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We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;— World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems.

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O child Anarchia, infinite promise infinite carefulness I listen, listen in the night by the cradle deep as the night is it well with the child?

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WikiProject Food and Drink Newsletter June 2008
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The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence
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 * Hi, Max. Would you like to add some input to this Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 August 29#Image:Dawsonfieldcamels.jpg|discussion]]? Thanks, --Damiens .rf 15:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

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Police raid protest april 20 06.jpg
Hi Max rspct, I just have a question about the file File:Police raid protest april 20 06.jpg you uploaded. There is no description on its page, the source link doesn't work, and it looks like it's a screenshot from a TV show or video. That all looks pretty suspect, especially since it is an exceptional shot, the source is a website, and it was uploaded with a PD-self license. But luckily you're a frequent and current contributor, so I can ask you about it! If you have any details about when you filmed this, where it was, what was happening, etc. it would be great if you could add that to the image page. Thanks! - Gump Stump (talk) 16:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi again Max rspct. Could you answer the question above if you can? If you can't, I'll list the file for deletion in the next week or so. Thanks! - Gump Stump (talk) 03:25, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Thälmann Island
For that island being hoax, there are a lot of sources, referring to it, which can be found at the German Wikipedia entry: Thälmann Insel. That Thälmann Island was part of GDR is indeed doubtful, but the greatest sources against this are the governments of Germany and Cuba, which can't be seen as neutral in this concern. Toscho (talk) 09:22, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Isn't it partizan saying that? they are the only two govenments that are concerned with the issue and who could comment authoritively on it. Perhaps there's a maritime mapping agency or a subsection of the UN that could resolve the issue. Until then i wouldn't lose too much sleep over it. Having said that I would prefer the issue to be placed in an 'in popular culture' section though rather than in main body of text as it is detracts from the article and perhaps undermines the historical sovereignty of the GDR. ;) --maxrspct   ping me  14:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

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 * I don't believe the file should be deleted simply based on suspicion. There should be an actual claim made by a supposed copyright holder. The image looks like it is from a cell phone and not a professional video, so there is every reason to believe the owner of the image uploaded it, unless another source or claim can be found. --Radical Mallard June 23, 2009, 5:55 PM EST

Khachkar page
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Thanks
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WP:FOOD Needs You!
Hi there Max rspct! I've noticed you have yourself listed as a member of the Food and Drink Wikiproject. Unfortunately it looks like the project has been slowly sliding into inactivity except for a couple of people. That makes me a sad potato, and nobody likes a sad potato amirite?

If you'd like to turn my frown upside down, can you do two small things?

First off, go here and add Tick (✅) next to your name if you're still part of the project.

Second, go to the project talkpage and participate in a discussion about how to make the project more active, and how to go about making articles in our area of interest a lot better.

You don't want to make me cry, do you? Potatoes have a lot of eyes you know. So come on, join in! :)

— The Potato Hose 18:31, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikiproject Food and Drink Newsletter - September 2013

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WP:Food
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Revolutions of 1989 online Wikipedia challenge
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Wikiproject Food and Drink Newsletter - October 2013

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October 2013
Please stop re-inserting your comments into an AfD that was closed nearly a year ago, as you have at Articles for deletion/Brainiak Records. When a discussion is closed, comments are not to be added: if you believe the deletion was in error, you need to open a case at deletion review. Continually re-inserting comments into a closed discussion can be considered disruptive and edit-warring. - The Bushranger One ping only 17:26, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Where is the rule on no more comments? Why can't you think up your own signature instead of lifting mine? I feel like putting in a complaint about your behaviour as an admin. -maxrspct  ping me  19:14, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No signature was "lifted". The closed AfD says, in bold red text, "please do not modify". If you wish to complain that is your right however I'd suggest you read WP:BOOMERANG first. - The Bushranger One ping only 18:22, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

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Changed infobox at Commonwealth of England
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This here edit you made: – misleading how? Just out of interest. Damvile (talk) 03:51, 19 August 2018 (UTC)


 * That there graphic doesn't explain why it's coloured differently. It gives the impression that the UK is already out of the EU. If you want to put 'pending' in there on both the graphic and displayed version box then please do and it would be fine. I know it's on the image page descriptor but that is not evident to the reader unless they click through and scroll down. maxrspct  ping me  03:57, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I see your point; thanks! Damvile (talk) 04:04, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

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