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One of the seven dwarfs

Heh. If you hadn't added "garner" in your initial edit I would have added it myself. It is my unfavorite. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:21, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

I suspect it may still be needed in some dopey places? We learn that "In 1912, the telephone came to Garner." I wonder did it stay? Martinevans123 (talk) 19:27, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Feel free to suggest . EEng 19:40, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

I have to admit that I'm not good with garner (small g), either. Here's another we've got an entire article for. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:52, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Do you?

I am running into a problem again at DYK and trying to get in another entry for April 1st. I know the holiday is also dear to you. See Susan Montgomery Williams. Best Regards, Barbara ✐✉ 23:47, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

RfC at Stanley Kubrick

This is a courtesy notice that there is an ongoing RfC about adding an infobox to Stanley Kubrick at Talk:Stanley Kubrick. Since you are a previous participant in such discussions, you may be interested in participating. --Laser brain (talk) 16:42, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Laser_brain, while I appreciate the invitation this isn't something I feel strongly about, so I think I'll sit this one out. EEng 16:58, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

People ask strange things

I thought that was kind of self-explanatory already! Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 19:36, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Bleary

I should have remembered that the standing order for MOS edits is "if in doubt, revert first, ask questions later". So to the extent that I doubted your good faith, I withdraw unconditionally. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 15:13, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

It was not revert first, ask questions later so much as the fact that the inserted text literally and exactly began as shown here:

Do not change the established era style in an article unless there are reasons specific to its content. Seek consensus on the talk pageApply beforesection link making the change.

EEng 15:25, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Dispute resolution

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baby buggy video

Hi, quick note. Wasn't trying to edit war with you about that video. I think the video is helpful and we aren't here to only show "safe practices" on Misplaced Pages. But the adding after you deleted was simply I thought I didn't click save right because when I reloaded the page in another tab shortly after adding the video it was gone. I thought I did something wrong, didn't notice until I saw the history that you deleted it so quickly. You seem to feel strong ownership of that page? Didn't try to step on you or anything, sorry about that. Cheers, Nesnad (talk) 05:48, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

I assure you I feel no ownership of the baby buggy page. But when other editors tell you that your self-made video doesn’t improve an article, you should listen. EEng 12:33, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

That skeleton

That skeleton image isn't some unknown long-forgotten burial, but a photo of the exhumation of the cemetery of the Catholic graveyard of the Church of St Michael the Archangel in Sanok. Sanok is somewhat politically sensitive—it lies right at the meeting point of traditionally German/Austrian, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian/Belarussian and Jewish areas—and the EEML gang are pretty much guaranteed to take offense (or at least, to feign offense) once they make the link. Given that Commons is in no danger or running out of photographs of skeletons, you might want to use one a little less sensitive unless you have a blinding urge to be scraping assorted East European nationalist editwarriors off your talkpage for the next six months. ‑ Iridescent 16:42, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Well, all the good skeleton pix – to be effective it's got to give the impression that the subject dropped dead in harness – seem to be from someone or other's sacred burying ground, so since I've been using this one for years (and so have other people – I'm an influencer, apparently) I think I'll just stay the course and take my chances. But I appreciate the heads-up. EEng 17:40, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

DYK for Derrick Morris

On 23 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Derrick Morris, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when Derrick Morris received a new heart in 1980 his chances of survival were slim, but he lived another 25 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Derrick Morris. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Derrick Morris), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 23 May 2019 (UTC)