User talk:Shizukujapaneserice

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[edit] Vandalism on China earthquake (just felt like saying this)

Yeah, real mature. Thousands of people dead and all you can do is say that they deserve it because 'millions' of Tibetans have been slaughtered by the Evil, Bloodsucking Chinks. Real Mature, really relevant, whether or not you were being sarcastic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.252.81.129 (talk) 22:04, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] May 2008

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[edit] Canadian federal election, 1993

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[edit] Inappropriate move of Six-Day War

I have reverted your move of the article Six-Day War to Five-Day War. The name of the war is the Six-Day War. Even if it had only lasted for 5 days, its name is still the Six-Day War, so moving would be inappropriate. In addition the war did last six days - you are counting June 5-10 as 5 days (the exclusive method) instead of as 6 days (the inclusive method). Please do not move long-established pages again. You should always discuss a major change like that on the article's talk page first and only actually move the page is there is a clear consensus to do so. Thanks, Gwernol 22:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)