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RuakhTALK 15:40, 6 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium/Archive 2010/March edit

Why did you file wæter under April rather than March? —RuakhTALK 21:06, 13 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

  Fixed. Sorry Riley Huntley (talk) 21:08, 13 August 2012 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I don't understand your reply. :-/   —RuakhTALK 22:34, 13 August 2012 (UTC)Reply
  Fixed. Sorry = I have fixed my mistake, sorry. Riley Huntley (talk) 22:36, 13 August 2012 (UTC)Reply
That much I understood. What I don't get is . . . what's the mistake? What do you mean when you say that you fixed it? Because wæter is still filed under April rather than March. —RuakhTALK 23:26, 13 August 2012 (UTC)Reply
Again I apologize, I had it in a tab and forgot to press save. wæter is now filed under March instead of April. Have a nice day, Riley Huntley (talk) 23:38, 13 August 2012 (UTC)Reply
Ah. Thank you. :-)   —RuakhTALK 02:28, 14 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

A couple things edit

Firstly, could you please change your signature to link to your local talkpage rather than your meta talkpage? It's better to facilitate keeping Wiktionary conversations on Wiktionary. Secondly, I'd advise you not go around trying to get people from Wikipedia to support your bot vote here. This is seen as recruiting meatpuppets and is often not looked upon kindly; in any case, both you and the other editor are not eligible to vote per WT:V. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 17:28, 31 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

As far as I'm aware, my signature does not list to my meta talkpage. I have no need to recruit meatpuppets, my contributions and my bot's contributions are trusted globally. I am active globally, and many users follow my contributions that are tracked on IRC. -Riley Huntley (SWMT) 03:42, 1 February 2016 (UTC)Reply
My mistake; I hadn't clicked on it. In any case, it looks like your vote will pass regardless of the votes I struck, so it all works out in the end. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 03:51, 1 February 2016 (UTC)Reply