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leaving. It has nothing to do with disagreements. I am used to dealing with this all the time. It is when someone appears to be stalking me (that is what has been demonstrated from your actions) that I either block them or just leave. Unfortunately I cannot block on this website so I am leaving. I may still look at articles on here but if I find an error I won't be fixing it, in case someone like you finds it and decides to message me again and challenge me as to why I edited.
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I appreciate the encouragement, guys, I really do. But the
Genesis article is far from the only place where I've put up with more than enough arguments, bickering and pain. So my decision to just throw up my hands and say "fuck it" was long in coming. As you've seen, it's driving me bonkers, and I
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I reverted edits that were not constructive. I would restore them if I realized I made a mistake. And how did you come across my account anyway? You said you looked at my edit history according to a message you posted on Giatch's talk page. That sounds like you were stalking me, and is why I am
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