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Thank you for trying to help at How I Met Your Mother (season 1), but I'm afraid I've reverted your changes. The article is currently a featured list which means it's undergone a rigorous process to make sure it's just about as good as it possibly can be. This doesn't mean you can't still edit the article, but it means you should be very, very careful when editing. Your edit added a more detailed description of one of the show's episodes ("Milk"), but season articles are not for detailed descriptions. The individual article for the episode is where more complete descriptions of the episode should be found (and even then, try to stick to 200-400 words); season articles just give a quick overview, so people don't want all the details there. Thanks for reading this — if you have any questions, please ask me on my talk page. — Bilorv(talk)(c)(e) 08:39, 24 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

June 2015 edit

Hi Tophet, I've reverted your removal of red links from List of legendary creatures from Japan, as they are usually there for a purpose - please see Wikipedia:Red link. It would also be helpful to other editors if you provide an edit summary to explain why you are making a particular change. Cheers, Bahudhara (talk) 14:15, 26 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Citations needed! edit

Hi Tophet. You keep having contributions reverted because you don't back them up by citing reliable, scholarly sources. I see what you mean by your descriptor of Atlas (mythology) as the "Titan of Endurance"; but that's a poetic, mythic term. It doesn't justify your giving any formal or divine status to Atlas as a personification or patron deity of endurance - the same applies to the material you wrote on constellations - unless you can give a citation. By the way, please note the request that you give an edit summary for every edit you make. That can save a lot of time and trouble all round. Haploidavey (talk) 14:08, 21 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Well...ahem - I see you've given a sound source for at least one of your additions; so I've now restored it. Reversion in that instance was an error on my part. Sorry! Haploidavey (talk) 14:27, 21 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

But another editor, having access to the source you provided, has now reverted my self-reversion. It seems that your citation does not support your edit, after all. Haploidavey (talk) 00:05, 22 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Okay edit

Please fix up your edit by Removing The Unnecessary Capitalization. link (I don't know if your edit is accurate or not so I'm still thinking it's dubious but I haven't the time to check right now.) Next time please don't revert someone's revert with no edit summary. It can make people cranky. — Jeraphine Gryphon (talk) 20:25, 23 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Tophet: I understand, though in fairness, those in capital letters are the names of the demonic orders that I wanted to emphasize.

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