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A year ago ...

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... you were recipient no. 1377 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

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Two years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:11, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

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...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:22, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

No more of the "Avana be alone/ In my own Avana Valley / Avana eat my Wonka Bar / And paint all day, like Dali"

I'm sure you know that's inappropriate. WP:Edit summaries are meant to be "a brief explanation of an edit to a Misplaced Pages page." Thanks. Doug Weller talk 12:13, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Oh I am most sure I do know, but “inappropriate” is in the eyes of the beholder—and I take pains to make sure my edits are sound, not of a frivolous or arbitrary nature, and will stand the test of time (though time on Misplaced Pages is not a static thing).

I don’t believe I am defacing the encyclopedia’s content in any way—one does have to be a Misplaced Pages “insider” even to know that there are edit histories, edit summaries, and a customary protocol which is subject to a learning curve in itself—but if you do have a problem with a specific doggerel summary I’ve occasionally made, all of which do indeed allude to and reflect upon the actual edits I make, whenever possible—by all means take it to a broader Misplaced Pages discipline venue where it can be discussed and seen by many more eyes, and I can be appropriately disciplined or banned from this community altogether if necessary. I’m quite certain there are people who would prefer I be silenced. Story of my life. Thank you for your concern. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 12:39, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

I've no idea who they are. Clearly your edit summaries don't deface the content as they don't touch the content, so I'm not clear why you even mention content. And of course I wouldn't use my tools here. I also don't know why you're thanking me, but whatever. Doug Weller talk 17:55, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

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