User talk:Rustyfence

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 Joe  I 03:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of tips

Hello there, here's a few tips for editing. With headings (and article titles, and words in general), we don't normally use capitals unless there is some special reason to. We also only use boldface for the article's subject (though there are exceptions). Richard001 (talk) 10:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A reminder, regarding mutualism, that we don't use capitals in section headings unless needed. Richard001 (talk) 05:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your userpage

Not sure if you knew this, but it isn't necessary to write about yourself in the 3rd person on your userpage. Unless you like it that way! Anyhow, I replied to your query about video game userboxen. xenocidic (talk) 04:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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~RayLast ^«Talk!» 13:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gamepad article

Are you done with your revisions? Your last edit was seven days ago so I'm going to pull the revamp tag off unless you're still using it. Lemme know, thank you. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 18:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Xbox Live userbox

I tried to fix your Xbox Live userbox, But your gamertag seems to be entered wrong. If you want to let me know the proper typing of it, I can try again. xenocidic (talk) 17:26, 20 April 2008 (UTC) That's very odd. I could've sworn that's exactly my Xbox gamertag... I'll check back about that... Rustyfence (talk) 17:53, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2013 Global surveillance disclosure

Hi, I've reversed your changes to the section headers because they imply that the first disclosures were in 2013. The article tells about other disclosures that began in 1972. Thanks for bringing up the scope of the article for discussion; I've replied to your proposal. —rybec 11:45, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Proposed deletion of Virus Locker

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Non-notable software stub (WP:NSOFT).

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Speedy deletion nomination of Government Blockchain Association

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A tag has been placed on Government Blockchain Association, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

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A bit of housekeeping...

Firstly, your article wasn't deleted, it got moved to Draft:Government Blockchain Association. Thanks for your edit summary on its creation - "NOTE: I am associated with the government blockchain association". The following notices are relevant to your situation, the first links to the proper form for disclosing your conflict of interest and the second outlines additional house-rules concerning blockchain articles :-

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Happy editing, Cabayi (talk) 12:39, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Government Blockchain Association

Hello, Rustyfence. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Government Blockchain Association".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. CptViraj (📧) 08:47, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]