an article), you should have stated your case on the talk page and waited for the response of others. If you had actually read the discussion, you might have noticed that a convincing case was made for keeping the Street Thunder article separate.

As an administrator, you in particular should know the protocol for making such changes, and your actions can be construed not only as thoroughly disrespectful to the editors who actively contribute to the articles, but also as an abuse of your position. I have contacted another administrator about this.

Sullenspice 01:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Block of Jimbo Wales
How come you blocked Jimbo Wales accidentally? Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 15:03, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Erm... Because it was an accident? My guess is that he doesn't want to talk about it. oTHErONE (Contribs) 00:27, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Sadly I have no recollection of this at all! Dan100 (Talk) 09:43, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Your comment on Magnus Scheving's talk page
I was perfectly polite in explaining that Wikipedia's talk pages are not for general discussion of the subject. I don't need to lighten up, I simply and clearly stated the rules. If people didn't explain the function of talk pages, Wikipedia would become a mess. Kat, Queen of Typos 21:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Template:NMGovernors
This template came up for deletion in August of 2005 and you closed the debate with a result of "keep, but the consensus was for deletion and listifying". This has become a problem recently since the nominator, who is now an admin as well, has decided unwaveringly that it should be deleted based on your comments. I have a problem with this because every other state has one of these templates and to remove only New Mexico's on the basis of a 3-2 (3 keep, 2 delete) vote almost a year and a half ago seems ridiculous. Furthermore, I argued that if the user has such a problem with it, they should renominate it for deletion to establish clearer consensus.

Therefore, I was hoping that you may reverse your statement from then and say that there wasn't really enough consensus to warrant the deletion of this template. Hopefully that may help clear this up. Thanks for your time. --tomf688 (talk - email) 19:31, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

A Clockwork Orange
I noticed you removed the "plot" tag from A Clockwork Orange. It was there to get discussion on this point, and there is already the start of that in Talk:A Clockwork Orange. I am guessing you might disagree with the proposal to radically trim the plot, and so you might wish to comment on it on the talk page. In the mean time I have reinstated the tag, because much more discussion is needed towards a consensus on this article. Notinasnaid 09:25, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Your edits to Spider-Man (film)
Your recent edits to the Spider-Man (film) article have been reverted. Your changes were: removing valid cleanup tags, unwikifying and ambiguating text. Please do not restore these changes. Ace Class Shadow; My talk. 13:54, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Shortening of the Shaun of the Dead plot
I was amazed to see how the plot of Shaun of the Dead has been shortened considerably, by you, earlier this month. Obviously you know best, and no one seems to have objected, but can I ask what policy you used to decide that the detailed plot was not needed? Randomwellwisher 16:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Leslie Coffelt
Steven Hunter's book was my source on the length of the gunfight. There was no rounding of seconds involved. You shouldn't make such gratuitous assumptions.

Regards,

Mister Jinxy 04:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey, thanks!
Thanks for the barnstar; much appreciated! Laïka 20:09, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Aviation proposal
There is currently a proposal to create an Aviation WikiProject, which would serve to clarify how all the aviation related projects relate, and help with interproject editing. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aircraft for how the projects hierarchy. Part of the reorganization proposes that WikiProject Gliding become a task force of WikiProject_Aircraft (or perhaps the Aviation Project itself). For an idea of how task forces work, take a look at WikiProject_Military_history. They have a number of task forces, listed here. As described by them, "task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the field of military history; all project members are encouraged to participate in any that interest them." The benefit of such a system it that the sub-topics have all the resources of the overall project at their disposal. For instance, the Military history project banner, is placed on every military history page, and the related task forces are listed at the bottom of it. All miltary history related articles are thereby joined under one roof. If you have any ideas or comments, please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 20:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

ATT
Please check out the whatlinkshere for WP:ATT, as well as the twelve archives' worth of talk page text. This is neither obscure nor a small group of editors.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  10:29, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Is WikiProject General Audience still alive?
Many of the articles on mathematics in Wikipedia are so technical that I can't make sense of them. Luckily, I found an article that is useful in deciphering some of the formulas, but still the text of some of the mathematics articles on Wikipedia should be maded easier to understand. 69.140.164.142 04:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Your removal of the spoiler RfC note
I would like to ask you for more detail about your reasons for removing the RfC note from undefined. This matter concerns the entire field of fiction articles, which in turn accounts for a quarter of our pageviews amongst our tens of millions of readers. What you removed was the one public announcement to discussion about a sweeping change to this field, and it was in place for less than two days. Per WP:AGF I wish to assume that your summary, "Get on with your lives," means something more benign than telling the side attempting to save spoiler warnings to put up and shut up instead of giving it a viable opportunity to make its point, but since that's what happened, I need some help. --Kizor 18:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You know, that probably was harsher than it should've been. Sorry. The question still stands, though. --Kizor 20:48, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Oil shale
Hi Dan100. You have made lot of useful edits on the oil shale article. This article has developed quite well, but still some more expert assistance is needed. I hope you would pleased helping to improve it. I put some questions and issues to the talk page. Thank you in advance. Beagel 18:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I listed Oil shale for the new peer review and related spin-off articles (Oil shale extraction, Oil shale geology, Oil shale industry, History of the oil shale industry, Oil shale reserves, Oil shale economics, and Environmental effects of oil shale industry) for the peer review. Your comments and edits will be most welcome. The intention is to have these articles ready for the GA and FA nominations.Beagel 17:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews RSS
Hi dan

I'm n:User:Markie, an admin from en.wikinews, and was wondering if there was anyway that we could get stats on readership on the RSS feed. Thanks n:UserTalk:Markie
 * cheers for the ones provided but i was wondering if there was a breakdown of article reads from the feed- esp the chris benoit articles?? cheers n:User_talk:Markie

thankz for the plot
of harry potter. your a quick reader.

List of notable glider pilots
There is a proposal to delete the List of notable glider pilots. Please register your opinion on Articles for deletion/List of notable glider pilots. I think it is an interesting list and useful when publicising the sport. JMcC 09:24, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

NOR
I would appreciate it if you could go over the recent discussion at Wikipedia talk:No original research. In section 1 I have proposed reqriting the current section on the origins of NOR, and since you were one of the people involved early on I hope you can go over it and make sure it is accurate (if you think it isn't let me know or just make the appropriate edit) and consider commenting. There is a more contentious and lenghty discussion of wehterh the distinction between primary and secondary sources is necessary for the poliicy or even whether there ever was any consensus (pretty much the rest of the page but you can just read the bottom third to save time) and perhaps you would have a useful comment. Thanks, Slrubenstein  |  Talk 10:46, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Gliders and Gliding
In an effort to streamline the subprojects of aviation, and given the fact that the Glider task force has four members and a total of 51 articles tagged under its scope and the Gliding project has 7 and 56, I'd like to mere the WikiProject Aircraft/Glider task force and the WikiProject Gliding into one project, WikiProject Aviation/Gliding task force. Any objections? - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 19:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews statistics people once again
Hi. Wondering if you could provide some updated stats for the rss feed again. (Needn't be anything fancy, just a number to update n:Wikinews:Awareness Statistics. Thanks, Bawolff 23:39, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Village Stocks
Please feel free to remove yourself if this is still a painful episode. :) Ronnotel (talk) 14:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Mod MMG (User Page) Reply on my talkpage. Do NOT click this link 06:22, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I cannot believe you blocked Jimbo...

User:Dan100 @ enwikinews
Hi there Dan. I note that you haven't been active on the English Wikinews project since 14 July 2007. You are currently an admin on the project. In view of your long period of absence, could I ask that you consider whether you will be making use of the rights and need them retained. If you don't then please leave a message somewhere on Wikinews indicating that you are happy for them to be removed. Thanks for your help. Regards. Adambro (talk) 06:26, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Standardising articles on gliders
There has been some discussion in Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aircraft about using the standard template for aircraft for articles on gliders. To understand what was expected, I asked one of the prime movers to change one of the existing articles into his preferred format. Please have a look at the changes to Schempp-Hirth Discus. Are the supposed benefits of consistency with other types of aircraft outweighed by the aethestics of having all key data in one table? Post you opinions to the WikiProject Aircraft Talk page. JMcC (talk) 00:14, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Volvo V70
From what I can tell, you added a fairly "big" statement to the intro of the Volvo V70 article a year ago... about the production figures and the popularity of the car, how many are sold in which country, etc.

Do you have a source for this information that we could include in the article? It's a fairly big statement, and without a source, unverifiable. 842U (talk) 11:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Maintenance tags
Please stop removing maintenance tags from articles with no explanation. Thank you. - Josh (talk | contribs) 13:54, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Let me second that; you removed a couple this morning, from SMS Moltke (1910) and SMS Lützow. Both tags were relevant to the pages, and there's no reason to remove them. At very least please use an edit summary to explain your actions. Parsecboy (talk) 12:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice
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RFC at WP:NOR-notice
A concern was raised that the clause, "a primary source may be used only to make descriptive claims, the accuracy of which is verifiable by any reasonable, educated person without specialist knowledge" conflicts with WP:NPOV by placing a higher duty of care with primary sourced claims than secondary or tertiary sourced claims. An RFC has been initiated to stimulate wider input on the issue. Professor marginalia (talk) 18:53, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Types and uses of radar
Hi,

I've proposed the merger of Types and uses of radar article into Radar. Could you give your input on that as one of the author at Talk:Radar. Pierre cb (talk) 13:26, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikimania 2010 Oxford bid
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An exciting opportunity to get involved!
As a member of the Aviation WikiProject or one of its subprojects, you may be interested in testing your skills in the Aviation Contest! I created this contest, not to pit editor against editor, but to promote article improvement and project participation and camraderie. Hopefully you will agree with its usefulness. Sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here. The first round of the contest may not start until September 1st-unless a large number of editors signup and are ready to compete immediately! Since this contest is just beginning, please give feedback here, or let me know what you think on my talkpage. -  Trevor  MacInnis   contribs  00:04, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Cyril Joe Barton

 * 23:21, 18 June 2008 Dan100 protected Cyril Joe Barton ‎ (continued vandalism [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed])

I'd like to review this to see if semiprotection is still necessary. This is part of my large scale review of all longstanding indefinite semiprotections. Please see the discussion I started at talk:Cyril Joe Barton. --TS 04:30, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Operation Crossroads
See Talk:Operation Crossroads

HowardMorland (talk) 22:55, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Faith-based community
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Just to let you know -- Missing Wikipedians
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Revet Mediawiki blockedtext from 1 April, 2013 by 7 to 22 August 2005 by dan100 (You)
Can you revert media wiki blockedtext to 082205's reversion made by you, please.

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Olympic-size swimming pool
Hi, I understand the confusion now in Olympic-size swimming pool. You are right, pools that are actually used in the Olympics are at least 25 meter wide, but I thought/assumed the article was about 50-meter pools in general (since long course redirects to it), and many other long course pools are less wide than 25 meters. Either way, I'm not sure the width needs to be mentioned in the lead, in addition to the table further down, as it is not of primary importance. And otherwise depth may also need to be mentioned for completeness. Gap9551 (talk) 15:15, 8 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I started discussing the matter on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Swimming. Thanks, Gap9551 (talk) 15:24, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

January 2017
Please do not delete or flag potential "spoilers" in Wikipedia articles, as you did in the article Westworld (TV series). It is generally expected that the subjects of Wikipedia articles will be covered in detail, and giving a section a title such as "Plot" or "Ending" is considered sufficient warning to the reader that the text will contain revelations about the narrative. Deleting such information makes the article less useful for a reader who is specifically trying to find out more about the subject. For more information, see Wikipedia's guidelines on spoilers. Thank you. Alex&#124;The&#124;Whovian ? 11:32, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Westworld (TV series). Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement. Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Alex&#124;The&#124;Whovian ? 13:33, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

Per above
So, would you care to finish of this thought? You got to "Well then, you", and then ended. Also, after so long here, I'd expect that you would know that removing spoilers, and then edit-warring over your edits, are both very highly frowned upon. Lastly, the length of your time does not affect the quality of your contributions here - that elitism is what makes new editors not want to edit any further than they have, and I would recommend that you learn about talk page guidelines - specifically where to post a new message, and not to revert an editor after they remove your post on their own talk page. Cheers! Alex&#124;The&#124;Whovian ? 13:49, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Alex, I'm amazed you wish to invest so much time in this. Do you really feel my edits are such a policy violation? Also, why aren't you allowing me to post to your talk page? Your talk page template doesn't work with mobile editors, btw. Dan100 (Talk)
 * You're simply unnecessarily templating my talk page, which I find cumbersome, especially the number of times you've posted it; if you wish to start a meaningful discussion on my talk page, you are more than welcome to do so. Though, this would be pointless, given that this discussion exists. You removed spoilers - see the talk page on the size of the discussions that have been in regards to this exact same topic, of which the consensus is not to. I may have only been here for two years - nothing, of course, compared to your elitist 15 (actually 12 and a bit) - but I take editing very seriously. Alex&#124;The&#124;Whovian ? 14:00, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

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Hello, Dan100. A couple editing suggestions for you to consider:
 * Please make a habit of providing an edit summary when you make a change to an article. Doing so makes it easier for your colleagues here to understand the intention of your edit.
 * Plus, it will be easier for you and your co-editors to collaborate on articles if, instead of making multiple consecutive edits in rapid succession on an article, you use the "Show preview" button to view your changes incrementally before finally saving the page once you're satisfied with your edits. This keeps the page history of the article less cluttered. Thanks in advance for considering these suggestions. Eric talk 20:49, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Is the BBC Master a BBC Micro
I disagree: --Egel Reaction? 17:09, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * BBC Micro:
 * "the phrase "BBC Micro" is usually used colloquially to refer to the first six (Model A, B, B+64, B+128, Master 128, and Master Compact), excluding the Acorn Electron;"
 * Successor machines Main article: Acorn Archimedes
 * BBC Master: The BBC Master .... was the successor to the BBC Micro Model B.
 * So only successor to the Model B not the whole serie.

I have thought about it again. A complication is that after the BBC B there was a split of the target groups. The various upgrade paths were for: And another complication is that there is not much difference between a BBC B + 128 and a Master 128.
 * Hobbyists and home users: BBC B - Archimedes 3xx or later Archimedes 30x0
 * Primary and secondary schools: BBC B - Master ET or Master Compact - Archimedes 3xx, 410 or later 3020
 * Higher education and businesses: BBC B - Master 128 or Master Turbo or Master 512 - Archimedes 440, 540, Rxxx or later 5000

--Egel Reaction? 20:05, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

I think the BBC Micro article is somewhat awkward because as you say, the Archimedes line replaced the Micro line as a whole. But the BBC Micro articles seems to be _mainly_ about the Model A/Bs, with the Master in a separate article. I almost think it would be better to rename the article to BBC Micro Model A/B. Dan100 (Talk) 09:40, 21 November 2017 (UTC) Dan100 (Talk) 09:40, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

British Shipbuilders Evolution
I agree there are problems with this template. But that was not a good reason to just delete it without raising issue on Talk page or even giving a edit summary. It certainly expands normally when viewed on my PC, though I have just made an amendment to the template re Harland & Wolff and, although the changes show on the template page, they do not carry through when opening it on the British Shipbuilders page. So I will raise this on both talk pages and no doubt you will add you practical experience with it. Davidships (talk) 19:17, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You're missing the point. On Chrome mobile, which I (exclusively) use, it's just a blank section. I removed a header for an empty section. Dan100 (Talk) 11:46, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I understood that perfectly well, but nobody could guess that from your lack of an edit summary. But now you know that it was not a blank section for everyone.  If you want to help find a solution to what is obviously a tech problem in relation to certain platforms, perhaps explain your experience on the talk page for the template and we can try to get some attention from someone who can help.Davidships (talk) 00:43, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. You can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting. Thanks! Ritchie333 (talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  16:35, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
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