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  Hello. In a recent edit to the page Algeria, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author of the article used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. M.Bitton (talk) 22:49, 27 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Oh ok. Antrotherkus (Talk to me!) 23:50, 7 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Explaining your edits

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  Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that one or more recent edit(s) you made did not have an edit summary. You can use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or to provide a description of what the edit changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits, an adequate summary may be quite brief.

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Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing →   Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary, and then click the "Save" button. Thanks! — Manticore 21:03, 4 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Hi Antrotherkus! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Thank you. — Manticore 21:03, 4 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Mᴀɴᴛɪᴄᴏʀᴇ! I'll go ahead and summarize my edits from now on. Also, thanks for informing me as to what "minor edit" actually meant. Antrotherkus Talk to me! 23:24, 4 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

"Beam attack" listed at Redirects for discussion

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  The redirect Beam attack has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 March 21 § Beam attack until a consensus is reached. Utopes (talk / cont) 02:59, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

"Bingus" listed at Redirects for discussion

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  The redirect Bingus has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 March 21 § Bingus until a consensus is reached. Utopes (talk / cont) 03:17, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Please be more careful when fulfilling Edit Requests

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Hello, I noticed that you recently fulfilled edit requests made by an editor who has a long history of inaccurate and/or unreliable sourcing. Apparently you did not read all the comments on the La Rambla Building article, and you reinstated the original request with the wrong page numbers. When fulfilling these requests, you need to actually read the sources and compare them to the text that is requested to make certain that the two line up, rather than just making a change without checking. Could you please go back over the other articles by the same editor to make sure you did those correctly? And please read the talk page comments first. There has been a team of editors working to mentor the article creator for years on how to properly source content. Fulfilling an edit request that is wrong is not constructive. Please be more careful in the future and double check your work and the requester's work before implementing changes. Thank you. Courtesy ping @Graywalls Netherzone (talk) 00:02, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Also a problem with Seven Arts article - you reinstated incorrect page numbers. Netherzone (talk) 00:06, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
And wrong page numbers on the Reardon Building article. You need to read the edit requests, talk page discussions and check the text against the sources before implementing changes. Netherzone (talk) 00:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
You also completed an edit request on Los Laureles Lodge but according to the talk page discussion, there was not yet consensus for the edit to be made. Please be more careful in the future. Netherzone (talk) 01:41, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Apologies for not reading the discussions attached to edit requests before. I shall do so in the future. Thank you. Antrotherkus Talk to me! 18:14, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks in advance! Netherzone (talk) 19:05, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: Draft:FRIPON has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:FRIPON. Thanks! Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:42, 19 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: FRIPON has been accepted

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Edit to Dubidubidu

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Hello. Regarding this edit, linking to well-known countries like Spain, Japan and Chile is considered WP:OVERLINKING. Also, songs are included on albums, not "in" them. Thanks. Ss112 15:25, 24 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Okay! Antrotherkus 16:13, 24 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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"The Three Mage-Sisters" listed at Redirects for discussion

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  The redirect The Three Mage-Sisters has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 July 8 § The Three Mage-Sisters until a consensus is reached. QuicoleJR (talk) 13:39, 8 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Deletion discussion about WhyOnEarthWouldIWantToContributeToaWiki

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Hello, Antrotherkus

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username EggRoll97 and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I've asked for a discussion about the redirect WhyOnEarthWouldIWantToContributeToaWiki, created by you. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 July 26 § WhyOnEarthWouldIWantToContributeToaWiki.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|EggRoll97}}. And don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ . Thanks!

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EggRoll97 (talk) 02:51, 26 July 2024 (UTC)Reply