TomElliott113

July 2021--adding content published by a source with which you may be connected, or may have written

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 13:11, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

July 2021

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Content added to "Criticism of IKEA" article

Hi, I have taken your contributions from the Talk:IKEA page, revised them and added them to https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Criticism_of_IKEA#Wood_sourcing_practices. I hope that makes sense. Sparklex (talk) 13:22, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Sparklex - I'm very grateful TomElliott113 (talk) 11:16, 26 July 2022 (UTC)