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Tom Brady

Thank you for removing the vandalism about the Patriots cheating. I don't know when this kid will realize that it does not belong there! Thanks again! America69 (talk) 14:14, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

• No problem. I suspect it's gonna continue until the Pats lose a couple in a row. It'll be a long couple of years :) Thanks Ψν_nu 15:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Mississippi Election Discussions

Now that the courts have decided both of Mississippi's Senate elections will be held on the same day, I have opened a new discussion about merging the two articles.
Talk:United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2008#Merge 3
I have also opened a debate about potentially splititng the special election controversy section into it's own article. Talk:United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2008#Split Controversy Section Please read over each debate and weigh them on their individual merits. The subjects are not necessarily linked to each other.--Dr who1975 (talk) 23:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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Help

{{helpme}} Could anyone find my edit count for me. I can't seem to get it. Thanks. America69 (talk) 02:53, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

• Go to Special:Preferences and look at the number next to "Number of edits". Also, new posts on a talk page go to the bottom, not the top, which is why I moved this. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 03:00, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Response concerning '08 opinion polling map

That's definitely where I'm leaning, yeah. Although, I was going to use just two colors no matter how slim the margin is, and the margin of the projection would be posted on the state (along with postal abbreviation and electoral vote total). This would be for all states. If I were to use gray for toss-up states, a certain range would have to be defined in order to determine what states should be colored gray. -- Fifty7 (talk) 22:51, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

I just finished putting together the new map, it'll be on the article soon. It's just two colors and the margins of projected victory are clearly presented with each state, so as to not misrepresent the information. -- Fifty7 (talk) 02:35, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

RFA !votes

(Re ) Thanks, but it's best to indent duplicate votes rather than remove them completely. (Don't worry, I made this mistake before also). –xenocidic (talk) 14:05, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Typically you just need to add a colon after the #hash. –xenocidic (talk) 14:09, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

• Another tip: when replying to RFA comments, make sure you precede your ":" with a "#" (i.e. "#:") to ensure the numbering works properly. (See ). –xenocidic (talk) 20:17, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Userboxen

You're getting lots of tips today! Did you know you don't have to copy the entire code for a userbox onto your page? You can just transclude it be using the code {{location of userbox here}}. For example, the most recent userbox you added to your page could've been added simply by adding {{User:LightSpectra/Userboxes/MT}} to your page. This should help keep your userpage less cluttered. –xenocidic (talk) 20:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

No problem! You might want to go re-find all those userboxen too and clean up your page code a bit. –xenocidic (talk) 22:07, 24 June 2008 (UTC)