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How many bigs?

26 is the best one. That is from the Wikipedia community. Not from me. But I am them. Now I am. 33 was too much ink. 26 might still take up a lot of bandwidth though. 12. Just in case. 12. A dozen. A board of directors' 12. LonelyLaura (talk) 17:19, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Capricorn/Rabbit

Today is Aquarius. And my class is Dragon. ENFP? LonelyLaura (talk) 19:04, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

And it has been 5 days since he turned 33. LonelyLaura (talk) 19:05, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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Heritage user boxes

I am still them but I am not using certain heritage user boxes on my user page because they are for you first. That must be why some people like Kreuk in real life don't want to claim those heritages or be them if they are for you or something and that is me as Kreuk/Cosgrove/Ally Dawson, that is an Allison? LonelyLaura (talk) 14:04, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

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28

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For being 28 in 2016 and seeing my last sibling graduate from senior high. Oh and Ted91 should be 2015, not 2014. He is not 1990. His dad Ted the Third didn't finish grad school either. He is just like his dad. And his whole purpose is to finish grad school like his father could not. So I think he should be 2015, because June 15, 2015 is when hitRECord expires, I think? I'm not them so what am I to know? LonelyLaura (talk) 17:42, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm not going to think about university until after 2022, because I want Tommy to afford college and not go to war. We should all be old and learning how to retire and are about to retire. About to retire. We're about to retire. Going into retirement after 2022. Those going into retirement after 2022. LonelyLaura (talk) 19:36, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Hathaway Brown (Copperpot)

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You paid attention to me. No, I do not want to be a writer. This Wikipedia user talk page must be my only following/followers, not who I'm following, I can have a watchlist of user pages to watch or follow. Not those. Not them. You. LonelyLaura (talk) 11:53, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

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4. Stalk Wikipedians! Tuckahoe Trace. 24.211.179.19 (talk) 20:57, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

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24.211.179.19. LonelyLaura (talk) 21:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

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Hello

Dear Laura, while editors are given a certain amount of leeway in their user space, it is best not to use one's own talk page as a kind of message board for communications simply left to be possibly picked up by other editors, like a message in a bottle. I noticed that you trimmed your user page considerably a few days ago and that was a good idea. Having said that, I want to thank you for your edits in mainspace: our beautiful project needs all the help it can get. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 03:40, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

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Article edits very difficult to understand

Hi Laura, I've reverted your edits at I_Am_Rich, which appeared pretty nonsensical to me. It's very important that any article work you do is clear and understandable to others, that it's well sourced, and that it's directly about the topic of the article. I hope you find Wikipedia a good place to contribute, but please do make an effort to stick to strictly encyclopedic work, in whatever capacity you are able. Best, Jake Ocaasi ^{t | c} 01:00, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

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I suggest that you take a pause from editing and come back when you have had a good night sleep and are feeling alright. Sjö (talk) 21:15, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Recent edits, some tips

Hi Laura, thank you for your contributions. You're doing a lot of good work, but also still making some seemingly nonsensical or careless changes. I wanted to give you a few tips in the hopes that they keep your edits constructive and you have a long, successful 'career' with us.

• Avoid steam-of-consciousness associations like this: [1] and [2].

  Instead, write only about the topic of the article, using reliable sources as evidence

• Do not editorialize or ramble in captions like this: [3]

  Instead, describe what is in the picture neutrally and without opinion or tangential remarks

• Do not use unclear or irrelevant edit summaries like this: [4]

  Instead, write only about the specific changes you made in that edit so other editors can follow your work

I hope this is helpful to you and you keep doing useful and helpful work!

Cheers, Jake Ocaasi ^{t | c} 11:58, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi again, Laura. I noticed this edit about Juliana Margulies was unsourced and appeared to be made-up. It is absolutely critical that contributions you make to mainspace articles follow our guidelines closely and are accurate, on-topic, and properly cited. I believe you have a lot you can contribute to this community but in order for you to stay with us you simply must be more careful in your article work. Please consider this a friendly reminder but take it seriously if you want to keep working with our community. I hope you can! Ocaasi ^{t | c} 16:36, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi Laura. I noticed this edit [5] added a real person as the son of a fictional character. I do not know if this was a mistake or just careless or something else--and if I somehow mistunderstood please explain it to me. But otherwise at this point I have to give you a serious warning that the next article edit you make which doesn't make any sense will result in a block. I'm sorry it's come to this but it seems there are certain challenges here that are just not easy to resolve. Blocks aren't permanent and you can keep learning with us, but we can't have an active editor inserting mistakes or falsehoods into multiple articles. Best, Jake Ocaasi ^{t | c} 09:22, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Please use edit summaries that have something to do with the edit you've made. An edit summary isn't supposed to be a poem or a dream. Bishonen | talk 14:15, 27 July 2014 (UTC).

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We're not going to get the next one until 6 October. The Perfectionists. LonelyLaura (talk) 15:55, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

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# of wiki links on my user page

That's how many course credits you need to graduate. Centra popular enough? LonelyLaura (talk) 22:34, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

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Who am I listening to Title with? (I think 11 is a good idea, Susan Boyle)LonelyLaura (talk) 17:07, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

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Huh?

Why did you send me a WikiLove about a Tumblr account on Eurasians? I know I'm Asian, but still. If you continue to make such things, you might be blocked. Thanks, Nahnah4 (talk | contribs | guestbook) 08:53, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

@Nahnah4: Oh so sorry. LonelyLaura (talk) 13:51, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015

Laura, it seems to me that you have been warned enough about adding inappropriate content to Wikipedia pages, including your user page and this user talk page. Your talk page is for other people to communicate with you, not for you to talk to yourself, and I can't even begin to tell you how inappropriate it is to make lists of real people by name and give their personal details the way you did here, for no ostensible reason. (I've removed it.) Please keep your personal notes on your personal computer, not on Wikipedia. Don't do something like that again or you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia without further warning. Also please don't place any more Wikilove notices on the pages of strangers. I'm sure you mean well by them, but when the person has no way of understanding what you're referring to, it's more worrying than cheering for them. Compare Nahnah4's post just above. Bishonen | talk 14:08, 15 January 2015 (UTC).

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Music genre? BMI, shorts, talls, thins, fats, meet me in Raleigh, but I don't want locals. LonelyLaura (talk) 21:00, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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Filmmakers? I think Wikipedia is Neopets. Who's interested in Lorraine Banks, no more than Ed Sheeran, after David Archuleta? Sonny Moore is Mrs. Cathy Q. Moore. Goths. Deathcore. Does Wikipedia need Lohan to baby-sit Bryant? I'm here to care for the elderly, and I don't want people who give people asthma. Lorraine Banks is not Ava Gardner, okay, I get it, but she has a real purpose! E-learners are independent. LonelyLaura (talk) 22:39, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Your block

Hi Laura,

I regretfully blocked your account today for 1 week. Despite repeated attempts to focus your work on improving Wikipedia, you continue to spend most of your time corresponding with yourself, making lists of people, and spreading nonsensical messages to others. I would love for you to find a home on Wikipedia, but it simply must be as a productive contributor. I did not block your talk page, so that you can respond to this block and help us understand better. However, if you just continue to use your talk page as a personal diary, then I will have to revoke your talk page access as well. I hope you understand that we have done everything reasonable that we can to keep your presence welcome; we have to draw a line somewhere.

To contest your block, please place this on your talk page and fill out your reason in the space provided.

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Best, Jake Ocaasi ^{t | c} 23:10, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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I am still WP:UBX! I don't think she's a twin, fictional characters.

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There really is "some guy out there" looking for "this user has 2 little sissies." WP:UBX. You think that I have 2 little sissies? How many brothers and sisters do we have? I think the maximum is 2. I want all of the 1 younger sis and 2 younger bros. I think those are only one younger bro. What if they have two younger sisters? I think I am 3 younger siblings, 2 brothers and 1 sister. Lisa, which one is the right one, the middle one, right? I don't have three younger sisters. Period? Numeral, like bros? Do you know about The Fake One? imaginary friend. fictional character. Go Ask Alice!. 5'11" is 4'11". Chucks. I stole your older brother/BigBro userbox and THEY (the town, America) hired Callie to be him for me. That's how I'm getting that one, from your user page, because I am shorter than you and him. Is Caleb Norkus Chuck Nevitt? That's the Chilltown, USA. My little sister called me a celebrity. What's a celebrity? The town. Who used the word "celebrity"? That was an older brother and a younger sister talking about Marc Brown (author) and Arthur Conan Doyle for Arthur (TV series). Who came up with the word "celebrity"? Where did that word come from? I'll research that. I'll report on that. My brother and sister, of course. I'm Tommy? Let's do celebrity. LonelyLaura (talk) 12:35, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Watchlist

• ABC Movie of the Week — The Olsens' Twins.
• Alone in the Neon Jungle — CBS is NBC's Crash Course.
• Aversion to happiness — reminds me of ethical persuasion.
• Eurasian (mixed ancestry) — What we are going to be.
• January 14 — Meanie mo.
• Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous — room tours, tour of my new house.
• Pappyland — Utica artists.
• Selective mutism — Deep southern accented writers.
• Skrillex — Mrs. Moore. Generation X deathcore.
• Stranger on My Land — ABC network original film by Republic Pictures.
• Teacher Education and Compensation Helps — New Jersey and North Carolina make New York and Pennsylvania them. East coast.
• The Walk (2015 film) — Neil Gaiman. The Dresden Dolls. Amanda Palmer.

January 2015

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia. It would be in your interest for you heed the advice given to you on this page, or your risk your access to this page being blocked. Wikipedia is not a social network; you must be here to contribute. 331dot (talk) 17:46, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Talkpage access revoked

Laura, I'm sorry, but I've revoked access to this page during your block. Again, Wikipedia is not your diary or blog. Please use your actual blog or Facebook or Twitter for such material. And you have again mentioned actual living people in mysterious and possibly privacy-violating terms. If you want to appeal the block, you can use this page. Bishonen | talk 20:11, 17 January 2015 (UTC).

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Doesn't appear to meet WP:NFILM. No in-depth reviews found on search (regular Google search + Newspapers.com). As a made-for-TV-movie, it was never widely released, and it doesn't meet any other NFILM qualifications.

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