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A belated welcome![edit]

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Drmies (talk) 07:55, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August 2023[edit]

Information icon Hello, I'm Tgeorgescu. I noticed that you removed topically relevant content from Ejaculation. However, Wikipedia is not censored. Please do not remove or censor information that directly relates to the subject of the article. If the content in question involves images, you have the option to configure Wikipedia to hide images that you may find offensive. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. tgeorgescu (talk) 10:44, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Information icon Please do not remove information from articles, as you did to Ejaculation. Wikipedia is not censored, and content is not removed on the sole grounds of perceived offensiveness. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page to reach consensus rather than continuing to remove the disputed material. If the content in question involves images, you also have the option to configure Wikipedia to hide the images that you may find offensive. Thank you. tgeorgescu (talk) 10:46, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And don't invoke Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers, since I know that you are not a newbie. tgeorgescu (talk) 11:36, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

never planned on it. ltbdl (talk) 11:52, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Previous account[edit]

It's pretty clear from your username and your editing pattern that you're [[Lettherebedarklight. That's one of the worst clean starts I've ever encountered, right up there with KumiokoCleanStart, which was obviously a parody. . Graham87 15:12, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@graham87: the connection is meant to be obvious. ltbdl (talk) 15:13, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Very well then. There's {{Former account}}, etc. Graham87 15:23, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy in lamest edit wars[edit]

Physical fighting does not constitute edit warring. It constitutes battles and actual wars which may take millions of actual lives. Likely there wouldn’t have been any instances of actual edit wars before the invention of the wiki. CoastRedwood (talk) 22:02, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@coastredwood: it's a humor page. it's not supposed to be serious or accurate. ltbdl (talk) 00:09, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I know, but classing edit wars with actual wars just seems wrong, and I mean really wrong. CoastRedwood (talk) 06:54, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't know wikipedians thought this suitable as 'humor'. Gun duels have absolutely no relation to edit wars, and the fact that Wikipedians take this just as 'humor' appears so childish that childish doesn't even seem the right word. CoastRedwood (talk) 12:26, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse[edit]

I do think you should have let that edit stand. There is no chance of the edits they want staying in articles. Hearing it from other editors would be of benefit. I think all the editors involved are kids and there is a trolling element. They will return (and get reverted of course) but it might have been handy to have a record. That said, I'm done with the ridiculous notion of mysterious text in the sky, especially with the naff shopped picture they wanted to include last time. There is an SPI for this if they continue. TL:DR...I'm not reinstating their teahouse question but if they post again, my humble opinion is to let it stand. Or not lol. Thanks for the talk page message. Knitsey (talk) 09:04, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@knitsey: can i have the spi link? ltbdl (talk) 09:09, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/KorbismBiggestFan they call it Korbism, hence the names. Knitsey (talk) 09:11, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Boston Consolidated TRACON[edit]

I noticed that alot of information was removed from the Boston Consolidated TRACON page due it being unsourced. I would like the information be put back since this information has been verified by people who work at Boston Consolidated TRACON. Lynchie22586 (talk) 22:43, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@lynchie22586: sorry, we can't base an article on word of mouth. ltbdl (talk) 00:39, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The North and South sector information comes directly from their Standard Operating Procedures Manual Lynchie22586 (talk) 14:46, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Also the yearly traffic counts comes from the FAA air traffic activity data system website Lynchie22586 (talk) 14:48, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@lynchie22586: then cite those. ltbdl (talk) 00:12, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ok 2601:19C:4D81:2480:E96C:61A4:713D:A6E1 (talk) 00:50, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clean Start editors should not be using their old account[edit]

Right? Why shouldn't I block the old one? Doug Weller talk 13:54, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Doug Weller talk 19:53, 29 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@doug weller: can you at least make it a soft block? it's affecting this account. ltbdl (talk) 07:26, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Will do. Doug Weller talk 08:34, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion contested: Basketball at the 1997 Summer Universiade[edit]

Hello Ltbdl. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Basketball at the 1997 Summer Universiade, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Part of a notable event. I would use AFD instead. Thank you. BangJan1999 16:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion contested: Football at the 1997 Summer Universiade[edit]

Hello Ltbdl. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Football at the 1997 Summer Universiade, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Part of a notable event. I would use AFD instead. Thank you. BangJan1999 16:47, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Barnstar of Good Humor
For stepping up to help with the Wikipedia:Top 25 Report - 'writing funny stuff is *hard*', but your efforts at comedy are good, and hope you keep on aiding us. igordebraga ≠ 04:32, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries[edit]

Please keep your edit summaries on-topic and descriptive of your edit, rather than using them as space for commentary. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:51, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I appreciate it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:27, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thanks a ton for your work cleaning up Paulina Alexis. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:22, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Blanking short descriptions[edit]

Why are you blanking out short desc on purpose, as here? That seems to serve no purpose.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  11:00, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reprise: Steveston-London Secondary School[edit]

Hi ltbdl, I've added to the SLSS article two sections about the precursor schools. Neither Steveston Secondary School nor Charles E. London Secondary School has text appropriate for merging based on extant reliable sources, and I think those articles should be converted to redirects. Do you know if it is required to AfD the articles before creating the redirects? — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 01:27, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@grand'mere eugene: afd isn't necessary. that process is called blank and redirect. ltbdl (talk) 01:33, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 02:22, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

About the revert of Elementary arithmetic[edit]

Please take a look at Greatest common divisor, GCD(27, 8)=1, and 24 is actually the maximum multiple of 8 (3x8=24) that is lower than 27. Kunjinkao (talk) 13:50, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Walter Lohmann[edit]

@Ltbdl: That was a bad copyedit you did to the article. More so, you removed information and made assumptions that weren't there when you did the copyedit on the article, that is barely started. I don't know you did that but I don't like it. Why did you decide to remove information? Your not the one that is writing the article. You made assumptions that are not there. For what reason? You seem to have reverted and have starting an edit war for some reason instead of discusses. If if gets reverted I will need to take you up edit warring notice this morning. scope_creepTalk 09:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays![edit]

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Editor experience invitation[edit]

Hi ltbdl :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:37, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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March 2024[edit]

Warning icon Please stop. If you continue to assume bad faith when dealing with other editors, as you did at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jagganath01, you may be blocked from editing. Assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. Try to talk in a good way. I am not a servant okay mr. Jagganath01 (talk) 09:16, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AFDs[edit]

Hello, ltbdl,

For any future AFDs that you nominate, please provide a substantial deletion rationale that demonstrates you have followed WP:BEFORE, don't just offer a one word policy abbreviation. I have closed AFDs in the past if there is not a reasonable deletion rationale provided by the nominator so please outline your reasons for believing an article subject doesn't have notability instead of just mentioning a policy. What did you think of the article sources? What did you find when you looked for sources that aren't currently in the article? Did you consider a Redirect or Merge? These are points that participants are looking for in a deletion rationale and since you seem to be nominating a lot of articles, please start providing this as is expected. Participants want to see that you are going to as much trouble to evaluate the article and sources as they will when they offer their opinions to a discussion. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 05:16, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Where is Kate? for deletion[edit]

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IgnatiusofLondon (he/him • ☎️) 11:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

you sent this to everyone who participated in the first afd? christ. ltbdl (talk) 07:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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