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Bison

I will not nitpick details any more, but I am going to say only this.

I should not have replaced bison with bisons, as "bison" is an accepted plural word for bison and I have only seen this recently.

Bison and bisons are both correct and this is confirmed in several dictionaries.

Your Archive 55

Not sure what the mischief on your archive 55 is about. User talk:Tide rolls/Archive 55 (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs) Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 05:28, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, @Jim1138:. I saw the explanation on your user talk. If it goes no further then all is well. Tiderolls 12:38, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Now someone's deleting from User talk:Tide rolls/Archive 56 (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs) and just deleted from 55... Jim1138 (talk) 04:08, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Both 55 and 56 are now semi-indeffed. Jim1138 (talk) 00:34, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

How To Permanently Delete My Account

Apa la, ini anjing berak kat sini. I would like to permanently delete my Wikipedia account as requested. Can you help me permanently delete my account because Wikipedia is not interesting for me, Thank You.

Your actions belie your words. Tiderolls 10:03, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Nickname

Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee! Ah Yik Wong.

And Please! Don't give names. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AhmadFauzi (talk • contribs) 12:37, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Unfortunately

I think that was your only choice. Thanks! Now normally we would probably revert to 'last stable version'; in this case, I think that that's... November last year! — O Fortuna ^{semper crescis, aut decrescis} 16:23, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

@Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi:I agree that the article presents problems. There has been input by other editors on the talk page, though. Perhaps you could provoke interest in resuming some method of for addressing the situation. Tiderolls 17:10, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

A little out of my comfort zone I'm afraid :D but perhaps it was more in the nature of a dare...? Ah-ha... — fortunavelut luna 17:13, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

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Hey

Are you feeling it? Apparently we have depth. Drmies (talk) 02:31, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

It's gonna be a different look, professor, to be sure. Minkah's back (bless his heart), and Hurts and Scarbrough should be able to slice and dice. I'm sorry...I miss #22 and #56. Phreaking Ho-meric.<---it's a The Quiet Man reference. A bit before your time but ya can't beat the Fitzgerald brothers...and John Ford's brother has a cameo. Tiderolls 12:56, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

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I am not calling an experienced editor an vandal. I only did that to Jim1138 (talk) because he is only an online fraud and vandalises many people's edits like mine's. You really deserve a barnstar for trying to do the right thing. Can we be friends?Thechinesekid (talk) 14:04, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Here's your barnstar for doing the right thing. If you want to help me, please delete Jim1138's account if you can. He is making a lot of trouble for us so far. Thechinesekid (talk) 14:08, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

I made you some lunch for the day. This cheeseburger is made by my heart and you deserve it as my friend. Thechinesekid (talk) 14:11, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

RTR

That could have gone a bit better, but it could have gone a lot worse. Defense was good, and OL showed promise, though I'm sure we all want to see domination from the start. But the first W is there. Take it easy Tide--drop on by in your state capitol one of these days.

• I guess I missed you on your many trips to the heart of Dixie. Ah well. What do you think? Are we going to give up a TD on this drive? Are we going to put some pressure on the QB or what? Is the taco meat I'm making too spicy? After how many does tequila become a bad thing? Is there any use to Boy Scoutism at all? Questions, questions, Tide rolls, and you're not answering any. Drmies (talk) 00:13, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
• Dude come on. Drmies (talk) 00:15, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
• Hurts runs like football is a fun game.
  Woohoo almost got Ridley... ! Drmies (talk) 00:20, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

i may be tempting fate but i never put my lucky shirt on. so far so good. rtr

Apologies, Professor, too much debauchery. Especially for one of my age. Tiderolls 22:39, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

• Hey, I still wore a shirt--just not my lucky shirt. I'm saving it for when we need it. Take it easy, and remember I got your coffee ready in the Capital of Dreams. Drmies (talk) 23:20, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
• Professor, I'm thinking one of us should create a sub-page R T R. See how long it takes to MfD. Thoughts? Tiderolls 13:14, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
  • Look at my recent log and ask yourself if I could have any thoughts left, haha! The sheer repetitivenes of semi-protecting and proxy-blocking...I'm going to get more coffee and pretend to do some work. Drmies (talk) 15:55, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

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Man

Dude. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.243.134 (talk) 03:18, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

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Response

In response to the message you left on my talk page, I respectfully disagree. It is more important to avoid providing obviously incorrect information / misinformation, than it is to follow some "policy" on providing so-called references, which may, or may not, be scientifically correct, depending upon the age of the material in question. Therefore, I regard the failure to obtain consensus or to state a valid objective FACT that may support contradictory to my edit to be outright vandalism, where the challenger fails to obtain consensus. Especially, where the revisionist was clearly attempting to elicit a negative response. Mind you, this is my interpretation of policy, where policy appears to contradict itself at best, in my opinion.So, again, I reiterate the fact that I respectfully disagree with everything you have to say on the topic. That said, it is still clearly WRONGFUL to modify other people's edits without at least having brought any issues to their attention FIRST. (Thats called having basic RESPECT for others!) Therefore, this guy was clearly in the wrong, either way you want to look at it. 108.201.29.108 (talk) 01:37, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

I was simply advising you on how to avoid being blocked. By all means, ignore my advice. Tiderolls 14:01, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Sock puppet

The Punisher (2004 film) page is being vandalized by a sock puppet.[1]

• 85.173.130.28
• 85.173.130.5
• 85.173.130.4

The person is giving no explanation for the change in the Edit summary or in the talk page. I think the page needs to be locked for a little bit-Æ-202 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:07, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Æ-202. The most recent edits I saw didn't appear to be vandalism. That's mostly due to my inexperience with the subject matter. Has there been a long term effort to change the information in the article against consensus? Could you direct me to where the consensus was determined? There could be a case made for disruption if there has been a long term problem. Thanks for helping watch over the article; I'd be glad to help out where I'm able. Just get the info to me that shows the disruption. Tiderolls 13:56, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year

...and Roll Tide Roll! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.243.134 (talk) 03:31, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

A beer for you!

I saw this edit and felt it was a stellar explanation and was very encouraging. It's everything Wikipedia should be, and often isn't. It's also a good reminder to me of how to approach an editor who really does appear to be trying but doesn't seem to be finding their legs. Well done! Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:38, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Walter. I was trying to restrain myself; your positive feedback helps my confidence. I'll try to make the same effort in the future. Happy New Year Tiderolls 13:21, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Another beer for you!

Cause I’m teaching in a couple of hours so you have it. RMFT ROLL!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.236.214 (talk) 06:29, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Trying to undo vandalism

I trying to undo vandalism from IP address user[2] who gives no source links in order to prove the change, but user [3] is putting the vandalism back on the page without providing proof either.108.82.12.132 (talk) 20:37, 9 January 2018 (UTC)