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Disambiguation clean up
Hi Eric B I am currently trying to eliminate disambiguation links from articles. In this work, I am curently working on Ministry which is a disambig for either; If you would be as kind as to make the the proper link in the your user page so it stops poping up in the disambig list. If you would like to help out in generel see: Disambiguation_pages_with_links kind regards Angelbo 03:02, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * A ministry (government department) is a department of a government.
 * The Ministry refers to all government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) led by a prime minister.
 * Ministry (band) is the name of an industrial music band who released their first album in the 1980s.
 * A religious ministry is a type of activity conducted by members of various faiths, particularly the various Christian faiths.

Re: Thank You
Quite frankly, I wasn't even thinking when I did the two reverts - the first came after I overreacted, seeing a significant portion of text being removed. Upon closer inspection, I realized that it wasn't blatant vandalism and the edit gave an explanation of the removal of text from the talk page, so I reverted myself, restoring it to the status quo. I don't wish to become involved in a content/article dispute, but if you need help, you may wish to see Resolving disputes or request mediation from the Mediation Committee, of which I am a member of. Thank you for your understanding! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 02:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Line and Car History pages
So I'm the one that has been e-mailing you regarding references on the subway services on your online pages. I've noticed that you have edited some articles relating to the subway system according to your contribution page; first and foremost, I would like to thank you heartily for taking this task upon yourself. I am a member of WikiProject New York City Public Transportation, a WikiProject formed for the purpose of cleaning up and managing articles relating to the NYC Subway. I invite you to join invite you to join; simply follow the given link, edit the section "Active" under "Participants," and add your user name. If you have any questions on article policies or with help with Wikipedia itself, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page, and I will be more than happy to help you with any inquiries you may have. Thanks, and happy editing. --User: (talk • contribs) 23:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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 * Is the Template what you were looking for? Is it correct now? If not, please discuss here first rather than just putting the tag back on the image and posting the same form statement as if I didn't even attempt to fix it, and that does not even tell me exactly what is wrong. Thank you. Eric B 02:33, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of LL Cool J - Kool Moe Dee battle
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 * I'd very much like to see this made into a verifiable article, would you like me to restore it into your userspace so you could work on it? Get back to me on my talk page. east. 718 at 07:39, November 24, 2007
 * Unfortunately, it was resolved; AfDs close after seven days. The main concern was that the information was unverifiable and original research because of poor sourcing, and I agreed with that. My opinion doesn't really matter much either since AfDs are to be closed with consensus. I've restored the page to User:Eric B/LL Cool J - Kool Moe Dee battle; please get in touch when the article's ready for namespace as the edit history is needed for legal purposes. I've also got a huge collection of hip-hop books and can look for info this if you want, just contact me anytime. east. 718 at 14:42, November 24, 2007
 * Blogs and the sort aren't really verifiable... and primary source stuff like lyrics isn't either, since that would be your original interpretation. I've already found some books on the topic, and threw them inside my sandbox - maybe you can go to a library and check a few out? The book by Keyes is especially good, it includes detailed analysis of all the lyrics and everything. Hell, who knows - you might become only the second person to bring an article to featured status after it's been deleted. east. 718 at 08:04, November 25, 2007

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BoltBus
Much of the information is being added back. However, it would probably have been better to present it in prose, which is being done. --AEMoreira042281 (talk) 13:48, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

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Happy holidays and happy new year to my Editing Wikipedia "WikiProject New York City Public Transportation", editing coleuge(I have trouble speeling this word, it means two people who work at the same place.). From, very friendly, Doorknob747 00:54, 17 December 2014 (UTC) here is a gift of something rarely seen:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_interior_of_a_busy,_R160B_R_train.jpg  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doorknob747 (talk • contribs) 00:54, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

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 * Even though it says it's the "Drake's" website, Drake's is no longer a corporate entity (not even a company owned by a parent company), and it has nothing to do with the historic Drake Bakery other than continuing the products. It's really a totally separate company, McKee Foods, which purchased the Drake's assets, and so IS basically a third party source and does not violate NPOV or reliability. It's a reliable source as they would likely know all about what they have acquired.
 * I think the references should be put back, or at least discussed.Eric B (talk) 00:05, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

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