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Hi, the article List of school pranks has been targeted by the Wikipedia Thought Police™. Please help preserve this marvellous testament to human inventiveness—and cruelty—from certain extinction by voting Keep at the article's deletion page if you haven't already done so. May algid reason never reign supreme! Thanks, Maikel 15:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC) PS: This is a generic message that has been hand-posted to you as a former contributor—hope you won't mind.[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2006-04-04T15:24:00.000Z","author":"Maikel","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Maikel-2006-04-04T15:24:00.000Z-Save_\"List_of_school_pranks\"_From_Deletion","replies":[]}}-->

Please don't add a section with a note to fill it in, nor add a blank section. You should only add a new section if you already have the information to fill it in. Article discussion goes on the talk page, not on the article page itself. RainbowOfLight ^Talk 06:34, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-08-30T06:34:00.000Z","author":"RainbowOfLight","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-RainbowOfLight-2008-08-30T06:34:00.000Z-August_2008","replies":[]}}-->

Hi Bob. I have reverted your edit to tidal flow, because tidal flow refers to tides. Traffic engineers use the term as an analogy. They think of traffic streams as moving like a tide. But it is quite incorrect to then define a tidal flow in terms of traffic engineering. If you want to resolve your redirect "conflict", then I suggest you reinstate your version ( it is still there in the history) but title it "Tidal flow (traffic)". --Geronimo20 (talk) --11:41, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-11-04T11:41:00.000Z","author":"Geronimo20","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Geronimo20-2008-11-04T11:41:00.000Z-Tidal_flow","replies":["c-Geronimo20-2008-11-04T19:45:00.000Z-Geronimo20-2008-11-04T11:41:00.000Z"]}}-->

I adjusted Tide (disambiguation) to reflect Tidal flow (traffic), as you suggested. --Geronimo20 (talk) 19:45, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-11-04T19:45:00.000Z","author":"Geronimo20","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Geronimo20-2008-11-04T19:45:00.000Z-Geronimo20-2008-11-04T11:41:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Hi Bob. In response to your message on my talk page: yes, sure, no problem! I thought your edit on the treasury was very useful. When I undid your second edit, I had spent most of the day correcting mistakes on other pages, so I guess I lumped this very minor one (1661 vs. 1662) with all the others. Sorry about that. Please keep contributing to the pages on Chinese history: they need a lot of work! --Madalibi (talk) 12:39, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-11-25T12:39:00.000Z","author":"Madalibi","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Madalibi-2008-11-25T12:39:00.000Z-Kangxi_Emperor","replies":["c-Madalibi-2008-11-25T13:08:00.000Z-Madalibi-2008-11-25T12:39:00.000Z"]}}-->

Hi again. I tried to make the edit you requested, but I figured it was easier to explain the dates 1661 and 1662 at the very beginning of the article. Let me know if you're satisfied with the new edit. Cheers, --Madalibi (talk) 13:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-11-25T13:08:00.000Z","author":"Madalibi","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Madalibi-2008-11-25T13:08:00.000Z-Madalibi-2008-11-25T12:39:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Another good edit to the "Treasury" section. Thanks! I just read the entire Kangxi article and realized how messy it is. I hope someone will take care of its structure one day. I've already done some work on many Qing emperors in my sandboxes. If you're interested, take a look at my user page. "See" you around! --Madalibi (talk) 14:38, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-11-25T14:38:00.000Z","author":"Madalibi","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Madalibi-2008-11-25T14:38:00.000Z-Kangxi_Emperor","replies":[]}}-->

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The article Mushroom sauce has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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