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Message added 01:15, 19 March 2024 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. ... discospinster talk 01:15, 19 March 2024 (UTC) CaseOhHey - you just reverted Special:Diff/1214706230, though in my edit summary I mentioned it was calculated from the VentureJolt source. Did you perhaps mean to revert a different edit? stwalkerster (talk) 17:15, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
A message from WiinterU@FlightTime: Hello, this is Winter. I have noticed that some of your edits to McDonald's may have negatively affected the article. The company type and key people sections always have to be linked according to the documentation here. WiinterU (talk) 03:28, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
A message from HellbusI forget how I ended up on your talk page, but I have to say Daisy looks just like my sister's dog Poppy. Please give your flower girl a treat on behalf of the one in my life. Hellbus (talk) 03:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
A message from Bazkar gromti ovarQuick ping to understand if you are still willing to discuss the changes to the Signs (Five Man Electrical Band song) article as per my talk page. Bazkar gromti ovar (talk) 15:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC) Deep purple Machine headHi my name is red Jenkins so on the page for deep purple’s album machine head there has been an IP address that has been posting a discrepancy on the release date The album was released on march 25 but the person keeps on saying that it was released in April 1972 I just wanted to know if you could give me a definite answer if it was released in March or April 1972 because I don’t wanna keep on putting heads with the guy thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reedjenkins1234 (talk • contribs) 14:53, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Chrysler BuildingReally appreciate your "Thanks" for the Chrysler Building edit. Best Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 20:31, 17 April 2024 (UTC) A message from QwertyForest@FlightTime: Hi! I noticed that you reverted my edit to the username policy, stating that the previous link was not broken and linking to a guideline about bypassing redirects. I think there may have been a misunderstanding here. The previous link goes to the section of the sockpuppetry policy that deals with legitimate alts as a whole. This can create confusion. Also, when viewed on a mobile, the paragraph about doppelganger accounts is not visible. However, the redirect I replaced it with goes to the paragraph about doppelganger accounts. This improves clarity and navigation, particularly for mobile users. I hope this has cleared something up. QwertyForest (talk) 16:54, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
A Cheeseburger for you!The Master of Hedgehogs (converse) (hedgehogs) has given you a Cheeseburger! Cheeseburgers promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a Cheeseburger, whether it be someone you've had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy eating! @FlightTime: A cheeseburger, because you're awesome! Spread the goodness of Cheeseburgers by adding {{subst:Cheeseburger}} to their talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cheeseburger on the giver's talk page with {{subst:burger-munch}}! The Master of Hedgehogs (converse) (hedgehogs) 13:20, 24 April 2024 (UTC) Just noting that pages created by now blocked users are not eligible for WP:G5 deletion; they need to be evading an already-existing block. I don't necessarily think it needed a U5 as was later done, but I'm not that fussed. Just thought I'd mention the G5 part. Primefac (talk) 13:02, 2 May 2024 (UTC) A message from Dour1234
@FlightTime:, I was wondering why you reverted my edit on the page about J. R. R. Tolkien. I cited the secondary source where I found the name Philip from, "What’s in a Name? Tolkien and St. Philip Neri" by Dr. Holly Ordway. On my talk page, you claimed that my edit was disruptive. Despite that, however, I do not see how it was disruptive in any way. I followed the cite web template when citing the source and I kept the page at J. R. R. Tolkien because that is the name that most people know him as. If you explain all this to me as well as what I need to do to add the name to the page, that would great. I look forward to and await your response.Dour1234 (talk) 20:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC) Dour1234 (talk) 20:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
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@FlightTime:, I was wondering why you reverted my edit on the page about J. R. R. Tolkien. I cited the secondary source where I found the name Philip from, "What’s in a Name? Tolkien and St. Philip Neri" by Dr. Holly Ordway. On my talk page, you claimed that my edit was disruptive. Despite that, however, I do not see how it was disruptive in any way. I followed the cite web template when citing the source and I kept the page at J. R. R. Tolkien because that is the name that most people know him as. If you explain all this to me as well as what I need to do to add the name to the page, that would great. I look forward to and await your response.Dour1234 (talk) 20:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC) Dour1234 (talk) 20:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Just noting that pages created by now blocked users are not eligible for WP:G5 deletion; they need to be evading an already-existing block. I don't necessarily think it needed a U5 as was later done, but I'm not that fussed. Just thought I'd mention the G5 part. Primefac (talk) 13:02, 2 May 2024 (UTC) A message from 98TigeriusThere's an error on the file page I requested to be move, please double check it. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 20:48, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
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Please revert my edits to the erythema migrans page. You couldn't have read the page (how it is now) if you think it's in any way acceptable, and, using your own "personal opinions aren't valid sources" - the page was clearly written by someone who got a tick bite, or keeps getting conditions, and spent too much time editing the page with their own findings. I didn't reference it, but I revealed my source in the discussion on my talk page in response to your comment. In my opinion, my version of thr page is much better, and, for the record, the information I added did come from a source and not my own things that I made up except for the "right ear" part. Thr right ear being affected is something I may have read somewhere I don't know. I'm not bothered about the methamphetamine pregnancy category think and I know thst was a risky edit. I'm sorry for thst edit. I'm also sorry for the STATE that erythema migrans is in. W;ChangingUsername (talk) 16:22, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
"So"?What does this mean [1]? --Joy (talk) 16:42, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
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A message from ChappsnetI can’t understand why you continue to undo my edit for the fresco of the Pompeii amphitheater. The old image is very low res - mine is very high res and can be downloaded in larger sizes. Further, mine is color-corrected to match the fresco in the MANN. I do this professionally for archaeologists, universities, et al. So please stop reverting the edits. Chappsnet (talk) 15:34, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
User warningsRegarding the dispute on Emilio Estevez, warning a new editor for sockpuppetry is a bit much when it looks more like logged out editing from a new editor. You also are linking to a sockpuppetry investigation that doesn't exist in your warnings. Please consider replacing your warnings with
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A message from AutoMan45Proof that Real Madrid has 15 UCL titles https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/the-club/history/football AutoMan45 (talk) 17:22, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
A Dyson sphere constructed by extraterrestrial plants@FlightTime: This is not an important discussion, so you may wish to disregard it entirely—or simply delete it! But I found certain ideas that you raised curious, and wondered if it was worth exploring them with someone else who might have considered some of the implications! I saw your edits at Dyson sphere, and could not see anything to quibble with, apart from the edit summary—but given the behaviour of certain editors I sparred with at length earlier this year when I argued that notable depictions of Dyson spheres in fiction ought to be described, at least in terms of how the objects are portrayed, I suspect that your change of "in fiction" to "in popular culture" will not last long. At the time there seemed to be very strong ownership behaviour, and a former article of long standing by the title "Dyson spheres in popular culture" was deleted by one of them after the other had cleared nearly all of its contents as either unsourced (despite clearly identifying the works that they appeared in; apparently secondary sources have to attest both their appearance and why they're important enough to mention in the first place, but details of their depiction are merely "trivia" unless described in detail by secondary sources that constitute serious scientific literature, and are not themselves concerned primarily with fiction). I say that I "suspect" this will be the case, because they have thus far been quite restrained in their editing since that long and frustrating argument—after years of reverting nearly all other editors' changes to the article, I haven't seen them doing so recently. But, to return to the main point: extraterrestrial plants couldn't build a Dyson sphere? Well, it's an open question as to whether anyone can! But your change was of "extraterrestrial life" to intelligence. And we don't know that extraterrestrial plants wouldn't be intelligent, or even mobile; science fiction has long posited the existence of intelligent plants (and of course, science fiction isn't reality, but since we don't even know if extraterrestrial life or intelligence exists, let alone Dyson spheres, we are really dealing with imagination here). Although the owners of "Dyson Sphere" have shown great disdain for Star Trek in particular (the conflagration was over an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation prominently featuring a Dyson sphere, and the description thereof), I'll note that an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series actually featured intelligent plants. However, whether intelligent plants could exist somewhere in the cosmos may be questionable due to the current taxonomic definition of "plant" in biology. Fungi, for instance, despite generally being "planted", i.e. rooted to the ground or other things, as opposed to "animal", i.e. motile, are no longer considered "plants" because they aren't genetically descended from the same lineage as plants, but are roughly as different from plants as are animals. And while the development of life elsewhere in the universe might theoretically involve complex organic molecules such as DNA and RNA, it would not be lineally descended from either plants or animals as those terms are currently defined in biology. Which would be quite a poser if we ever discover things that we would typically describe as "plants" or "animals", based purely on their resemblance or function, on other worlds: we would need a whole new vocabulary to categorize each type of organism on each planet where it had evolved; under our current definition there could be no plants or animals anywhere but earth! But perhaps we would then revisit the narrow definition currently in use. Not sure I've said anything actually useful here, but would love to hear from you if you have any thoughts on the above! P Aculeius (talk) 17:57, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
A message from MilladriveI thank you for the recent attention to the film Winchester '73. It occurs to me that a film about a rifle should contain a link to the Wikipedia page defining what a rifle is. Should it not? On another point, I was unaware until now that it is overkill to link the U.S. states in which cities are located. If I may respectfully ask, what is the criteria? Thanks in advance. :)milladrive (talk) 04:18, 4 July 2024 (UTC) milladrive (talk) 04:18, 4 July 2024 (UTC) milladrive (talk) 04:18, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
RenameIf you don’t mind me asking, why did you put Masterpinapple421’s rename request on hold. Just curious, since I don’t see any immediately obvious reasons why it would be put on hold. GrayStorm(Complaints Dept.|My Contribs.) 22:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
A message from Freakychakra987Hi FlightTime! I'm not sure if I'm doing this right... I'm new to editing Wikipedia! I tried making a number of corrections and improvements today to the Santa Susana Field Lab wiki. If I'm reading this right, you've reverted all my edits using Twinkle? If this is true, I'd like to ask you to undo your blanket reversion, as it's not clear to my why you would revert all of my edits. It seems like you have a problem with the opening section, the third paragraph; you wrote "Unexplained removal, no sources to support changes." When I compare your change to the version that came before, I am confused, because it does indeed look like I simply deleted a whole chunk of text without any explanation or sourcing. That confuses me, because that is not the edit I intended to make; I made a smaller change to that section, and did provide a source. I think I understand what happened though when I look at at edit that was made earlier today, by Adflatuss. When you compare my edit to the edit made by Adflatuss, you can see that Adflatuss thought that all of the material in that section should be moved to a different section of the wiki article, and so Adflatuss moved the material. Somehow, when you looked at it, this then made it look like I simply removed a bunch of content, when in fact it had simply been moved by another editor to elsewhere in the article. Does this clear things up? I'm hoping we can resolve this, and that you can restore not only this edit but all the other edits I made on this page today. I think when you look at the quality of my edits, you can see that they are generally well-justified, well-sourced, and not vandalism. Thank you! Freakychakra987 @FlightTime: Freakychakra987 (talk) 00:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
A message from ReedmanwikiHello, on June 13th I added a link the Sammy Davis Jr. arrangements at the New York Public Library using the "archives at" template. You deleted it not long afterward, saying I needed consensus. Why is consensus needed on the addition of a featured link to the archives of a person? It's not a disputed fact about Davis, it's simply a link to archival material. I've added this kind of link to many other entries and nobody has ever complained. The reason the "archives at" link exists is to draw attention to original documentation of subjects. If you're against its use, I'm curious as to why. Thank you. Reedmanwiki (talk) 13:09, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
A fox for you!Hi FlightTime, I hope you are having a wonderful time. Enjoy your day my friend! – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:03, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
A message from AvaleanHey, just found the Zzyzx twin film revert to be odd. It is an interesting point and can lead someone to lean about what a twin film is. That's all. ps, your dogs are cute. avalean (talk) 23:01, 21 July 2024 (UTC) A message from MhsmdMhsmd (talk) 01:35, 22 July 2024 (UTC) Pretty harsh criticism for some minor copy edits. What authority do you have to threaten on behalf of Wikipedia?
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Infobox roadsHello! Can you please look at the Template:Infobox road for Italian roads taking Raccordo autostradale RA2 as an example, we think the position of "Autostrada Connection 2" and "Raccordo autostradale 2" should be swapped and the capital "c" in the English name to be in lowercase. This would make it easier to understand the meaning of the acronym in the icon above, in this case "RA2". "Autostrada Connection 2" should also be entirely changed to "Motorway connection 2" as that is the true English. Lastly, can you please enlarge the icons at the very bottom of the infobox that indicate the previous and next junction as they are fairly illegible. Could be same size as the legible ones at Autostrada A2 (Italy) for example. Thanks! Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 17:33, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, you're rightHi FlightTime, I've had another look and what seemed to be an innocent mistake that is even listed as "popular misconception" in the article about the event, together with the other disruptive but seemingly helpful contributions such as [2] (which I now undid), I've now come to the same conclusion as you: DarkMatterBurger88 is probably trolling. So my edit summary in Special:Diff/1238643831 is probably wrong. I'd still say it's not a matter for AIV ("obvious vandalism") but perhaps it's obvious to everyone except me. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:05, 4 August 2024 (UTC) A message from TheJosh42Hello! First time using this so sorry if I mess something up! Still getting used to the whole editing-side of Wikipedia and I am definitely liable to make a few mistakes or missteps! I saw that you reverted my edit to the late Stefán Karl Stefánsson's page in which I added categories for his status as a meme, and I explained my logic in the edit message. You said that it was unsourced, and you are correct, but how exactly would I source something for categories which I figured were a bit more lax in terms of citation? Thank you for reading - I am still learning so I just wanted to reach out to learn a bit more. :) TheJosh42 (talk) 01:20, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
A message from RavenMedia - CHASE ATLANTIC Stylization.Hi, instead of going back and forth on undo's I thought of explaining directly to you. As shown here, they have classified their old stylization on the Australian Business Registrar as Historic, so they retain copyright. It will not let me post a Screenshot, so hopefully you can have a look for yourself. Take a look at the first two results.
Hope this helps clarify that my change to their name is infact correct. Thank You!
Hello, FlightTime, Please leave redirects for both articles and their talk pages when you are doing a page move. You didn't here and it left two broken redirect pages that needed to be fixed (see here). It might just save time to check "What links here" before you do a page move and understand that if there are redirects for an article, there might be ones for the talk page, too. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 21:05, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Please self-revertI don't understand the reason you gave for the deletion here. The source is there, and it says what the entry was describing. Rafe87 (talk) 22:59, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
A message from SycamoreWoodYou reverted my change to the Ridley Scott page based on the fact it has a source. However, the quote has no reason to be in the article, it is taken from a review by a lay person. Shouldn't this take precendence over the fact it is sourced? SycamoreWood (talk) 23:17, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Regarding your recent reversion[This is copied from my reply on my talk page, please let me know if this is not a correct practice] Hello, I do not mean to undermine your decision [in reverting my changes] (you have much more knowledge over how the encyclopedia works than I do), but what would count as an 'accurate edit summary'? What information did I omit that may be useful to include in such changes? Thanks! Boxwords (talk) 16:20, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
Edits on the Ötzi ArticleHi I think is important (considering the delicate topic of skin tonnes in modern times) that for the sake of accurancy, the information I provided stays in the Wikipedia page of Ötzi. As if left as simply "Dark Skin" it could be misunderstood by the reader. The study as stated in Table S11, clearly defines Ötzi as darker than modern Sardinians but in no way shape of form similarly to subsaharan africans or even northern Africans. The term Dark Skin can be too broad so should be defined and grounded, as distintive to avoid misinterpretation of the results. I think adding clarification to the articles is always positive. Thank you. Alejojojo6 (talk) 13:39, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
The actual quote is "The weighted genetic score of dark pigmentation in the Iceman is estimated to be 0.591, higher than the score of present-day southern European populations taking Sardinians as an example (Table S11), which the Iceman shares closest genetic affinity to (Figure S1) and which represent the highest level of pigmentation among modern-day European groups,29 although it is lower than the score of ancient LBK farmers" Mentioned at the end of New insights into the phenotypic traits and local ancestry assignments of the Icemanright before Discussion. This, said by the authors themselves, indicates modern Sardinians pigmentation 0.589335 while iceman (Ötzi) is 0.591405 while Hunter-gatherers have been found to be at 6.7 and 6.2 respectively. In modern populations Subsaharan africans are around 7.5 in the scale. Alejojojo6 (talk) 22:09, 2 October 2024 (UTC) ?
This is very elitest. Atleast you should try to explain why you delete my justified comments without explanation? 178.232.112.187 (talk) 19:40, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
ANI NoticeThere is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. OXYLYPSE (talk) 21:26, 18 October 2024 (UTC) @OXYLYPSE: Acknowledged. - FlightTime (open channel) 21:32, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
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