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== ''The Signpost'': 12 December 2024 ==
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My ] is a cantata 300 years old, based on a hymn 200 years old when the cantata was composed, based on a psalm some thousand years old, - so said the 2015 DYK hook. I had forgotten the discussion on the talk. --] (]) 17:32, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
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Happy whatever you celebrate today, - more who died, more to come, and they made the world ]. Greetings from Madrid where I took the pic of assorted ] in 2016. --] (]) 16:31, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

== Sorry ==

Hi Roy. I'm sorry that my message made you feel yelled at or beaten up. FWIW, I wasn't annoyed at the CU results, I was annoyed by what you wrote in response to Sean. I felt dismissed, ignored, and lectured-to. But it wasn't my intent to make you feel yelled at or beaten up, and I apologize that I came across that way. ] (]) 22:08, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

:Thank you for the note. I think I'll still leave Icewhiz for others to work on. Just too much drama. ] ] 22:28, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

== Proxy blocking ==

You blocked a proxy at ] after it was used for block evasion by banned ]. The same person used ] soon afterward, quite likely another proxy. Perhaps these come from a range of proxies that can be blocked, maybe as wide as the /16.

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Well, I bit the bullet and submitted my statement for the ARBCOM election. Unfortunately though, I've had to redo all of my pages so I seem to be having trouble with the templates. Could you double-check my entry and fix anything I got wrong? If so, I'm very grateful. Thank you. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 01:08, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

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