Archivist Robert

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Happy editing!

From ~user:orngjce223 how am I typing? 16:29, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

August 2011

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Aircraft in fiction. Users are expected to collaborate with others and avoid editing disruptively.

In particular, the three-revert rule states that:

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Two experienced editors have reverted you and there is a discussion on the talk page. Refusing to participate in the discussion doesn't help you. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:25, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

• Another refusal to take part in any discussion? Niteshift36 (talk) 01:08, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

• The discussion should take place on the article talk page. Niteshift36 (talk) 02:31, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hello, Archivist Robert. You have new messages at WP:MCQ.
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October 2013

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• at the west end of the island. The first lighthouse on Plum Island was constructed in 1827.<ref>[http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=743 Plum Island, NY</ref> The light helped navigation

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