User Talk: Blacklite

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Thanks!

Hi Blacklite, I just popped over from the Norton ↗ page to thank you for the great work you've done there, particularly in the recent debate about whether Norton "really" was Emperor. You really helped to strike a good balance between my true believer stance and the more literal views of others. The new section at the end of the article is excellent. Merry Christmas, and I'll see you around! GTBacchus 17:08, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

:Hah, thanks! Merry Christmas. It's a fun article. Blacklite 17:10, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Haha

Seems we both reverted the Germany ↗ article at around the sametime. =P --Kross 22:42, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

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Armenia

Please visit the Talk: Armenia and Talk: Armenians pages
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Armenia&action=edit&section=3
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Armenians&action=edit&section=36
please voice your view on the current discussion, there is a small minority that are promoting and point of view that Armenia is geographically in Europe and Armenians are a European people.
It is best to serve the factual truth and your support is desperately needed.

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Re this edit ↗ - have you seen the movie? I haven't, but I assume you have.

Tell me, does it actually matter to the scene that the book purchased was ABNiSC? Or would it have worked just as well with any book at all? DS (talk) 23:39, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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Re https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Abulbul_Amir&curid=322466&diff=1240352448&oldid=1236131705 ↗

Please read Wikipedia:Spoiler ↗. Thanks, XabqEfdg (talk) 19:37, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

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