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Sincerely, Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:09, 10 March 2022 (UTC) (Leave me a message)[reply]

Thanks! I have a lot to learn but have been enjoying exploring all of the available resources. Cheers Dizzyflamingo (talk) 05:12, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:09, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Backgammon origin

Thanks for reverting the edit about backgammon originating in the "game of persian". There is no such game. There are sources that will claim backgammon is 5,000 years old and that a version was found in Persia at that time. This is a myth copied from one place to another. What was found, as the article states, was a board, dice and counters; that does not mean they played backgammon! There are lots of games played with boards, counters and dice. Cheers. Bermicourt (talk) 07:23, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bermicourt Thanks! I don't know much about Backgammon but I don't like uncited changes to established articles :) dizzyflamingo (talk) 03:19, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A cheeseburger for you!

my gelato edit was constructive how dare you Mogus man2 (talk) 19:47, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

While I do love cheeseburgers, I disagree regarding your edit. Hope I can keep the burger. dizzyflamingo (talk) 19:49, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your false warning

Don't make false comments on my talk page again. If you had bothered to check you would have noticed that I only moved the cited information to where it belongs as well as making a number of other needed improvements. Afterwriting (talk) 02:27, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Afterwriting, yes, if you look at the revision history you'll see that I realized this immediately and undid my reversion. I apologize, that page was the subject of an edit war yesterday and perhaps I was too quick to warn. dizzyflamingo (talk) 02:29, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You were far too quick to "warn". You should have thanked me instead. You reverted while I was commenting here so I didn't notice. But I appreciate your apology. Afterwriting (talk) 02:32, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, sorry about that. dizzyflamingo (talk) 02:33, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your thread has been archived

Hi Dizzyflamingo! The thread you created at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, How to handle addition of unsourced material, has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days.

You can still read the archived discussion. If you have follow-up questions, please create a new thread.

Dael Fry

Stop changing his height back to 6’1 he is 6’4 look at him in real life. 213.107.51.107 (talk) 19:02, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t need to look at him in real life because

Reliable Source. Please take it to the article’s talk page. dizzyflamingo (talk) 23:26, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For your efforts in counter-vandalism.... Keep it going! Volten001 ^☎ 16:43, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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