User talk:Spacemountainmike

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May 2013

Hello, I'm McGeddon. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Doritos, because it seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. McGeddon (talk) 09:13, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.fonefinder.net

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July 2013

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October 2013

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labeled "supplies", which has a double meaning of the word "surprise" spoken with an Asian accent) had decided to do the same and they easily subdue the Channel 8 goons (a deleted scene explains

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Backronym

Hello, Spacemountainmike. Thank you for your contributions, including your edits at Backronym. I removed your earlier addition because it did not cite a reliable source. You later re-added the example, with two sources. Unfortunately, neither of those sources can be considered reliable. Social media sites such as Facebook are user-generated. Individual's blogs are similarly created by one individual, and then self-published. Their content has not necessarily been verified in the way that traditional media sources have been. In rare cases, social network content may be useful as a primary source, or blogs by recognized experts who have published elsewhere may be acceptable. By and large, however, these sources should be avoided. See Wikipedia:Verifiability (especially the section on "Self-published sources") and Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources for more information.

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Happy editing, Cnilep (talk) 01:38, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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s Pizza (Canadian restaurant)}} For the chain in [[Ventura County, California|Ventura County)]], see [http://www.topperspizzaplace.com/ Topper's Pizza]

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state, but because it is shallow it only holds about {{Convert|7500000|acre.ft|dam3}} 9251113 TL) of water.<ref name=Salton /> [[Tulare Lake]] in the [[San Joaquin Valley]] was larger, at

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gunaxin.com/seven-myths-seven-classic-cartoons/120259] What does alum really do if you eat it?]</ref>, for example, in the episode [Back Alley Oproar]. This same prank was done in real life by [[

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Spamming again

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Notable events in WP:DOY

Please stop adding non-notable events. They are being deleted and your edits are being reviewed. Please re-read WP:NOTABILITY before resuming editing. I don't want to have to make a report on spamming and edit warring at ANI so please stop it. Quis separabit? 17:32, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Flags of the Fifty United States

Are you replacing all fifty state flags of the United States? I was about to do a revert (AGF) but I did not. I thought, "Why GIFs for the flags?" One of the editors has reverted your edit with this edit summary: "It's not preferable to use a waving flag for obvious reasons." This is just a quick note. Thanks. —Bey WHEELZ ^Let It _RIP!✉📝^Sign 02:02, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

area code in Alaska

Please stop adding a compete list of every state with only one area code to the article on Alaska. It’s cumbersome and overly wordy and not very helpful to the reader. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:28, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

February 2018

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Area Code changes

Please stop making these changes (e.g. [1] [2]) without some discussion of whether inclusion is reasonable. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:24, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

February 2018

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You've got to be kidding. How is this "disruptive"? It's interesting trivia and useful information just like the rest of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spacemountainmike (talk • contribs)

I am not kidding. It's clearly not appropriate in the lead section of the article. Even you agree that it's "trivia". If you discuss this on the talk page, I am very certain other editors will agree it shouldn't be included. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:35, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed - one of 14 states with the characteristic - that's more than one-quarter of all of them. Not worthy for the intro. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 01:30, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit about Idaho only having one area code is wrong, anyway. Area codes 208 and 986 Stewartsoda (talk) 22:46, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Stop

Stop adding trivial information about area codes to state articles. A number of editors have reverted you, which indicates there is no consensus to add this information. Please stop your disruptive editing. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:03, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 2018

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April 2018

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