User talk:Smilesonemillion

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...and please try to use edit summaries when you edit articles, as it helps the other editors know what changes you made without having to actually check the page. :) Syrthiss 22:17, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Zebra Finch
Just letting you know, I reverted your edit to Zebra Finch. The right place to ask a question about the wording of an article is on its talk page (click the discussion tab at the top of the page to access its talk page.) As to the meaning of 'decimate', the meaning of 'severely reduce' has existed for many, many years. Please see sense 5 and the usage notes at decimate for more info. I do agree, though, that that part of the article could be phrased in a better way, although I'm not quite sure how to do it. :) --lbft (talk) 19:03, 27 September 2006 (UTC)