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Mad Mike AfD

Jeez, is there any way to alienate most of the human race he didn't follow? He's marginal, but on the notable side of marginal (but not for the IMDb listing; heck, I'm in the IMDb), and I have said so. And I'm a SJW, Quaker social democrat and proud friend of lots of GLBT folks, as well as an avid reader and reviewer (ask Toni or Eric) of Baen books. People are complicated. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:45, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

• @Orangemike: I'm also in the IMDb, so I feel ya. :-) Yeah, it's one of those things... hehehe DBalling (talk) 19:10, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Rescue barnstar!

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		I present you with this barnstar for quickly and correctly identifying a mistaken deletion and then helping to source and improve the article, working in good faith with a diverse crew of contributors. Haukur (talk) 21:26, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

suggestion

You might undo this edit [[1]]. I understand your meaning but it may come across as combative. I don't think O3000's suggestion was anything other than a good faith critique of my edit summary and I will heed his request. Springee (talk) 14:39, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

@Springee: Fair. Done. It just annoys me that the faulty premise leads to faulty conclusions, and people never examine the premise they're basing everything on. :-( DBalling (talk) 14:45, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

I agree with your faulty premise thinking. But I've decided it's best to avoid anything that looks like questioning motives... not at all easy to do in many cases... but at least if I don't question their motives I can't be accused of casting aspersions :D Springee (talk) 14:52, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

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