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Could you explain...[edit]

...how you think I vandalized the Johnny Cash entry? Torgman1 (talk) 23:36, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, I never flagged it as abuse. RepublicanJacobite flagged whatever edits were done after mine as abuse. Red dwarf (talk) 11:50, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Travel costs and science fiction fandom[edit]

If you read accounts of early 20th century fannish life as enshrined in the early fanzines, you will see that the high cost of travel (by 21st-century standards) was quite relevant to how fan culture developed. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:51, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is true. I had thought the last part of the sentence previous to the one I deleted ("or when one of them could manage a trip") covered the fact that travel was costlier during the early 20th society. As such, I had deleted it. However, upon reflection, the sentence should have stayed. I was not trying to undermine the article, nor was I trying to under-appreciate what fans did to meet up. Sorry if it appeared so. Red dwarf (talk) 21:01, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No big. They Were Jiants In Those Days. About the only ones left are Jack Speer, Forry and Art Widner, and none is in good health (although Art's still chipper when I see him). --Orange Mike | Talk 21:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It will be sad when they eventually go to the other side. They will be missed, and their legacy will live on. Although it's nice Art's still in good spirits! Red dwarf (talk) 22:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Yeah[edit]

Yeah, I usually just fix spelling mistakes, add music video tables to artist discographies, or add pictures to singles, artists, bands, or albums. Like Spacehog didn't have an artist picture, so I added one. This Too Shall Pass by OK Go didn't have a single cover on its page, so I added one. Beck's discography didn't have a music video table, so I created one. (It took me at least 2 hours to find the pattern in the markup.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrantyO (talkcontribs) 00:31, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    • Cool, cool. Most of the pages I go to have sufficient pictures... I've noticed some of the Wiki pages I've stumbled across do not have tables at the bottom. I should contribute more of those, really. Two hours to find the pattern?! Red dwarf (talk) 00:59, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yeah, some of the wiki markup is really crazy like rowspan="1"|blank. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrantyO (talkcontribs) 01:32, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Information icon Hi Red dwarf! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at MS-13 that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. That was a major edit and incorrectly changed the meaning of the sentence. Doug Weller talk 13:11, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! Sorry, I thought I was simply making the sentence flow a little better. I'll keep it in mind in the future. Red dwarf (talk) 20:50, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry for mucking up your edit at 5G[edit]

Sorry for mucking up your edit at 5G. By your edit you left a typo in the word "kosher", but by undoing your edit I erased your adding the missing word "to". All fixed now! --papageno (talk) 05:33, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! It's cool. I thought I fixed the typo, so it's my bad. Red dwarf (talk) 09:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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em dash vs. en dash and spacing[edit]

Hello, Red Dwarf. I was looking at the article on A Wrinkle in Time, and I noticed this edit of yours. [1]. I didn't revert it, but I also thought it was perfectly fine the way it was before your edit. I don't know if there's a strict rule on this, or if it's just a style thing, but even though I didn't insert those em dashes, they were done just the way I would have done them. Is there a rule you can point me to? Thanks. Unschool 02:52, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Unschool! It is a personal style thing. I presumed that the shorter dashes were correct, as opposed to longer dashes. I can't find any rule about using one over the other. I'll revert the article back. Thanks! Red dwarf (talk) 18:55, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Light humour[edit]

Noticed some of your edits on my watchlist. Now, tell me, I'm a bit disappointed your user page isn't more specific :), which red dwarf are you? Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 03:45, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Lacaille 8760, of course! Gotta be the lightest ;)

I actually can't remember how I came up with my wiki handle. I must have read the phrase "red dwarf" somewhere, and it stuck.

Nice to see a fellow random Canadian here! Red dwarf (talk) 20:01, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Sure thing! Sorry, I've been pretty lax with adding edit summaries Red dwarf (talk) 02:57, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there ~ i've undone an edit of yours on Derry for a couple of reasons: First, it was already correct English; second, only in certain circumstances is a comma required after a years (usually to make it paranthetical), not in a single clause; third, the repetition of Londonderry County Borough Council within such a short space felt very clumsy; and, last,a new sentence requires a capital letter starting it. Very possibly one or more of those were typos or other slips, but as a whole i felt that the paragraph was better previously. Happy days ~ LindsayHello 07:50, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Yeah, I was sleep deprived when I made the edits. Hence the typos and other errors. I really should save editing for when I have a clearer mind (and I'm better rested lol).

Thanks again, and have a great one!! Red dwarf (talk) 14:32, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Note that I have partially undone an edit of yours as MOS:GEOCOMMA (and many other style guides) indicates that a comma should go after "India" in such circumstances. WikiEditor50 (talk) 03:50, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

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Yay, my first Barnstar. Thanks so much!! Red dwarf (talk) 19:59, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Valley Mall (Corner Brook)[edit]

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Valley Mall (Corner Brook) moved to draftspace[edit]

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