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August 2010

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Your advice followed

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Category:All pages needing cleanup Rich Farmbrough, 21:42, 23 August 2010 (UTC).Reply

Unblocked

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Sorry for the delay in unblocking you. I've removed the sockpuppet template from your userpage, and restored it to its original state. Hersfold (t/a/c) 18:28, 9 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

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toolserver

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http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/pcount/index.php?name=Myles325a&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia

Talkback

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Hello, Myles325a. You have new messages at Bongomatic's talk page.
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Hold on there

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The insulting message you left on User talk:78.38.28.3 is noted. You risk being blocked from editing if you continue with such behaviour. You could apologise on his talk page, or remove your comments. Moriori (talk) 21:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your further edits to that page are noted. I have left a message about your behaviour at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Can someone take a look please?. Moriori (talk) 22:26, 8 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Wit

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I thought you might appreciate this. I like to watch this page. Malleus has a finely tuned bullshit meter. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 03:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

And that page brought me to this one! I wish I could pull off what you did! Outstanding!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:27, 16 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

What did you do ? I am impressed already,( doesn't mean much as I am pretty dim) that's why I came here. 188.220.186.57 (talk) 17:22, 10 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

You know, time has passed and I really don't know what I did that was so outstanding. Good thing is I'm doing such things all the time. I'll wait for my future biographers to clarify the matter. Myles325a (talk) 01:08, 12 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

March 2011

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

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removal from RD/S

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I have removed something you posted to the Science refdesk, because I felt that it was unproductive. If you wish to discuss this, please use the relevant Talk page where I've started a section for it. -- Scray (talk) 03:17, 15 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

I removed this too from the same section:
"How jolly nice for you. Now if you can just clear up some of those shameful slums, you'll be all set to join the 20th Century. (P.S. Printing in full caps is regarded as a style best suited for the uneducated and uncouth. Then again, perhaps you better keep on using it.) Myles325a (talk) 09:53, 12 March 2011 (UTC)"Reply
Per WT:RD. Please do not bite our Reference Desk visitors. Thank you, WikiDao 12:37, 15 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Inappropriate discussions at the ref desks

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Please don't keep reposting closed discussions at the reference desks. Wikipedia is not the appropriate place for us to wildly speculate about the living conditions of your fantasy world. It has nothing to do with being "scientific" or not; no one used that rationale in objecting to your discussion. The reference desks are just not the appropriate venue for such discussions. They exist so people can ask questions which others can answer using references, usually from Wikipedia articles. What you basically did was post a giant wall of text describing your "82% Better Earth", and then asked for an open discussion regarding it. That simply isn't appropriate. --Jayron32 05:13, 21 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Concur with what others have said about this Nil Einne (talk) 06:52, 21 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Appreciate

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Sweet man. I appreciate your postings at the reference desk. Mac Davis (talk) 01:39, 22 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Myles! You naughty boy. Engaging in conversation. What next? I love the navel thing, and the 4 sexes, and the big floating thing - but I reckon those alone add up to way over 82%. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 05:31, 22 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

While it may have technically been a refdesk violation, that was very interesting to read. I hope you publish a novel or something set in that world someday. Qrsdogg (talk) 19:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

There is a fairly extensive current discussion about chit chat on Wikipedia here, if you're interested. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 09:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Secret in their Eyes

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Thanks for your interest in the article. What question did you have that was unanswered by the article? --Ring Cinema (talk) 21:42, 5 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Please see Talk:Titanic (1997 film) to understand the challenging discussion that may lie ahead. Erik (talk | contribs) 11:04, 6 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Erik can't handle anything challenging, which is kind of sad. --Ring Cinema (talk) 15:32, 7 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Oh, burn! :) Come on, you know that talk page is a monster. Myles, I recommend not worrying about the plot summary for this film. People will generally be able to see the film itself, and I think it is a better payoff to research for secondary sources and to contribute details about the film. Erik (talk | contribs) 19:24, 7 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Erik, so funny to watch your fears play out! Why are you so threatened by me again...? I think I know but it would be good therapy for you to put it in words. --Ring Cinema (talk) 20:06, 8 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
If you really want my feedback about you as an editor, contact me on my talk page. I'd be happy to share my thoughts. Let's leave Myles alone. Erik (talk | contribs) 15:05, 9 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Myles, go ahead and discuss the plot summary for the film with Ring Cinema. He responded to your concerns on the article's talk page. I would also recommend asking DagosNavy (talk · contribs) for his thoughts since he has worked with Ring Cinema on the plot summary. Good luck! Erik (talk | contribs) 18:15, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

FYI, I said to "leave Myles alone" because Ring Cinema was taking our discussion a different direction than one about the film article's plot summary. I didn't want to have an unrelated discussion on your talk page. If you need third opinions for the discussion about the plot summary, contact DagosNavy or ask for feedback at WT:FILM. Erik (talk | contribs) 18:35, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Better late than never..

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I've just added a reply to a comment you posted at Talk:The Black Cloud a couple of years ago, just in case you haven't found the answer in the meantime (and are still interested..) AndrewWTaylor (talk) 13:45, 15 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

talk:Tango|talk]]) 13:07, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Rhetoric

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Hey bro'. It's good to see you still active. I was wondering whether you've got any idea how we can improve the ethos here - improve the quality of rhetoric and make the place more amenable to scholars and experts. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 15:08, 10 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Please Don't Insult Accurate Answers

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I'm not trying to be the reference desk police, but your response in "Transmission of light through transparent medium" is unwarranted and out of line. If the answer you were criticizing was incorrect, or if you were less snarky about it, it wouldn't be a big deal; but the answer is correct, moreover, everything in it is legitimately phrased. You may want to take a look at our articles Quasiparticle and Polariton.Phoenixia1177 (talk) 04:21, 25 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia talk:Reference desk#Removed response to difficult to understand question

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See Wikipedia talk:Reference desk#Removed response to difficult to understand question. Nil Einne (talk) 05:50, 18 September 2013 (UTC)Reply

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