User talk:Elliptical Reasoning
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Happy editing! Peaceray (talk) 19:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
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| Appreciate you jumping on the vandalism on my talk page right away. It was there and gone before I got the notification on my phone! Panini! • 🥪 22:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC) |
- I see you also have gotten around to doing some more editing after a hiatus; welcome back! Panini! • 🥪 22:57, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:09, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Hello Elliptical Reasoning, thank you very much for defending Wikipedia against problematic edits. In the case of the article about David Slater, please have a look at WP:BLPRESTORE and WP:ONUS, both of which require those favoring inclusion to find a consensus (on the article's talk page, preferably) before restoring the material. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:11, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
- Hey ToBeFree, thanks for calling my attention to this. I'll drop a topic on the talk page, though of course I won't be able to repair the vandalism myself, being non-extended. Elliptical Reasoning (talk) 20:28, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. The page is only semi-protected, you can edit it. :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:13, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
- ...and I become yet another statistic about wikipedians' ability to read banners... Elliptical Reasoning (talk) 21:18, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. The page is only semi-protected, you can edit it. :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:13, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
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| Thank you very much! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 07:57, 11 June 2025 (UTC) |