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10 million

Also, sorry 'bout that. Club Penguin has over 180 million users. It got 10 million in the first year, as I have a rare penguin from 2006 that's P7million something, and my member penguin was made in November 2009, and he's P106231320 (don't ask how I memorized that). Be peaceful. Be a Dalai Lama. (talk) 23:25, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Free Speech in the Inner Harbor

Dear Adavidb,

I'm sorry I couldn't complete the section on free speech in the Inner Harbor. However, if you search for something like 'free speech inner harbor' you'll see it's a gigantic issue, one of the largest in Baltimore politics, and usually referred to in these terms. The banning of the performer triggered an ACLU lawsuit, as well as actions by a number of groups. I'm a little busy because of Wikimania... but I will restore that content, with more of the story, when I get a chance to pull more sources. I wish you had asked or done a search before your reversion; to be honest, I found it sort of rude. Thanks, Groupuscule (talk) 15:06, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

No offense intended. Partial edits are best kept in a sandbox until ready for an article. —ADavidB 15:55, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Wanna organize your user page?

Wanna organize your user page? I can show you how. Tonymax469 (talk) 04:03, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

No, thanks —ADavidB 04:18, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

A Puddytat

Thanks for the work on C3 Picasso, much welcome and much appreciated. Have a puddytat! Thanks again

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Thank you

Thank you for your recent helpful edits to the new article I've created, One Hundred Years of Evil, much appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 17:41, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Merman

Hi Adavidb, I see you undid my removal of the uncited sentence about "merboys" in Merman. I don't like to disagree, but am not convinced the entry is justified, for the following reasons.

Firstly, the entry in the article's lead is, I suspect, WP:UNDUE; it certainly was when I removed it, as the topic was not discussed, nor cited, in the body of the article. I see you have found it in Wiktionary, which is perhaps better than nothing, but that does not prove it isn't a neologism (indeed, the recent date there rather suggests it is such).

Secondly, since anyone can edit Wiktionary, a link there is not proof of notability.

I'd suggest that if the term is to be kept, that it be moved from the lead to the body of the article, and supported by a citation from a reliable source. It could be argued that since it is a different term (like Mermaid) it does not in any case belong in this particular article, but that can perhaps be overlooked if it's adequately sourced.

all the best Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:29, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

My initial thought was, "Why such a concern over the word 'merboy'?" Wiktionary was an ready dictionary, and I considered the link useful, so added it per WP:SIS. On further checking, I see that "merboy" is not so formally used or justified after all; I have no remaining qualms with its removal from the Merman article. —ADavidB 10:59, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Glad that's sorted. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:19, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Touché (quartet)

You seem pretty knowledgable about Touché (quartet), what is your relationship to the group? --RadioFan (talk) 05:30, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

I have no relationship with the quartet. I've neither met them nor seen or heard them perform. The information I put in their article is from the sources identified. —ADavidB 05:40, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2012

If that's the case, the MA Senate articles going back to 2000 would need to be fixed as well, along with an arbitrary number of other similar articles (e.g. United States Senate election in Ohio). Rostz (talk) 02:35, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, other articles do need to be fixed. Changes in party vote between elections are the purpose of the template's "swing" value. —ADavidB 08:17, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

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Rudy Guliani

You reverted an edit by me on the grounds that it has not been explained. I thought it was obvious (I wrote it but maybe I wasn't clear enough) I meant that the sentence was basically a rehash AND more importantly: offtopic (that segment is literally about public reaction to 9/11 - not a blogger's opinion in 2009) Loginnigol (talk) 12:35, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Your "years later" edit summary was not clear to me by itself, and Politico is not a blog, nor were the quoted statements made by bloggers. The source article in question, quite critical of Giuliani in 2009, acknowledged that he "became known across the world simply by his first name ... a global icon known as 'America's Mayor'" in public reaction to 9/11. As explained in my subsequent edit, I agreed to leave it out after your undo and explanation, though still don't agree with your stated reasoning. —ADavidB 17:04, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Proposal at Wikipedia talk:Department of Fun/Word Association/Word before last

There is a proposal to discontinue play and mark as historical the "Word before last" word association game. As one of the contributors in the last year, please feel free to stop in and comment. Hasteur (talk) 21:23, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Freedom Riders

Good thing you checked. I usually rollback automatically but for some reason didn't do it there. — alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 16:52, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

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