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You been around for awhile, technically longer than I have. Hope you stay longer this time! Paine Ellsworth, ed. ^put'r there 21:43, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Paine Ellsworth Thanks for the welcome! Welcome back i guess :P. It honestly feels good to be welcomed, I tend to get disillusioned and feel unwelcome on wiki becasue of people here always dismissing any correction or suggestion i make as "Ukrainian nationalism" and insinuating that as a Ukrainian i have no right to talk about my language, country, history or whatever else on here. Blindlynx (talk) 18:29, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Reg Hartt

You asked my opinion about the article Reg Hartt. It's horribly written and needs a rewrite. Some of the references are to newspapers, which seems good, but I haven't checked the actual reference text to see what they say about him. RJFJR (talk) 13:18, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I'd like to thank you, as a Circassian, for acknowledgeing the real side of events in the discussion. ~𝓐𝓭𝓲𝓰𝓪𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽~ ^{(Псалъэ)} 14:56, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BELARUSIANNAMES

Hi, I have started a thread you might be interested in at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(Cyrillic)#Belarusian_geographical_place_names,_Part_2. 162.208.168.92 (talk) 18:50, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Follow up

In response to your earlier inquiry, I just did a few searches and just looking at the early 100s archives I found the following:

Scanning through search results there are many more, something like n 1 total discussions where n is some biggish number, so I hope you like reading. If you really want I can look into it some more but it would be rather time consuming, and tbh I found much of it to be tedious. As I've said before my own opinion is that readers largely will neither notice nor care if there's some style variation within an article, and if someone adds a well-researched paragraph it shouldn't matter what style it's written in, but obviously that view doesn't have consensus. It's impossible to enforce anyway; 80% of articles have few watchers and most casual contributors don't know anything about our MOS and are just going to contribute in whatever variety their browsers spell-checker happens to be set to. Regards, 31.41.45.190 (talk) 23:02, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

thanks! after reading some of this I agree that it's probably going to go unnoticed, but probably not worth trying to change—blindlynx (talk) 18:15, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rudolf Steiner

Please identify the issues you see around POV in this article so they can be addressed. (The tag alone is of limited help.) Thanks! Clean Copy^talk 09:49, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

serious objection to your question, directed to me on arcticle talk page

blindlynx: I have a serious objection to the question you just posted on "Talk:Robert's_Rules_of_Order". You ask: "Do you genuinely not understand how editions of a book work?"

a) I cannot tell if your question is meant to be rhetorical or if you meant to prompt an answer.
b) I cannot tell if the question is meant as sarcasm or meant to be understood as straight.
c) If it is rhetorical, I have no idea what rhetorical point the question is trying to make.
d) If you are hoping for an answer, I have no idea how I could possibly answer. You have not said what point about "how editions work" you think I am missing, so I cannot realize my mistake and answer by acknowledging that I had missed that thing. You have not said what in my statement makes you think I am missing something, I actually have no idea. You have not indicated how my apparent understanding of "how editions work" differs from yours, so I cannot possibly point out to you what I might think you are missing.

Your question seems to be along the lines of: this is so obvious how could we possibly descend so far as to explain it to you. Well, it really, honestly, not sarcastically, is not obvious to me. Please, please, explain. Natefin (talk) 07:33, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for being grating. It was a rhetorical statement along the line of—as you put it—this is so obvious how could we possibly descend so far as to explain it to you. Your line of reasoning in our discussion seemed premised on a different understanding of literary editions than in typically used. Normally editions are seen as iterations of the same book while your reasoning seemed to present them as different books in a series. Books are typically discussed without regard for edition unless there is some specific reason to mention and edition or compare editions—blindlynx 15:49, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I understand better now, but still not completely. Whether "Robert's Rules of Order" and "Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised" are the same book, different books in a series, or just different books, depends on how we are defining our words. Ditto for RRO and "Robert's Rules of Order the Modern Edition". And how do "... Newly Revised" and "... the Modern Edition" relate to one another?. This is not to get into a debate on the article, just to clarify what we mean by our words. I could accept almost any answer, but I really do not know which is your answer and which you think is my answer. Natefin (talk) 16:35, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Correct me if i'm wrong: you seem to see them as different books in a series, where as my understanding is that they are iterations of the same book—blindlynx 16:42, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I see them as different books in that one can be "official" while another is not. Whether there is a generally "official" book, or can each association decide which book is official for them, seems to be in dispute. Natefin (talk) 17:11, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit conflicts

Against edit conflicts, I use Firefox. Why? By pushing the "back" arrow I go back to my edit, I select and copy it, quit the page, then I can reinsert it into the talk page through pasting it. tgeorgescu (talk) 00:46, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! good to know—blindlynx 00:48, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Updating the title of Iroquois to Haudenosaunee

Hello Blindlynx! I saw that you supported updating the title of this article to Haudenosaunee in a move request last year, and I'm happy to say, we've made the request once again! This time however, those in support for change are currently in the lead.

With that said, the vote closes on Sunday, Nov 27, so there's still time for this to change. i.e. every vote of support matters.

Here's a link to the move request if you'd like to support updating title again: Talk:Iroquois#Requested move 20 November 2022

Thank you! OddlyOaktree (talk) 19:14, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@OddlyOaktree: while i saw this after i supported your move it's inappropriate to notify just people who you think will support you of discussions, see: WP:CANVASS—blindlynx 19:44, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Admittedly, I am still learning the ropes here, so I appreciate you sharing that link, as well as the welcome message on my talk page! I'll give it a read. Thank you! OddlyOaktree (talk) 20:03, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I get it i started editing because of similar things and the sheer number or rules convention and what-have-you is overwhelming at first...not to mention all teh bloody acronyms and abreviations. I'm sure you'll figure it all out in no time though—blindlynx 20:43, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Report on edit warring page

I have reported you for edit warring.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring&action=submit Wuerzele (talk) 16:42, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Blindlynx is not edit warring, he only edited Anthroposophy page on november 14 and november 22, thats only 1 edit on both days, how ever it appears that you are edit warring at Anthroposophy. Chip3004 (talk) 18:06, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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thank you ...

... for a constructive comment in the Laurence Olivier RfC, to which I referred in my arbcand questions. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:45, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you for the lovely picture! Unfortunately where i live i have to kill eponymous but ive always thought they are beautiful. It's funny, during early experiences seriously editing i nearly gave up because of some decidedly unpleasant behaviour after i stumbled into the infobox wars. Hopefully all that is behind us—blindlynx 16:08, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! The European variety seems less aggressive. - Did you see the other pics (click on songs)? Did you see the promising answers of the candidates? We don't have wars anymore, but I really want peace, not just the absence of war. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:22, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah and native ones too but they're hard to find for a bunch of reasons. I did! i can't wait to be out that way again and see some of those places in person, i haven't had a chance to listen to the songs yet. I've made my mind up over a few of them, i trust you have as well? It hurts that peace feels like a pipe dream right now given everything—blindlynx 16:51, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

April 2023

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Which edits are you concerned about? —blindlynx 18:53, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In your most recent edits you have removed a lot of sourced content from Afro-Asians without explanation on either the talk page or edit summaries. It would be helpful if you explained why; as it is the risk that you get reverted is, I would imagine, quite high. Dorsetonian (talk) 18:58, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see you have now provided explanation - thank you :-) Dorsetonian (talk) 18:59, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, i mistakenly thought the discussion on the fringe notice board was linked to on the talk page already —blindlynx 19:10, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding and clarifying! Dorsetonian (talk) 19:20, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ukraine

Hi

I don't know if there are a way to discuss the three RM on a single talk page. Panam2014 (talk) 14:45, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

hey! This explains it WP:RMPM if you're curious—blindlynx 15:23, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DNR/LNR is a WP:COMMONNAME so I think it is better to have separate RM. And for Kherson/Zaporizhia? Panam2014 (talk) 13:16, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fair. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia only have occupation pages no?—blindlynx 13:24, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. But the areas have been annexed. We need a RfC about the five regions, no? Panam2014 (talk) 13:29, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is Kherson and Zaporizhzhia never had ostensibly civilian administrations that are notable in their own right—blindlynx 13:42, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Those of Crimea and DNR/LNR are not really civilian. Panam2014 (talk) 13:54, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

i know, but they are distinct enough—blindlynx 13:55, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In what? Panam2014 (talk) 14:03, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

in the sense that they are notable as entities and the occupation is notable —blindlynx 15:19, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome and Discussion!

Thank you very much for the welcome on my talkpage and for the lively and respectful discussion on pages regarding sensitive topics! I greatly appreciate all of your help!

AevumNova (talk) 22:29, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you as well for engaging respectfully, discussions about this particular topic area gets uncomfortable in a hurry unfortunately and this is been a pleasant change. Sorry to keep linking policies but there're a tonne of them and it takes forever to get your bearings with them. I look forward to working together on here. (btw one of the babel templates on your user page is a redlink)—blindlynx 22:37, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed! And yes, unfortunately Kiowa is not currently supported. But I left a message on the talk page for the Babel templates and they are aware of it now :) AevumNova (talk) 22:45, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

amazing!—blindlynx 22:52, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Panchlora Nivea

Many thanks for your help with this move - as it is a species name, please would you decapitalise the second word to Panchlora nivea. Roy Bateman (talk) 19:47, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

you're going to have to get a WP:G6 for that—blindlynx 20:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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"Requested move"

I see that you recently moved a page to Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver, claiming it was TO a "Perform requested move, see talk page". However, there was no move request on the talk page, the last move request there was from 10 years ago and was turned down, the last edit of any kind on the talk page was from a year-and-a-half before the page got the name you moved it from. As such, you may at least want to add a comment to the page noting the reasons for the move... which admittedly was WP:POINTy (and yet, not wrong.. well, except in capitalization.) -- Nat Gertler (talk) 16:39, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@NatGertler sorry, I was reverting an undiscused move—blindlynx 16:44, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@NatGertler i've added a section to that talk page, thanks for mentioning it, i misunderstood the premade move reason—blindlynx 18:20, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking care of that. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 18:28, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No blank space before ref tags

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Thanks, i didn't touch the ref and have no idea what happened there—blindlynx 01:30, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are you using Visual Editor or something? The diff shows it changing during your edit, one way or another, however that happened. But no worries, you fixed it; thanks very much for that; it's all good now. Mathglot (talk) 10:30, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't really matter, thanks for letting me know!16:13, 30 January 2024 (UTC) —blindlynx 16:13, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Derussification in Kyiv image

Hi, how's it going? I hope you're alright. Yesterday I uploaded an image of this sign in Kyiv: File:Ukranian correction in Kyiv.jpg. From what I understand, it's a correction from Russian to Ukranian spelling.

I thought about including it in the Derussification in Ukraine article, but I don't speak Russian (or Ukranian) and I was hoping to ask you for more context before. What do you think? Many thanks in advance! NoonIcarus (talk) 15:56, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NoonIcarus hello! It's a correction from Russian to Ukrainian of 'don't be a punk'... it's kinda slangly.

I think it's worth including because it's a good picture, what it actually says doesn't really matter—blindlynx 17:29, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Blindlynx: Glad to hear that! It caught my eye, but I honestly wasn't sure if it could be included in an article. I added the image with the caption "Correction of a graffiti in Kyiv from Russian to Ukrainian spelling", as well as in the Ukranian version. Feel free to correct it if you think the wording should be changed. Best wishes, --NoonIcarus (talk) 23:17, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me—blindlynx —blindlynx 23:20, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting some article expansion help

Greetings @Blindlynx

Hi, I am User:Bookku, On Wikipedia I engage in, finding information and knowledge gap areas in Wikipedia and promoting expansion of related drafts and articles. Recently you seem to have updated article Religious clothing. (this info was ascertained from draft related changes from menu bar)

Requesting your visit to Tashabbuh (still a draft in my userspace) and help expand and copy-edit the topic areas, once in while, if you find topic interesting.

Wish you very happy Wikipedia editing. Thanks and warm regards Bookku (talk) 11:29, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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