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April 2021


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: Peaceray I did not add commentary to the article, nor was I snarkily committing vandalism. I made it more accurate. The list is not to the present; it is only up until the death date of the last man listed. You restored an inaccuracy. I would have fixed it myself, but when I tried to find out who was the current oldest man, there was a computer snafu and I couldn't. I hope someone else will. I put my comments on how to improve the article on the talk page, not into the article, so I don't understand what you're complaining about. If you can make the link work, please do fix the problem instead of reverting to an inaccuracy. WordwizardW (talk) 17:51, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
::Please go peruse the citations. You will see many current citations. For instance, the citation for Saturnino de la Fuente García is dated 8 February 2021. Therefore your edit summary that "The list is NOT up to the present" is at minimum partially incorrect.
::IMHO ↗, you failed to do your homework. Please check the sources next time before making a blanket inaccurate statement. If there are portions that are out of date, please do the legwork to find the citations to update it. Peaceray (talk) 18:09, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
:::{{cite web | title=Supercentenarian Data -- Table E | website=Gerontology Research Group Index Page | url=https://grg.org/WSRL/TableE.aspx | ref=none | access-date=2021-04-30| quote=Last Updated On:Apr 29 2021 10:28PM}}<br/>Peaceray (talk) 18:22, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
::::If you encounter an out-of-date source, it is better to tag it with a template. Please see {{tl|Update inline}}. Note that you can include a reason. Peaceray (talk) 19:16, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
:::::I don't understand how to tag with a template. I don't understand half of what you're saying. Peruse the citations? If the most recent oldest man is dead, with no live man after him, then OBVIOUSLY the list is not up to date to the present. The list must have the current oldest man at the bottom to be up to date. Period. If you can fix it, do so, and more power to you, rather than complaining about my best attempts. WordwizardW (talk) 21:30, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

October 2022



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:What change are you referring to? WordwizardW (talk) 00:17, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

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I saw there was a new message (about my eligibility to vote in the current election) but there's nothing showing for this year. WordwizardW (talk) 03:24, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

revert, Legend of Ruby Sunday



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I don't know how to remove the whatsit, though Ive seen the message. WordwizardW (talk) 01:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, you shouldn't be adding comments about forthcoming public domain status in the US, even if your intent is to encourage free use. That's WP:POINT ↗, and applies even with good intentions. We don't call out individual works in this way, or Wikipedia would be full of such copyright statements. Almost always they are WP:UNDUE ↗ in the context of the article as a whole. In addition, copyright terms differ by country, and in many cases mentioning only the US just because it's an 'important' country is actively misleading. MichaelMaggs (talk) 12:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

"Each year, Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain publishes a much-anticipated list of cultural treasures entering the public domain." That's not my point of view, it's theirs. Mentioning the USA is all I can do, and since the USA is more restrictive than other countries, should not be misleading, especially if I state it is for the USA. WordwizardW (talk) 21:14, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

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