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Anyway, I just thought you might like to know that you don't need to use piped syntax, like [[duck|ducks]], to create a plural link to a singular article in most cases. You can just append the "s" like [[duck]]s. See: ducks. - RedWordSmith 03:25, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)

DUDE!

Thank you so much for your wonderful adds to Freedman's Bureau! That article has been sadly lacking for too long. Bravo. Seriously. :) jengod 01:25, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio/plagiarism

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Pesticide

Made some changes to the page as you requested. -Shoefly

MAC cannon

Thanks for the cleanup and title correction on MAC cannon. FYI, next time you need to rename an article use the Move tab near the top of the screen between History and Watch. This will accomplish pretty much the same thing you did; it renames the article and creates a redirect at the old name. But the most important aspect is that it also preserves the history of the article and moves the talk pages so they're not lost. - NormanEinstein 02:12, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Well, thank you! I don't think anyone's ever left me a message just to tell me I'm awesome. :-) Incidentally, my favorite weird Latin phrase is "semper ubi sub ubi", which was the motto of my district's quiz bowl team in HS. (Yes, I took the test, but I got a lame one.) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:12, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for editing my English! in the article about Felix Varela SilentVoice 17:39, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)

My mistake

Actually the link is on a vivid conspiracy website, but the actual article is quite good. I should have checked it after I sorted the links. --Cberlet 03:07, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Scalawags

Message for Bonus Onus: Edit Scalawag paper online biotch also change the title to "The Scalawags" thanks a lot, thought i'd give you something to do

Jackson image

Usually, the images are supposed to alternate left and right in an article. Doesn't work for all of them, I suppose. Change it back if you like. :) ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 23:58, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

Pesticide Article

Point taken - although I have fixed the external link. --Spe88 July 5, 2005 20:38 (UTC)

Who are you?

What high school do you go to that you know of Omar Beckins? Are you even still in high school? I won't tell anyone, I promise. I am a moron because I don't believe that Omar is real. It turns out, I know that you still teach at White Plains High School but I want to pretend that you don't to defame you and the honorable Omar Q Beckins. J. Finkelstein 04:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

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Omar Q. Beckins

You have recently created the article Omar Q Beckins. This was deleted in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policies. Please do not recreate the article: if you disagree with the article's deletion, you may ask for a review at Wikipedia:Deletion review. -- Rhobite 23:29, 26 March 2006 (UTC) Why should we possibly not recreate this article? Your ignorance is astounding. THis man was a nobleman who should be honored and you spit on his feet by not recognizing him as a true hero. You are the fucking antichrist and we hope you rot in hell. I have personally played in his namesake tournamnet for the past four years and I have won it twice. Rot in fucking hell bitches.

Blank map of India

Hi! You recently voted for the blank map of India saying that it is too "sparse" and visually uninteresting. I would like to know how I could address your comments. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Bonus, thanks for your feedback! I could add some cities and rivers, but the actual intention was to create a locator map for cities in India. I'll elaborate:

• Note the maps on these articles: Mount Rushmore and Glacier National Park (US)
• If you notice carefully, the file name of the locator map is the same, only the red location dot changes.
• The technology behind the locator maps is detailed here: Template talk:Infobox protected area
• This map aims to achive the same purpose.

• Now I can add cities and rivers, but it would make the locator map a little too untidy, when the resolution is scaled down. If you are familiar with SVG images, all that needs to be done is to draw the rivers on another layer and upload the file. Infact since this is an SVG map, a *lot* can be done to modify and add stuff over it. Even the states can be hidden!

I hope this is a sufficient and valid reply to your suggestions. (Secretely hoping that you could reconsider your vote :) ). Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 03:22, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Your vote on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Snail-WA

Hi Bonus Onus!
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Snail-WA seems to be getting into a bit of a bog. Could you please specify which version your vote goes for? This will help to reach a consensus on which version to promote. Thanks! --Fir0002 10:14, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Omar Q

HE IS REAL!

It's a conspiracy!

Well, I am doing some more research and writing on 9/11 conspiracy theories as "analogs" of the historic Protocols of the Elders of Zion and Freemason/Illuminati myths, (hope to have a book chapter published next year) and will rejoin the fray on the entry page soon. I'll go read it and see if I think it has improved.--Cberlet 20:39, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Biofuel#biofuel/no CO2?

Talk:Biofuel#biofuel/no CO2?. Comment added. --Tunheim 11:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Favorite shows

Heh, thanks. I fixed it. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Hi BO
I see you added the alternative names of Roshambo and Rochambeau to Rock, Paper, Scissors, I must confess I never heard of theese names before, can you perhaps tell something about how they come to use and in what area of the world they are used, this is just to satisfy my own curisosity.
Best regards and happy editing. Mads Angelbo ^{Talk / Contribs} 09:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer, with facebook, you mean the website? - Angelbo ^{Talk / Contribs} 16:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

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Template:Orphan

Is there anything else you need? If not, you should remove the tag from the talk page. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 21:16, 13 October 2007 (UTC) Ok, that's it, i will. thanks. -Bonus Onus 05:40, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject

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Summary of the 2004 United States presidential election controversy and irregularities

You still don't seem to have got a response in that talk page (the thread you posted has 3 posts over the length of a year...) and the only reply you've had at Talk:2004 United States election voting controversies is from me (fuller response there if you want to read it). I somewhat doubt that sticking "suggested merge" tags on the pair of (obviously redundant) articles since it seems unlikely that consensus would emerge if only due to inactivity. My suggest is that one of the two should be taken to WP:AFD - probably Summary of the 2004 United States presidential election controversy and irregularities since (a) it has a daft title (no article should need to start "summary of...", that's what all encyclopedia articles should be trying to be) and (b) it doesn't seem to be linked to to the same extent as the other (i.e. "2004 United States election voting controversies" seems to be the "main" article). Does that make sense to you? If you think the logic seems sound I'm happy to stick my neck out and make the nom... TheGrappler 02:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

right, the nomination's at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Summary of the 2004 United States presidential election controversy and irregularities... this isn't canvassing, just thought you ought to know since I'm only nominating it as a result of your talk page comment on the article! TheGrappler 03:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

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Unreferenced BLPs

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I wasn't aware of this policy. I would have told you you are welcome to delete it, but it looks like you already did. Bonus Onus (talk) 15:43, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

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