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Dear colleague, I just want to wish you a happy, hopefully, extended holiday weekend and nice end to summer! Your friend, --A Nobody^{My talk} 05:45, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 18:27, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 06:40, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I miss you man. I am going to quote your essay in ANI today. Ikip (talk) 20:21, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To those who make Good Arguments, who are appreciative, or supportive. Sincerely, --A Nobody^{My talk} 20:49, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hope Life is good. Suspect you are reading WR, not this but what the hell :) Viridae^Talk 05:38, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How are my well supported and referenced edits - done by myself, an IP editor with a varied edit history who uses talk and edit summaries disruptive when what I'm doing is removing blended text which relies entirely on a SPA's interpretation of a blog mirror from 4 years ago and which is entered with neither talk nor summary?99.151.172.170 (talk) 19:46, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response. (None was given) It's always nice to see an Editor consider their actions. I would have liked to have seen you do so. Here is my edit:[1] and here is the somewhat unintelligible supposed "undoing of vandalism" you put in its place:[2]. I trust you can see the difference, vandalism my edit was not. _99.151.172.170 (talk) 19:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your name has been mentioned at AN/I[3] with regards to the vandal whose edit you've supported.99.151.172.170 (talk) 20:02, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there,GoneAwayNowAndRetired

Could you possibly restore the shooting section to the John Patrick Bedell article?.
Its protected now so I can't and I wrote a good deal of it! You had it back then this happened DIFF? Most of the story gone! But all the bloggy crap still in. Help!

You may have mistaken what 99.151.172.170 ws doing as they have been reverting a definite edit warrer 97.119.97.118. (who I gave a 3RR warning) Thanks for your time! :-)--220.101.28.25 (talk) 20:17, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like I missed you. The text has been reverted,(by Toitoine I might add!) Sorry to say so, but I feel it's a bit' much to revert Toitoine for alledged vandalism HERE when he started this article! Mistakes are made so let's all Assume Good Faith and be WP:Civil all round (even for those horrid ANON IPs.) We're not all fly by night vandals, check my contribs HERE ;-) --220.101.28.25 (talk) 00:01, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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You may be interested in this. Peter jackson (talk) 11:01, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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This is to let you know that the The Greencards article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 27 April 2017. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 27, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:25, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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(spooky music and using ouija board) are you around at all? If so and if you felt inclined, just updating The Greencards would be really cool. Could even put it on the mainpage. Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:13, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:David Ray Griffin § Description and interests. Thank you. Roy McCoy (talk) 01:10, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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