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November 2020
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your edits to USS Gerald R. Ford, please use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history, as well as helping prevent edit conflicts. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the article will look like without actually saving it.
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- Annnd.... then you go and do it again anyway? Really?
Please, use the preview function, (as noted just above), before you save anything. This is a good habit to get into, and not just for new/inexperienced editors like yourself, but all editors. It helps cut down on a lot of errors and reduces the number of entries in article histories and watch-lists, which in turn saves time and effort for your fellow editors.
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Point is, there were plenty of things you could've done, instead of the learning-via-trial-by-error method which is strongly discouraged here. Thank you - wolf 14:23, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Thewolfchild: Sorry for messing so much stuff up. I think I've fixed all of it now.
- Thank you for providing all of these resources. As you could tell, I did not know most of them existed. I have also just figured out how Previewing works, so I'll definitely use that more often. In fact, I am using it right now to see how this message looks.
- While you're reading this, could you please tell me if or when I should delete stuff from this page (such as your messages and this reply)? If this is the only method of communication between editors, I expect it to become cluttered eventually. Warm regards, Toadspike (talk) 23:02, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
- Your talk page basically (but not completely) belongs to you, so can delete anything you like, whenever you like, with some exceptions, such as block notices (see WP:UP for more info). Please note that archiving is preferred to deleting, and it would probably be a good idea to keep some of the links to resources here handy, for awhile at least. But again... totally up to you. - wolf 00:21, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Congratulations on 501 edits!
A goat for you.
Jjgg713 (talk) 11:54, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
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Theroadislong (talk) 16:28, 12 July 2021 (UTC)A cup of tea for you, because coffee only smells nice
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You make a lot of cool edits, what can I say? Junedaisy (talk) 02:50, 30 January 2022 (UTC) |
DYK for 2022 Ukraine cyberattack
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FoxBlade
Hi. I noticed you are a major contributor to 2022 Ukraine cyberattacks and thought I'd give you a heads-up: A New York Times article just reported that last Wednesday Microsoft found an attack by a new wiper, named FoxBlade apparently aimed at Ukraine govt. I started a stub on it, could use some help. The article also has some reporting on increased cooperation between Silicon Valley and US military due to Ukraine. Cheers --ChetvornoTALK 04:02, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Chetvorno:, thank you for the information. I will get around to adding it eventually, I am very busy with other things at the moment. Do you happen to know if FoxBlade is different from HermeticWiper (already in the article)? I suspect they are different, but they were discovered on the same day by different companies, so maybe it’s the same thing with two different names. A source on this distinction would be very helpful. Toadspike (talk) 20:42, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
March songs
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Thank you for support in the RfC for DYK - music with a chance to listen, - the piece by Anna Korsun begins after about one hour, and the voices afterwards call "Freiheit!" instead of "Freude". Music every day, pictured in songs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
The Prayer is on the Main page, finally + new flowers --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:57, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Ukrainian Air Force
Pro russian vandalism 37.73.57.36 (talk) 05:35, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- Can you clarify please? He reverted some vandalism on that article a couple days ago; do you have a question about that? (talk page stalker) Bsoyka (talk) 23:25, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
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Cabayi (talk) 09:18, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
April blitz bling
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This barnstar is awarded to Toadspike for copy edits totaling between 1 and 1,999 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE April 2022 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:43, 30 April 2022 (UTC) |