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• This updated source seems fine with me and apparantly, Tawker agrees. --Zsinj^Talk 05:18, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks --MrBoo (talk, contribs) 02:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I've created the real project: Wikipedia:WikiProject Lacrosse and I've added you as a member. Thanks for your interest! --MrBoo (talk, contribs) 04:16, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

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Wuth this edit you revealed a user's real life identity. We do not do that. Please do not do that, Since age matters to you, I am older than you. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 23:50, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

I accepted that before receiving your message and reverted my mistake and apologized in the Edit Summary.

That said, while I am not defending my actions, that information was readily publicly available. Anyone marginally competent at using the Internet can determine that. Vincent Ree (talk) 02:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm not a public figure. My real name may not be a big secret, but I don't use it here, so it shouldn't be used here at all. We have editors whose work here has been converted in The New York Times where their real names were used. But we still don't use their real names here.

That said, I accept your apology. And I don't disagree that there may be some faultiness to Wikipedia when it comes to preserving historic facts because they're not covered in non-wiki sources. For certain the Muppet Wiki is a wonderful source for personal learning, as the fans who edit there are a knowledgeable bunch who really communicate with the creative folks behind the related franchises (and yes, I've been one of them). But sadly it still against policy to use it as a source here. I don't want to see the Muppet articles here get slagged like some of the other pop-culture areas because they wind up using non-compliant sourcing. oknazevad (talk) 15:44, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. And I agree with you.

It's annoying that certain factual data will be lost because of a lack of "reliable source".

At some point, every documented new fact didn't have any previous reliable sources to reference. Vincent Ree (talk) 20:00, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm AgisdeSparte. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to Denise Richards: It's Complicated because they seemed 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. AgisdeSparte (talk) 01:44, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that text described a video that Denise Richards was going to make for Funny Or Die. What I added was the external link to that specific video referenced in the text. How is that wrong? 2600:100A:B100:C778:C834:BF57:1B82:5159 (talk) 05:54, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

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