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I agree with your recent edit that removed the Michael Guest radio interview. It's minutiae. Akld guy (talk) 06:34, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for the praise (um, I suppose "90% positive and helpful" counts as praise). Like you, I have no hard feelings about anything that happened. It's simply that I thought my involvement was too great and may have looked to outsiders as a heavy handed approach. Unfortunately I was put in that position by MM who called on me many times by username for approval about material and citing. I really had no choice but to answer when specifically addressed, but it looked like I was dominating the entire scene. OTOH, I didn't mind, and even enjoyed, bringing him up to speed on citing and indenting. I continue to keep a close eye on the DB pages, and will certainly comment if I see the need, but I do think input from a few other editors may be necessary for balance, so have reduced my participation to allow them to take part. There are also other pages that I was simultaneously working on (and still am busy on). Best regards, and here's to courteous editing by us all!!! Akld guy (talk) 07:52, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Turtletop, just some friendly advice. You removed a statement in the article about what Michael Guest said, citing that he was an "unreliable source". That is not what that term means on Wikipedia. It is not about whether the person who made the statement (in this case Guest) is considered reliable, it is about whether the information is reported by a reliable source, in this case Radio NZ. Please read WP:RS for more information. Thanks Melcous (talk) 23:58, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

@Melcous. I understand your point. But that doesn't mean that inaccurate or irrelvant information should be included just because it was reported by a reliable source. Turtletop (talk) 17:54, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

This is Akld guy. I am out for the day and on smartphone. Cannot easily reply till this evening. Akld guy (talk) 01:48, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Turtletop, in reference to your comments on my talk page, I have not had any private conversations with any other wikipedia editors about anything, including you. You should assume good faith from other editors. If you read the whole section on the talk page, Akld guy's comment "See what I mean" was fairly obviously in response to his earlier comment that changing that section would re-open the debate about including details about Laniet, which you then immediately suggested doing. Also, you should not remove or edit other people's comments on talk pages. If it something is particularly offensive, administrators can hide it, but this comment hardly qualifies as that. Cheers, Melcous (talk) 10:35, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Editing others talk page comments

Please do not do this again. I know Mr Maggoo is a bit WP:tendentious, but removing or refactoring others talk page comments is a definite no-no, unless they meet some strict criteria. AIRcorn (talk) 22:29, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

If they go off topic it is best to simple hide the comments using {{collapse top}} and {{collapse bottom}} templates. If they revert those templates do not re-add them though. AIRcorn (talk) 22:33, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

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You are the subject of an ANI investigation at here. Akld guy (talk) 22:02, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

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