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About Black Zero

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I agree with you, megaman's zero isnt related to the article at all, and it deserves its own article with a disambiguation for the black zero of superman. Unfortunately i am new here and not sure about how to do that. Do you know how to do it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Taikanatur (talk • contribs) 16:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Islam in the United States

Macduff,

Thanks for your comment on Talk:Islam in the United States. We need more voices over there. Anyway I think there was some miscommunication about what I was suggesting regarding the only instance in which I propose that those two publications are acceptable as "sources." Please take a look at my response. Thanks and best.PelleSmith 22:53, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Lead on, Macduff!

I am extremely thrilled about the ingenious device you have placed on the Leatherstocking Tales that facilitates sorting them either in the chronological order of their composition or that of their subject matter. Did you come up with that yourself? How helpful! This could be used on many other pages of Wikipedia. "Necessity is the mother of invention!" I am so pleased.--Drboisclair (talk) 21:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Birnam Wood has come to Dunsinane!--Drboisclair (talk) 21:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The da Vinci Barnstar

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		I, Drboisclair, hereby award the Da Vinci Barnstar to User Macduff for his outstanding technical contribution to Wikipedia, especially on the Leatherstocking Tales page. A heartfelt congratulations!--Drboisclair (talk) 21:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Lidia Zamenhof

Yes the article doesn't state anything that she had Jewish parents, so the cats are currently unsupported. Secondly, she became a Baha'i around the age of 21, so she was no longer Jewish. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 17:47, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Commodore Data

Sorry about that, I thought it was some remnants of vandalism past. I did look at ma:Data though - no mention of it there, although I suppose it's on MA somewhere. Jobjörn (talk) 00:31, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

my reply -- Macduff (talk) 01:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Technical Expertise

Thanks Macduff for the help editing; repairing references link at Urantia —Preceding unsigned comment added by Majeston (talk • contribs) 02:25, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

I saw that you created The Day the Earth Stood Still (disambiguation), which is redirected to from The Day The Earth Stood Still. However, The Day the Earth Stood Still (notice the uncapitalized "the") redirects to The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film). We should probably try to aim for some consistancy there. :) We can either have "The Day the Earth Stood Still" be the disambiguation page (and have all capitalizations redirect to that), or, if the 1951 version of the film is legitimately the primary topic, then it would be located at "The Day the Earth Stood Still", with a hatnote to the other version of the film, no disambiguation page needed. -- Natalya 02:08, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

John Edwards

So help me, I have never crushed more on an edit than your recent interjection of the word 'may' into the section on JE's National Enquirer imbroglio. That little 3-letter word turned a POV sentence back into a NPOV one. *swoon* Ahem. Carry on. |EBY| (talk) 05:11, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Lisa Druck

I've reverted your blanking of the redirect Lisa Druck. The _target of the redirect was Story of My Life (novel). Your reason for deleting the redirect was that "Lisa Druck isn't even mentioned anywhere in the article." I agree with you on that, but a casual Google search shows that "Lisa Druck" could be a plausible search term for the novel. Lisa Druck is the former name of Rielle Hunter, who was the inspiration for this novel as seen in this link. That is why this redirect doesn't qualify under CSD R3. If you still believe that this redirect is invalid, please nominate the redirect for deletion at Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 04:28, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

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You tagged Image:Supesredblue.PNG for speedy deletion because it is "a copyright infringement of [1]", which I take to be your website based on your edit summary. However, your website indicates that the image is "by Curt Swan and George Klein, Superman #162, 1963". If this is so, then you're probably not the original copyright holder since both Swan and Klein are long deceased. Hence I have declined your deletion request. If you object, please leave a note on User talk:Pegasus explaining why so. Thanks! Pegasus «C¦T» 02:52, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

I have replied to your question on my talk page. It's in the page history - here is the link for convenience. Pegasus «C¦T» 02:19, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

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