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Hello, I've made some edits to The Call of Cthulhu (film) in regard to your concerns about its notability. I'm planning to remove the "notability" tag, but I figured I'd give you a chance to make sure you agree that that is the correct course of action. Miraculouschaos 17:28, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Thanks for getting back to me on this. I think that the article requires one or two quotes from film festivals and/or reviews to illustrate its notability either in technical achievement (silent films) or cultural and critical response. If you have reviews that don't gush, i.e. "Best film ever!" but offer some structured reasoning then so much the better. The cast list doesn't particularly add anything to the article as most of the people appear to be non-notable. I'm trying to see this from a researchers' point-of-view - what did this film achieve in terms of production (scripting, filming, editing, distribution) and in the minds of its audience (critical reviews, awards). Well done on your improvements and I would still like to see the film one day!  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  17:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No offense, but you seem to be moving the goal posts here. Miraculouschaos 20:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

None taken! If you're happy that all of the available and relevent information is in the article then it can't be improved upon at the moment. I imagine that any of the imformation that I have asked about above can be added as-and-when it is created in the future. I guess that you can remove the tag now. Regards,  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  21:11, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about removing your edits on the History of New Jersey article, but 72.93.12.77 took out a good half of the article. I'm sorta new to Wikipedia, so for future reference, what is the formal method of removing vandalism? I just went to the most recent edit before his and performed an edit on it without actually changing anything. Maybe there is a way to keep subsequent valid edits? Galaxydog2000 01:10, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there is a way to avoid that. No big deal, my edits were relatively minor. Miraculouschaos 01:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - sorry to have reverted - if you used the preview button a little more it would look a little less like vandalism. I have restored and corrected the image problems you were having. Regards--A Y Arktos\^talk 02:01, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Point taken. Preview is my friend, preview is my friend... Miraculouschaos 02:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• It just became a whole lot healthier :-) --A Y Arktos\^talk 02:08, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I added a caption to the infobox so the images don't have to use thumb... --Fritz S. (Talk) 08:41, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not yet to "infobox level" but please let me know if the infobox is ready for translation/wide usage, given that I'd like one of those for every food I eat as part of 2007 new year resolutions. --alex_mayorga 22:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you please expand the Di-positronium article, based on the 4 external articles in it, and also the Positronium article? It really needs it because of the recent amazing new discovery. Radical Mallard Fri Sep 14 15:20:58 EDT 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Radical Mallard (talk • contribs) 19:21, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Regarding this addition, "possibly" isn't encyclopedic. We add facts, not speculation. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 18:55, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, I'll try to re-word it. The pre-edit text was just as speculative, though. Miraculouschaos (talk) 18:58, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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