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Pillow basalt

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Hi Dino, I've proposed that the pillow basalt article should be merged with the pillow lava article, because they are essentially about the same subject. I've opened a discussion at talk:pillow lava. Mikenorton (talk) 00:04, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've redirected the new page back to the section in basalt from which it was copied. Please read Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Content available in the basalt section can be added to the pillow lava page if needed if proper attribution is provided on the article talk or by edit summary. Thanks, Vsmith (talk) 03:21, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pillow basalt

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Yes, pillow basalt and pillow lava are tight ones. Unsure to what extent they may deserve separate articles.

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May 2014

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used in modern French. The Spanish influence in Louisiana was much more dominant in New Iberia (named after the Iberian Peninsula, commonly known as Spain and Portugal. There are no Spanish

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User:Skyring/Pete

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Hello, requesting that you have Pete in the discussion Talk:Jesus be civil because I'm starting to get irritated by the user. -- cheers -- JudeccaXIII (talk) 01:07, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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はいさい, Dino! I've noticed that you've contributed to the subject of Ryukyu. I invite you to join WikiProject Ryūkyū, AKA the Ryukyu task force, a collaborative effort to expand and deepen coverage of subjects pertaining to Ryukyuan geography, history, and culture. Here are a few links to pages to start you off:

See the main project page
Sign the participants page
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I hope you'll take interest and decide to be a part of this project. めんそーれ! ミーラー強斗武 (StG88ぬ会話) 04:02, 27 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you!

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	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for starting Tomigusuku Castle! I again welcome you to join WikiProject Ryūkyū. にふぇーでーびる！ミーラー強斗武 (StG88ぬ会話) 23:59, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thioacetone is unknown in the conventional sense

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Like most dialkyl-thiones, "thioacetone" would oligomerize irreversibly. It has never been isolated. It is only of theoretical interest. --Smokefoot (talk) 21:26, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 2014

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'''Tamagusuku Castle''' is a Ryūkyūan ''[[gusuku]]''. It is the oldest castle on Okinawa, <ref>[http://wikimapia.org/23510888/Tamagusuku-Castle-Ruins</ref>. It is now a [[ruined castle]].

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Please do not use styles that are unusual, inappropriate or difficult to understand in articles, as you did in Sashiki Castle (Nanjō). There is a Manual of Style, and edits should not deliberately go against it without special reason. Please see MOS:BODY. ミーラー強斗武 (StG88ぬ会話) 15:25, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Uegusuku Castle

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In the original form of the article you wrote, you said that the castle is located in both Tomigusuku, Okinawa and Kume Island, which are on seperate islands and can't be in both places at once. I moved your original article to Uegusuku Castle (Kume) and based it on the castle on Kume, however there is a castle on Okinawa Island as well. Do you have any sources for the Uegusuku Castle on Okinawa Island? ミーラー強斗武 (StG88ぬ会話) 22:49, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Revisionist Western for deletion

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AFD

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Hi Dino,
When commenting on AFDs please put either *''Keep''' or *''Delete''' followed by your reason, (Headers & your reason shouldn't be added),
Happy Editing :)
Thanks, –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 18:50, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merger discussion for Jingle truck

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References

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Hey Dino, I noticed that you added some references to the Bayonne Bridge and Tyne Bridge articles. However, they didn't include <ref></ref> tags (which are required for that type of reference per Help:Footnotes), so I fixed it. Just letting you know. Regards, epicgenius: unlimited epicness (talk) 21:10, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hulme Arch Bridge edits

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Colorado Wiknic rescheduled to August 7

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A new user right for New Page Patrollers

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Merge weighted catenary?

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Hi, I noticed that you created the entry for weighted catenary several months ago. Is there really a need for it considering catenary arch contains most of the same infortmation, as does catenary? Bangabandhu (talk) 03:25, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Okinawan castles

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Hi, I've noticed that you created a large number of Gusuku articles. However, they all had major issues and needed to be rewritten. The common problem is that you wrote the initial articles like tourist brochures and used blogs as sources, like Sashiki Castle. Also, a few of them shared names with other castles, and your initial articles would contain information about more than one castle, like Uegusuku Castle. In the future, please write well-researched, encyclopedic articles using reliable sources. If you need help, just ask. Thank you. ミーラー強斗武 (StG88ぬ会話) 05:30, 21 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Okinawan articles

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Can you please not:

add a comma before every period preceding a citation
write new articles like tourist guides
structure articles like tourist guides
continue to create articles that need major rewriting
fail to follow WP:MOS or WP:MOSJAPAN
fail to pay attention to detail

Like seriously, assuming you read Japanese, how do you confuse Yokatsu with Katsuren (hint: 与勝半島 does not translate to "Katsuren Peninsula") and Romanize it as "Nippon"? Remember that we are here to build an encyclopedia, and competency is required. I hope you take the mop much more seriously than writing these articles. ミーラー強斗武 (StG88ぬ会話) 03:30, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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ArbCom 2017 election voter message

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Hello, Dino. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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Sill (geology)

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Hi Dino, referring to your deletion of two citations in sill (geology) with non-working urls back last September, could I ask that in future you just delete the urls and leave the rest of the citations behind? I added those citations when I created that section of the article and they remain valid, it's good to have working urls so that others can see the content, but it is not a requirement. I have now restored the references with working urls. Thanks, Mikenorton (talk) 13:14, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]