MitchellMatchbox

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Stuartyeates (talk) 23:40, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi Stuartyeates, I'm quite frankly shocked to see you open a sockpuppet investigation on me. I have no affiliation whatsoever to any of those accounts as I have stated before. I feel as though this a just an attack on my account for having a different opinion when editing the University of Canterbury page. MitchellMatchbox (talk) 00:28, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

User:MitchellMatchbox If the sockpuppet investigation finds there are no issues, then I'll have egg on my face, won't I? I'm happy to unfollow the article for 24 months if no sockpuppets are found, but there's a history of misbehaviour on the article. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:30, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks will do. Just didn't know what to write as it was a small edit. MitchellMatchbox (talk) 03:34, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

No worries! Just makes it easier to spot vandalism, because often when people make edits in bad faith they don't put an edit summary. Nauseous Man (talk) 21:40, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

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Kia ora MitchellMatchbox, Wikipedia uses sentence case for headings as per WP:SECTIONHEAD. Could you please go back to University of Waikato and drop caps in those headings as needed? Schwede66 06:38, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Can do! MitchellMatchbox (talk) 07:01, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi MitchellMatchbox. Thank you for your work on Puaka–James Hight Building. Another editor, Chocmilk03, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thanks for creating this page, it's great work (I'm surprised the library didn't have a page already!). Just a reminder to be careful about following the words of sources too closely, as this can lead to copyright issues.

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Chocmilk03}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Chocmilk03 (talk) 04:04, 10 May 2024 (UTC)