Thecheesykid

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Thanks for the note. I already read quite a few before jumping in, to check that what I was about to do was okay, but this was very informative. Cheers. Thecheesykid 17:18, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Hello. If you're creating a new page, could you leave the edit summary blank instead of writing "new"? Then the edit summary will be the actual page content, which is easier for us to patrol in the edit history. Equinox ◑ 18:15, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah, okay, will do. Thecheesykid 18:16, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

{{infl}}

Hullo sir.

¶ Ye have probably seen that I used to leave {{infl}} in plural entries, unfortunately: it took a few weeks before somebody actually objected to this, so I ended up cleaning a lot of entries. I would recommend using either {{infl|en}} or simply pasting the entry title and boldening it. Respectfully, Pilcrow 18:28, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I realized that infl must be against general protocol when I went to my Watchlist. I'll embolden from now on. Thecheesykid 18:30, 23 July 2011 (UTC)