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"Rehired"?
Does that mean you've come back, or what? I'm confused :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 07:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I am back ... just thought I would see how many people would glance and think I am retired. Go Phightins! 11:22, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I tried the same thing about a month ago. But the joke was on me....nobody cared. ```Buster Seven Talk 12:28, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I know; I blatantly copied you. Oh well; same reaction thus far. In a week or so, I will be back on normally and can resume EotW duties, Signpost, and nominating you for the tools. Go Phightins! 13:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I was hoping you forgot. ```Buster Seven Talk 13:34, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- If you don't want to, I won't put you in the awkward spot by nomming anyway, but I think you should consider it. Maybe see if Dennis will give you an RfA review. Go Phightins! 14:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- Well, clearly I cared about what your situation was, Phightins... :p Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 14:52, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- You probably would've had more people worried if you followed Template:Retired more, and placed the bolded message underneath the box. NFLisAwesome (ZappaOMati's alternate account) 15:27, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I actually looked at it and said "What the heck does rehired mean? Oh, he is making a play on retired. Tazerdadog (talk) 16:11, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- Hey, at least he's not going to put "refired" when he goes on another break. NFLisAwesome (ZappaOMati's alternate account) 17:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- Add me to the list of those who were confused. AutomaticStrikeout ? 17:56, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- Hey, at least he's not going to put "refired" when he goes on another break. NFLisAwesome (ZappaOMati's alternate account) 17:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I actually looked at it and said "What the heck does rehired mean? Oh, he is making a play on retired. Tazerdadog (talk) 16:11, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- If you don't want to, I won't put you in the awkward spot by nomming anyway, but I think you should consider it. Maybe see if Dennis will give you an RfA review. Go Phightins! 14:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I was hoping you forgot. ```Buster Seven Talk 13:34, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I know; I blatantly copied you. Oh well; same reaction thus far. In a week or so, I will be back on normally and can resume EotW duties, Signpost, and nominating you for the tools. Go Phightins! 13:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- I tried the same thing about a month ago. But the joke was on me....nobody cared. ```Buster Seven Talk 12:28, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- Mostly, I am just glad that it wasn't a typo. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 16:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
- And now for something completely different..... Jenova20 has some funny quotes. ```Buster Seven Talk 17:33, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
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öBrambleberry of RiverClan 16:32, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks to Muboshgu being online, Aaron Loup is now my first GA, so I'll be able to pay attention to Ben Revere. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 17:27, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar
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You're not rehired?
What? Have you been fired? AutomaticStrikeout (₵) 01:12, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks
It was a pleasant surprise to see my selected as the "Editor of the Week." Thanks for your good wishes.Indian Chronicles (talk) 13:19, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
No problem! I'll aim to review it later today. I was planning to get a couple GA reviews in anyway to trade off my recent nominations. Cheers! Resolute 13:23, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
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Please comment on Georgia (country) to Georgia move suggestion
Please comment here. Thanks. georgianJORJADZE 00:17, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Ben Revere
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- Thanks, Resolute. I will get to these within the next few days unless Brambleberry of RiverClan, my partner on this article, gets to them first. Go Phightins! 02:09, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Re YGM
No mail found. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 15:29, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
- Hmm. Sent it through Email User function. I think I have sent you an email before, so I may be able to find your address off-wiki and send it to you w/o email user. Nothing urgent. Go Phightins! 15:32, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
- Sent it off-wiki via my email client. Go Phightins! 15:33, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
- Found. Replied. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 15:49, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
- Sent it off-wiki via my email client. Go Phightins! 15:33, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
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