Battleship Sailor

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July 2015

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Hello, I'm Anachronist. Your recent edit to the page stealth ship appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ~Anachronist (talk) 06:22, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

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June 2017

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Since you're doing an amazing job at keeping Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 up to date, could you please also update Standing NATO Maritime Group 1?

Could you please also update SNMG1? Or could you share your source of information concerning the current 'line-up' and latest news of the SNMG1 and SNMG2? I would really appreciate it. Also, your edits and updates are something to be proud of, they're of both great quality and quantity. Kriseyboy (talk) 05:54, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

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Ship prefixes used by NATO

Not sure if you saw my reply to your post on my talk page. The issue is now being discussed at the ships project talk page here [1] and you may wish to comment Lyndaship (talk) 06:52, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

July 2018

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Llammakey (talk) 11:11, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing.

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2, you may be blocked from editing. Llammakey (talk) 11:12, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

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