... is the best thing created by anyone ever. Aranea Mortem ( talk to me) 14:26, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hey mate, I'm finally back from my months of summer activity. Shall we work on the finishing touches of U2 concert in Sarajevo before taking it to FAC? It looks like it is really close, but I remember a few months ago you said that there were a few things you wanted to work on before nominating. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 16:15, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Obvious vandalism/trolling, and now numerous sockpuppet accounts. Any idea how to report/set up an SPI? Not that it will do much good since it is apparently a dynamic IP... Melicans ( talk, contributions) 18:53, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Why would The Fray and One Republic support a band like U2? One is rock, the other two are pop rubbish. 188.141.24.232 ( talk) 08:30, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
How are they in any way, shape or form rock? They are a boy band. 188.141.24.232 ( talk) 08:20, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Calling them a rock band as an insult to Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Nazareth and other real rock bands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellie G Was Robbed ( talk • contribs) 17:56, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Dunno if there is anything in here you can use, but this PDF from Universal Italy finally lays out everything in the boxset (including the DVD and LP contents), and if my Italian is correct it also confirms (for the first time from an official source) that it is remastered. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 04:00, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
Were the files clear enough to see? I don't have a scanner so photographs were the best I could do. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 18:14, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hey. Just wanted to see if you had any further comments, or if you'd be able to support if everything now looks good to you. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:19, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for adding all the Composition information. I was wondering though, do you know what key it is played in? Melicans ( talk, contributions) 05:35, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Achtung Baby can now be nominated at WP:TFAR. It's within the necessary date range and there are only 4 date requests at the moment. I started to do it myself but couldn't figure out the best 1200-character blurb, so I figured it would be best for you to do it yourself. I think File:Bono as The Fly Cleveland 1992.jpg should be used as the image since it's the only free image of a band member from that era and the U2 infobox image has already been on the Main Page on at least two occasions (if not more). – Dream out loud ( talk) 05:56, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
You are still going against WP:CITEKILL. In the space of three words, there are 6 footnotes. It looks awful. Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 17:13, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Regarding the photo of Foster the People wearing suits at the MMVA's.
We are the official representatives of Foster the People and would like your help in selecting a photo that is both true to the wikipedia community as well as the band's image and preference.
Can we have your support in selecting one of the band's approved press photos for their wikipedia image?
Thanks for your time.
-- Jsmith2122 ( talk) 18:16, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for this information, it is very helpful. We will add an image that is clear and that shows the band better. If the new image is up to your and wikipedia's standards, we would appreciate your help keeping the image as the official infobox photo and not using the Much Music Awards picture. Please also let me know if you have any objections to the new image when it is posted and the reasons why. Thanks again!
-- Jsmith2122 ( talk) 19:10, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you again! We own all of the images I have posted so far. They are official images that the band own. We have given credit to the photographers though. I just updated the image. Please let me know if this is an acceptable image. -- Jsmith2122 ( talk) 19:34, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
I should be able to finish going through the refs this weekend, or failing that early next week; depends on how work on my three essays go. Preliminary thoughts from what I've read so far while going through the refs is that it will need a pretty thorough copyedit before FAC. The prose is very passionate and detailed, but I'm not so sure it is at the level FAC demands. Prose is generally my weakest suit though (most of the Opposes I've had at FAC have been based on that alone), so I may not be the greatest judge of that quality. Journal articles that don't have pages, etc, probably won't be too big an issue. Nikkimaria generally does most of the sourcing at FAC, and she didn't have any problem with a lot of those articles when I nominated "Mothers of the Disappeared" most recently when I explained how we had access to them.
Speaking of "Mothers", my plan was to nominate it at TFAR to coincide with the 25th anniversary of The Joshua Tree. If the album article isn't ready by that date, I think it would be a good fallback as a song from the album (it should still have the date relevence). Or possibly "One Tree Hill", which I think will be my next FAC nomination after I polish away some of the quote farming (as the PR put it), if that is ready. Either way there should hopefully be a couple of good choices for 9 March 2012! Hopefully we will soon be able to get Sarajevo up as well in the next month or so. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 04:58, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
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Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by rock band U2. Released on 19 November 1991, it was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Stung by the criticism of their 1988 release Rattle and Hum, U2 shifted their musical direction to incorporate influences from alternative rock, industrial music, and electronic dance music into their sound. Thematically, the album is darker, more introspective, and more flippant than their previous work. Recording began at Berlin's Hansa Studios in October 1990, but the sessions were fraught with conflict, as the band argued over the direction and quality of their music. After nearly breaking up, they made a breakthrough with the improvisation of the song " One". With improved morale, they completed the album in Dublin in 1991. Achtung Baby received favourable reviews and went to number one in several countries. It spawned five hit singles, including "One", " Mysterious Ways", and " The Fly". The album has sold 18 million copies, and in 1993, it won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The record and the multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour were central to U2's 1990s reinvention. Achtung Baby has regularly appeared on critics' lists of the greatest albums of all time. ( more...)
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I just wanted to tell you that the album cover for Mylo Xyloto is the one with the grey background. I've yet to see one physical or digital album with the announced cover. I won't change it to the grey background until I've heard otherwise or have seen actual pics of someone owning Mylo Xyloto with the announced cover. Please take this message into consideration and get back to me when you have a word on the subject. Thanks!
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I've been trying to emulate the job you did on Mariano Rivera to get DJ's article up to FA, but based on an oppose vote I just received, I might not have done enough. Would you mind helping me out? Your fresh perspective on that article would be invaluable to me. – Muboshgu ( talk) 22:09, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
hey i saw you are trying hard to improve the article, but there's just a problem, you only want to add the positive things about the album and it's not the way that Wikipedians do. we indicate all the things about albums. if you think something should remove from an article first bring it up in its talk page and let's talk about the whole thing, then we all decide it together to what should we do about that situation. we all want to improve articles, so let's not fight over something, let's discuss our ideas first then put them out there.
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please come and discuss your idea about this stupid thing... Talk:Princess of China#Alternative_Hip_Hop.3F
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Hi; hope you're not too busy. I've run into a wee bit of a problem at the
"One Tree Hill" FAC. A spotcheck is underway, and there have been some unusual problems. It seems that FN 4a-d, 6a-c, and 9 (all McCormick) are turning up different page numbers in the spotcheck than are present in my book. Can you check your copy to verify that the page numbers are correct? There is also a concern about the use of McCormick in the first two paragraphs of "Inspiration" as it is considered a primary source. Per my reading of
WP:PRIMARY I think the usage in paragraph 2 is okay (though readings by other people may differ) as it is used only for a few quotes. Paragraph 1 in that section seems to be a bigger issue, as there is a definite over-reliance on primary sources.
I hate to ask this, but I only came home yesterday and didn't bring my books (they add far too much weight to my luggage for international travel), and I won't have access to them again until 3 January at the earliest. Would you be able to check the sources you have to see if there is anything that can replace McCormick in paragraph 1? There may be a bit too much detail in there to begin with, so if you think it needs a drastic pruning please don't hesitate. If you can't find anything or are unable to help out (understandable given the time of year), please let me know and I'll try to find another workaround to fix this problem. Cheers, Melicans ( talk, contributions) 04:47, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
I won't be on much between now and the beginning of the New Year, so I'll wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year now (before I forget). Here's to a productive year on Wikipedia, and an even more productive one to come! May you be filled with Achtung spirit, and may the sky not fall down! Happy Holidays! Melicans ( talk, contributions) 22:38, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi there. I was just wondering why you reverted the "confessional singer-songwriter" expression from the 21 article. You said it was un-encyclopedic. Why is this? A confessional singer-songwriter is a very standard (and encyclopedic) musical expression; Adele, who performs in same vein as the traditional singer-songwriter, released what is a known as a deeply confessional album about her tumultuous break-up. This article mentions Adele when discussing the "dormant tradition" of the confessional singer-songwriter. I did not think it needed much defending when I was writing the article. My main issue is incorporating the sources, but it's something that I'm currently working on. Orane (talk) 22:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hi - sorry about the incorrect reversion on Foster The People - I undid your (perfectly correct) cleanup in error. Didn't mean to - and you had already reverted it by the time I noticed. Apologies again. Bonusballs ( talk) 13:52, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
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It surprised me the first time that page was moved, but per WP:Capitals#Composition titles it should be "Someone like You". "Like" is a preposition in that usage, and 4 character prepositions aren't capitalised.— Kww( talk) 17:08, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you sure Vampire Weekend never opened for U2? 79.97.153.17 ( talk) 17:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you blind or just an idiot, because there is no composition section on this page, so you adding "Country" back on after saying genres need to be sourced is making you a hypocrite, because it isn't sourced. NYSM talk page 20:22, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hey mate, I'm finally back from my months of summer activity. Shall we work on the finishing touches of U2 concert in Sarajevo before taking it to FAC? It looks like it is really close, but I remember a few months ago you said that there were a few things you wanted to work on before nominating. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 16:15, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
Obvious vandalism/trolling, and now numerous sockpuppet accounts. Any idea how to report/set up an SPI? Not that it will do much good since it is apparently a dynamic IP... Melicans ( talk, contributions) 18:53, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Why would The Fray and One Republic support a band like U2? One is rock, the other two are pop rubbish. 188.141.24.232 ( talk) 08:30, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
How are they in any way, shape or form rock? They are a boy band. 188.141.24.232 ( talk) 08:20, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Calling them a rock band as an insult to Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Nazareth and other real rock bands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellie G Was Robbed ( talk • contribs) 17:56, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Dunno if there is anything in here you can use, but this PDF from Universal Italy finally lays out everything in the boxset (including the DVD and LP contents), and if my Italian is correct it also confirms (for the first time from an official source) that it is remastered. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 04:00, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
Were the files clear enough to see? I don't have a scanner so photographs were the best I could do. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 18:14, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hey. Just wanted to see if you had any further comments, or if you'd be able to support if everything now looks good to you. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 03:19, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for adding all the Composition information. I was wondering though, do you know what key it is played in? Melicans ( talk, contributions) 05:35, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Achtung Baby can now be nominated at WP:TFAR. It's within the necessary date range and there are only 4 date requests at the moment. I started to do it myself but couldn't figure out the best 1200-character blurb, so I figured it would be best for you to do it yourself. I think File:Bono as The Fly Cleveland 1992.jpg should be used as the image since it's the only free image of a band member from that era and the U2 infobox image has already been on the Main Page on at least two occasions (if not more). – Dream out loud ( talk) 05:56, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
You are still going against WP:CITEKILL. In the space of three words, there are 6 footnotes. It looks awful. Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! 17:13, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
Regarding the photo of Foster the People wearing suits at the MMVA's.
We are the official representatives of Foster the People and would like your help in selecting a photo that is both true to the wikipedia community as well as the band's image and preference.
Can we have your support in selecting one of the band's approved press photos for their wikipedia image?
Thanks for your time.
-- Jsmith2122 ( talk) 18:16, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for this information, it is very helpful. We will add an image that is clear and that shows the band better. If the new image is up to your and wikipedia's standards, we would appreciate your help keeping the image as the official infobox photo and not using the Much Music Awards picture. Please also let me know if you have any objections to the new image when it is posted and the reasons why. Thanks again!
-- Jsmith2122 ( talk) 19:10, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you again! We own all of the images I have posted so far. They are official images that the band own. We have given credit to the photographers though. I just updated the image. Please let me know if this is an acceptable image. -- Jsmith2122 ( talk) 19:34, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
I should be able to finish going through the refs this weekend, or failing that early next week; depends on how work on my three essays go. Preliminary thoughts from what I've read so far while going through the refs is that it will need a pretty thorough copyedit before FAC. The prose is very passionate and detailed, but I'm not so sure it is at the level FAC demands. Prose is generally my weakest suit though (most of the Opposes I've had at FAC have been based on that alone), so I may not be the greatest judge of that quality. Journal articles that don't have pages, etc, probably won't be too big an issue. Nikkimaria generally does most of the sourcing at FAC, and she didn't have any problem with a lot of those articles when I nominated "Mothers of the Disappeared" most recently when I explained how we had access to them.
Speaking of "Mothers", my plan was to nominate it at TFAR to coincide with the 25th anniversary of The Joshua Tree. If the album article isn't ready by that date, I think it would be a good fallback as a song from the album (it should still have the date relevence). Or possibly "One Tree Hill", which I think will be my next FAC nomination after I polish away some of the quote farming (as the PR put it), if that is ready. Either way there should hopefully be a couple of good choices for 9 March 2012! Hopefully we will soon be able to get Sarajevo up as well in the next month or so. Melicans ( talk, contributions) 04:58, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
This is a note to let the main editors of Achtung Baby know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on November 19, 2011. You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 19, 2011. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 ( talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 ( talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:
Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by rock band U2. Released on 19 November 1991, it was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Stung by the criticism of their 1988 release Rattle and Hum, U2 shifted their musical direction to incorporate influences from alternative rock, industrial music, and electronic dance music into their sound. Thematically, the album is darker, more introspective, and more flippant than their previous work. Recording began at Berlin's Hansa Studios in October 1990, but the sessions were fraught with conflict, as the band argued over the direction and quality of their music. After nearly breaking up, they made a breakthrough with the improvisation of the song " One". With improved morale, they completed the album in Dublin in 1991. Achtung Baby received favourable reviews and went to number one in several countries. It spawned five hit singles, including "One", " Mysterious Ways", and " The Fly". The album has sold 18 million copies, and in 1993, it won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The record and the multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour were central to U2's 1990s reinvention. Achtung Baby has regularly appeared on critics' lists of the greatest albums of all time. ( more...)
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For your work expanding Foster the People. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. Happy editing! -- Luke (Talk) 03:14, 16 November 2011 (UTC) |
I just wanted to tell you that the album cover for Mylo Xyloto is the one with the grey background. I've yet to see one physical or digital album with the announced cover. I won't change it to the grey background until I've heard otherwise or have seen actual pics of someone owning Mylo Xyloto with the announced cover. Please take this message into consideration and get back to me when you have a word on the subject. Thanks!
Easy4me ( talk) 17:22, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Where was it decided not to include convenience links to reference material at Google Books?
-- J. Wong ( talk) 18:52, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
I've been trying to emulate the job you did on Mariano Rivera to get DJ's article up to FA, but based on an oppose vote I just received, I might not have done enough. Would you mind helping me out? Your fresh perspective on that article would be invaluable to me. – Muboshgu ( talk) 22:09, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
hey i saw you are trying hard to improve the article, but there's just a problem, you only want to add the positive things about the album and it's not the way that Wikipedians do. we indicate all the things about albums. if you think something should remove from an article first bring it up in its talk page and let's talk about the whole thing, then we all decide it together to what should we do about that situation. we all want to improve articles, so let's not fight over something, let's discuss our ideas first then put them out there.
thank you Reza (Let'sTalk) 21:10, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
please come and discuss your idea about this stupid thing... Talk:Princess of China#Alternative_Hip_Hop.3F
thank you Reza (Let'sTalk) 01:59, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi; hope you're not too busy. I've run into a wee bit of a problem at the
"One Tree Hill" FAC. A spotcheck is underway, and there have been some unusual problems. It seems that FN 4a-d, 6a-c, and 9 (all McCormick) are turning up different page numbers in the spotcheck than are present in my book. Can you check your copy to verify that the page numbers are correct? There is also a concern about the use of McCormick in the first two paragraphs of "Inspiration" as it is considered a primary source. Per my reading of
WP:PRIMARY I think the usage in paragraph 2 is okay (though readings by other people may differ) as it is used only for a few quotes. Paragraph 1 in that section seems to be a bigger issue, as there is a definite over-reliance on primary sources.
I hate to ask this, but I only came home yesterday and didn't bring my books (they add far too much weight to my luggage for international travel), and I won't have access to them again until 3 January at the earliest. Would you be able to check the sources you have to see if there is anything that can replace McCormick in paragraph 1? There may be a bit too much detail in there to begin with, so if you think it needs a drastic pruning please don't hesitate. If you can't find anything or are unable to help out (understandable given the time of year), please let me know and I'll try to find another workaround to fix this problem. Cheers, Melicans ( talk, contributions) 04:47, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
I won't be on much between now and the beginning of the New Year, so I'll wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year now (before I forget). Here's to a productive year on Wikipedia, and an even more productive one to come! May you be filled with Achtung spirit, and may the sky not fall down! Happy Holidays! Melicans ( talk, contributions) 22:38, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi there. I was just wondering why you reverted the "confessional singer-songwriter" expression from the 21 article. You said it was un-encyclopedic. Why is this? A confessional singer-songwriter is a very standard (and encyclopedic) musical expression; Adele, who performs in same vein as the traditional singer-songwriter, released what is a known as a deeply confessional album about her tumultuous break-up. This article mentions Adele when discussing the "dormant tradition" of the confessional singer-songwriter. I did not think it needed much defending when I was writing the article. My main issue is incorporating the sources, but it's something that I'm currently working on. Orane (talk) 22:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hi there, thanks for you contributions RE Snow Patrol. I have been to 2 shows and 1 radio acoustic session in the last 3 months where Johnny McDaid was introduced as a "band member". I heard it with my own ears and he was definitely there. There are numerous examples of this on the internet - <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAichZXXm4|title=Snow Patrol play Studio Brussel|date=19 December 2011|publisher=youtube|accessdate=20 December 2011}}</ref> where Gary Lightbody openly refers to McDaid as a band member. I was at a TV show here in New York recently where Johnny and Gary performed a song they had written together. They were introduced as "Snow Patrol".
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Hello, I would appreciate it if you would stop changing My Best Friends Girl's genre. I had a source for it, It's obvious there's a significant amount of rockabilly in the song, thanks.
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Hi. I noticed you have a concern about quote box layout in W. E. B. Du Bois ... I posted a question at Talk:W._E._B._Du_Bois#quote_box. The article was just promoted to FA status last month, and is scheduled to appear on the WP main page next week, on 23 Feb. My preferences it to have the article in top-notch form for that day. During the GA promotion, peer review, and FA promotion, none of the editors had an issue with the quote box layout. I presume your concern is mostly a matter of taste? Or is there some WP guideline that I'm not aware of that mandates a certain tint for quote boxes? The MOS suggests that, when it is simply a matter of taste, the choice should default to the original style used by the initial authors of the article. Thanks for your help. -- Noleander ( talk) 17:42, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
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There is a straw poll taking place here, and your input would be appreciated. — GabeMc ( talk) 02:42, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi - sorry about the incorrect reversion on Foster The People - I undid your (perfectly correct) cleanup in error. Didn't mean to - and you had already reverted it by the time I noticed. Apologies again. Bonusballs ( talk) 13:52, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
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Regarding our previous edits, I started a post at the article's talk page and asked a couple of editors to comment there. Dan56 ( talk) 03:41, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. I have noticed that some of your recent genre changes, such as the one you made to Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, have conflicted with our neutral point of view and verifiability policies. While we invite all users to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, we urge all editors to provide reliable sources for edits made. When others disagree, we recommend you to seek consensus for certain edits. Thank you. Radiopathy •talk• 22:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
It surprised me the first time that page was moved, but per WP:Capitals#Composition titles it should be "Someone like You". "Like" is a preposition in that usage, and 4 character prepositions aren't capitalised.— Kww( talk) 17:08, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you sure Vampire Weekend never opened for U2? 79.97.153.17 ( talk) 17:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you blind or just an idiot, because there is no composition section on this page, so you adding "Country" back on after saying genres need to be sourced is making you a hypocrite, because it isn't sourced. NYSM talk page 20:22, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the copyediting on the TASM article. I admit I can overdo it with how I word it on Wikipedia. That's what I get when I am one of the only major contributors on the article. As long as good sources aren't removed I will feel fine though. ;) Jhenderson 777 14:28, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, you can now link Brad to Not On Our Watch Project's recently-created Wiki page. Leilapaz ( talk) 16:15, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
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