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Is this a bot?TheDarkMaster2 (talk) 15:44, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's a user who was being friendly by adding a welcoming template to your user talk page. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:07, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

March 2020

Information icon Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like you to assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not do on Talk:Spanish flu#Spanish flu is an accurate and appropriate name for the disease. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Hi, first of all, the welcome was not a bot, it was me. I make an effort to welcome new users. Second, I do not think your edit at Talk:Spanish flu#Spanish flu is an accurate and appropriate name for the disease assumed good faith. I am at least familiar with the pandemic through The Great Influenza. I always thought the Spanish Flu was a misnomer since it is likely to have originated in America, & I have held this belief for about a decade. So contemporary politics does not enter into it, at least not for me. Peaceray (talk) 00:14, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I ask again will you request the Spanish Painted Frog have it's name changed? Also Spanish Flu is just one of many examples of iseases named after locationsTheDarkMaster2 (talk) 11:52, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Are you here to build an encyclopedia or to "make a point"? EvergreenFir (talk) 18:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Your statement that "You must be very naive to think there are not political motivations for this sudden change." fails to assume good faith, by essentially accusing the editors advocating for a name change of a lack of a neutral point of view & implying chronocentrism. I have provided my own decade-old perspective above. I will also note that until less than two years ago, the article was moved to the present title from the title of 1918 flu pandemic as a result of this 2018 discussion. Therefore to cast aspersions upon a naming discussion as having "politically motivations" when there has been a long standing and meritorious debate is unacceptable behavior towards other editors. Yes, there may be some who have non-neutral political motivations, but please refrain from lumping the conscientious editors with the bad. Peaceray (talk) 19:12, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I still need a counter argument to the Spanish Painted Frog argument I positedTheDarkMaster2 (talk) 19:39, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]