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to fall in your earlier (but changed?) comments regarding external links that provide additional information. I would say that just because the words archive or encyclopedia are attached to a site doesn't mean it's not a fan site. Shouldn't a small number of exceptions be made for sites that contain detailed information in the hopes that articles for every little niche/cult topic don't become excessively large and perhaps even for the sake of users who wish to find information.

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Above are the external links for the Simpsons Knowledge (XXG) article, based on your comments only the first link to the official website is valid. I find this unusual because many movie and TV pages have links to IMDB and TV.com. The Simpsons Archive and the Encyclopedia of Television however seem

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Thank you - I did consider invoking NOTCURRENTTITLE and picking another of the ones mentioned; but there were so many variations, and there have been so many recent successful and unsuccessful move requests of Trump-related articles, that I decided to leave it up to another RM instead of summarily

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I had a look at the milestones; you're right that the 2005 "Kept" appears to link to a 2006 review and not to the review that took place in December 2005. The other dates may also be bad links. You're welcome to be bold and correct that milestones section; I recommend you have a look at some other

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I reverted your edits since there were four survivors: two walked down for help, and two survived in the snowcave. Actually there were additional students who turned back early in the hike, but since they weren't part of the ordeal, they don't count as "survivors" even though they still live.

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picking an option. I didn't feel right choosing a name which had only been mentioned in a few comments, though I suppose NOTCURRENTTITLE allowed me that, and I did like your "Trial of Donald Trump for falsification of business records" and the variations of it. -

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After further thinking, perhaps your approach was best – it clears the air a bit and should help focus the further discussion. As you may have noticed, I opened another RM. There have only been a couple of responses so far, and I find that somewhat surprising.

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I just cc'ed you on an (apparently) stray email message. I decided to look you up, and lo and behold! another wikipedian who loves Star Trek (though it's not on my user page). My first computer was a TRS-80 Level II with 16K of RAM in 1978....

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I see you withdrew your requested move. I can understand why, and I'm also surprised at the responses during the time it was open. I'll keep an eye on that article; eventually someone will find a title that fits it better -

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I wanted to continue our discussion regarding external links with an example. You seem to harden your stance in the e-mail you wrote me with regards to external links compared to your statement on Knowledge (XXG).

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I'm wondering if you happen to have the protocol information that you removed from the ImagiNation Network Talk page - I'm doing a write-up and would like to be able to see if it would be useful.

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You see? Dates do not match and items are not archived. I am officially confused, but I think you have a fairly good idea what is going on.

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