User talk:Eightofnine/Archive 1

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Response

I still dislike the idea, the table should go by the names of the teams that competed (which itself is verifiable through the IIHF. Notice they list Russia and the Soviet Union seperately in their list of winners and not as just Russia or Soviet Union/Russia?) but its not really worth edit warring over. It's frustrating that I've been working on the World Championship page and the only time it gets any kind of input is over these silly nationalist edit wars (I have a feeling that you have never even bothered reading the article) and I get called anti-Russian or whatever just for trying to maintain it. I suppose I owe you an apology too. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 03:26, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of IIHF World Championship medalists

Eightofnine, thank you very much for your professional input in the List of IIHF World Championship medalists and Ice Hockey World Championships articles. Both articles look much better now as they show factual and correct information. Andreyx109 (talk) 15:44, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:File:Number of snake envenomings.svg

I left you a message at Commons:File talk:Number of snake envenomings.svg. The map you uploaded is a bit confusing. --Bastique ^demandez 23:42, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Russia and WMD

I believe you have me mistaken for someone else, as I did not add the dubious tag, but it would appear that the person that did add it does believe it needs to be discussed. So your removing it because you disagree it with is not a proactive approach to it. I would suggest that you speak with the person that initially added it. On the message you left on my talk page, I certainly hope I am reading it incorrectly, and your tone was not as condescending as I read it to be. Thanks, Onopearls ^(t/c) 21:36, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Snakebite on hold

I think it just needs a few references to get through, but nearly there. Sorry about the delay. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:27, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2012

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Talk:Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) with this edit, did not appear to be constructive, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Calabe 1992 20:17, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]