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Hi, this is my Talk page. Feel free to leave me a message some time.--Dakotacoda (talk) 19:52, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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That scholarship

Odd thing, every Google hit for the scholarship mentioned him. I'm sure you'll agree that is a bit odd, especially as some sources call it prestigious. The other thing is that we normally don't add fields, in fact some fields have been removed from infoboxes by community consensus as inappropriate (for instance, mission fields which are really just hype). I hope you agree that the honors field doesn't belong and the scholarship is, if it was real, not an encyclopedic honor. Doug Weller talk 15:18, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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Big lie#Trump's false claim of a stolen election

Big lie#Trump's false claim of a stolen election is a lie so dangerous that it has led to deaths, threats of violence, insurrection, a destabilization of society, moves favoring civil war, and it threatens free and fair elections.

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Please read: Big lie# Trump's false claim of a stolen election, Veracity of statements by Donald Trump, Trumpism, and Firehose of falsehood.

There is no evidence that Pelosi or the left-wing had anything to do with that coup attempt. Trump's supporters marched from his meeting at the White House to the Capitol and did what they did. Trump and his friends planned and inspired what happened that day. Even McConnell said it was all Trump's fault.

Please read: Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, and 2021 Storming of the United States Capitol.

Valjean (talk) 06:19, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

References

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September 2022

This is your only warning; if you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced or poorly sourced defamatory content into an article or any other Wikipedia page again, as you did at Bonnie H. Cordon, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Drmies (talk) 18:50, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

How is this a false claim, pray tell? Dakotacoda (talk) 18:52, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Furthermore, how is it defamatory? Dakotacoda (talk) 18:53, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

You'll forgive me for not playing this "pray tell" game. I also revdeleted the content from the talk page. I think the warning was quite clear--it said defamatory content with no or poor sourcing. Your sourcing was poor sourcing, and I'm being nice. If you don't understand that, please read the relevant policies--WP:BLP and WP:RS are good places to start. If you place this content on Wikipedia again, wherever it is (on a talk page or a user page), you will be blocked. Drmies (talk) 22:43, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for "being nice." I ask that you please tone down the hostility. As a much-newer-than-you editor, I appreciate the correction, but, you're coming off as condescending. Also, as per your threat about banning me if I "place this content on Wikipedia again," I see where you're coming from, and I will not place the content from that website again. Dakotacoda (talk) 14:58, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

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Please don't revert the deletion of a photo that doesn't have clear licensing status. ScienceFlyer (talk) 05:57, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

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May 2025

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Sayer Ji. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for edit warring, as you did at Sayer Ji. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

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