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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Thank you for signing up! Kerry (talk) 02:37, 27 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

May 2023

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  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Winkte and twice at Two-spirit, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. As I said in my edit summaries, what you are adding is WP:OR - this language is modern LGBTQI lingo that is not in the sources. This matters as Two Spirit is not a modern LGBTI identity. In particular, some anthros have mistakenly called historical 2S people "hermaphrodites" and using intersex terminology could once again confuse this issue. Stick to the sources, use accurate edit summaries, engage with other editors, and don't just revert without discussion. - CorbieVreccan 19:09, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop your disruptive editing.

If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Nádleehi, you may be blocked from editing. In this edit you altered a direct quote. Stop changing Indigenous peoples' words about themselves. I realize you're not intending to vandalize or disrupt, but that is the effect you're having. - CorbieVreccan 19:21, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi CorbieVreccan. I would politely request that you refrain from spurious accusations of vandalism. WP:BOLD edits are not vandalism, regardless of how much you disagree with them. I mistakenly left an edit summary off one of my edits, which I apologize for. However, as per WP:NOTVAN this is explicitly not vandalism. If you continue to cast aspersions on my good faith edits, I may need to start a more formal dispute resolution process. --CamAnders (talk) 22:49, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

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