User talk:Thistle whistle
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Again, welcome! - Flockmeal 04:42, Apr 17, 2004 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for the edit you made to the above - it's now more balanced and reads much better. Welcome!
James F. (talk) 09:02, 27 May 2004 (UTC)
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United States of the United States listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]
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Ignore my message[edit]
Sorry, ignore the message I've since reverted here, I misclicked. Matthew Thompson talk to me! 17:05, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
January 2017[edit]
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at President of the United States. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Seriously? Duck?
- It appears an edit snuck in right before this user, and it appeared they made the edit. Matthew Thompson talk to me! 17:08, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission[edit]
Hi Savantpol how come you took off my edit I made? Peter Feldman was Sworn in October 5, 2018 here is His Bio on the Goverment Website https://www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/commissioner/peter-feldman Thanks and I look forward for your reply.96.36.68.29 (talk) 15:38, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi 96.36.68.29: apologies. I mistook your edit for another one that was vandalism (removing the list of commissioners from the infobox). I restored your edit. Nsc 16:01, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
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