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Apolgoies, just a bit confused as to why you removed my edit on the Royal Marine Page. I believe it to be necessary that it’s shown that they are an “elite fighting force” as stated on the website, as well as being much more physically and mentally demanding roles than most infantry. Thank you. Moistone1 (talk) 02:03, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Cessna 408

I've seen that you've reversed my edition on the Cessna 408 article, in relation that the Harbin Y-12 is not comparable with the Cessna model, because they are not aircraft of the same era. Please take a look at Harbin_Y-12#Variants, because the "F" model is a recent development. Cheers Dura-Ace (talk) 10:23, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Flag of Chattanooga, Tennessee has been accepted

Flag of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Legacypac (talk) 01:54, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Edit Reversal

It was not a test and I made an error in the edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Creeperwyd (talk • contribs) 17:16, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

That's a polite way of saying be more careful when you edit. - BilCat (talk) 18:51, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

User help

Hey, is there any wikipedia policy against the "Badge of Honor" section at user talk:Pratikus? It seems not only contrary to the purpose of the user talk pages, but rather inflammatory and rude. Garuda28 (talk) 02:28, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@Garuda28: Singling out users like that, especially for ridicule usually falls afoul of Misplaced Pages:No personal attacks and Misplaced Pages:Attack page. You could post at WP:ANI, or contact an admin that you trust to take you seriously, and be fair at the same time. If you don't know of such an admin, or if they seem to be offline, you could try User talk:Oshwah. He's generally very fair and helpful, and several other good admins watch his user page. You should get some good advice there. - BilCat (talk) 20:19, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Equipment of the Indonesian Air Force

I would like to know why you removed the firearm section of the article. I have provided several sources in the article, yet you said that it requires reliable sources. Cal1407 (talk) 08:17, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Sonar

Thank you for the edit, cleaning up my edit. My editing skills are weak. I just hope I did not run afoul of wiki etiquette. I just want to get my grandfather on Wiki. Because if I didn’t do it, I was afraid no one would’ve.

I see you’re an amazing editor. Thank you so much for being such a great contributor. beny (talk) 06:18, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

@Benyboy: You're very welcome. Misplaced Pages is a collaborative project, so we all help each other out. By the way, you need to read WP:COI, which is about how to handle a Conflict of Interest, as you're related to the person you were writing about. I didn't nsee anything that you added that violated the guidelines, but just be careful. When in doubt, post on an article's talk page, and someone should be able to help out. - BilCat (talk) 07:36, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes. I should’ve read the COI first. I was “unaware of whether or how much it has influenced their(my) editing. And of course ‘talk page’ first. I thought I had mentioned on the talk page some time ago but apparently I hadn’t. Thanks. beny (talk) 08:16, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Macaronic languages

It's unclear what you think is incorrect about linking the list of macaronic languages to the article on macaronic languages. Largoplazo (talk) 02:24, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

@Largoplazo: Per WP:BOLDAVOID, bolded titles aren't supposed to be linked. - BilCat (talk) 02:28, 21 March 2018 (UTC)