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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! Tina 02:43, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Keep this in mind:

{{p}} is not the only link template there is. TTEchidna 18:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Please

This may seem rude, but chill out on the Metagame terminology page. You don't have to jump down his throat just because he disagrees with you and the rest of smogon.DCM((曲奇饼妖怪Spy on My Edits)) 21:18, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

  • I have no intention of hurting anybody. The Wiki's purpose is to provide accurate information to the readers, and if you are going to have articles on Metagame terminology, you should assure that all information is accurate. I don't see the Garchomp edits as anything more than vandalism. And that is not "okay". I think that if you don't want to have these kinds of debates occurring on discussion pages, you should completely abandon any attempts to display competitive information, because these are the kind of discussions you will get. Lulz] 4:16 18 December 2008 (EST)
They should be happening, but just cool it. No offense to choclate, but you are arguing with someone who has no knowledge of the metagame, therefore, he is gonna digree with most things you sayDCM((曲奇饼妖怪Spy on My Edits))
If he has no knowledge of the metagame, he shouldn't be editing the article. If I know little to nothing about marine biology, should I go around editing Wikipedia articles acting like I do? It's vandalism. Lulz] 17:59 18 December 2008 (EST)
True. But someone needs to explain to him the metagame, not yell at him about itDCM((曲奇饼妖怪Spy on My Edits))
He has stated himself that he is unwilling to revise his *incorrect* point of view. I'm trying to be as reasonable as possible against somebody who is being unreasonable. I am from places where my "tone" is considered acceptable and isn't seen as yelling. I'm sorry if that has not come across clearly here. Lulz] 17:59 18 December 2008 (EST)

Talk Page Comments

Please don't erase talk page comments for no reason. Trust me, you do NOT want to end up like Big Johnno, who got into an edit war with a sysop over comments the former had erased and was trying to keep erased. That user ended up blocked and subsequently had every erased comment restored. ----The Kkllnnator サンタクロース 23:02, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I was under the impression that I could clear out comments from my own talk page that I deemed messy. :/ If that's not so, I'm sorry. Lulz 21:55, 18 December 2008 (EST)
that's if you save them as an archive. The Dark Fiddler - Nos hablamos? 00:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Truce

Listen, dude. I'm tired of arguing with you about Garchomp. TBH, tiers are just a matter of opinion. I've tried out a Garchomp myself and it wasn't that good, and ever since, I have not believed in Garchomp's true strengths. I've accepted that people have their own opinions about tiers. You believe in Garchomp being Uber, and I respect that. So can we please stop this arguing? Chocolate (Merry Christmas!) 01:20 12/19/2008