User talk:216.115.251.68

Managing a conflict of interest

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 00:33, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, MrOllie.

There has been a ref to the website WA's Encyclopedia of Alternate Guitar Tunings for at least 15 years -- in the External Links Section of this Wikipedia page. I'm not sure who created the ref. I created the website itself in 1997, and retired it in 2017, which broke the link in the ref. Eventually, someone put up a static copy of the website elsewhere, and changed the link in the ref to point to their page. Just recently, I have put the website back online, with some updates and revisions. My intention is simply to replace the incorrect link in the Wikipedia ref to with a link to the actual, newly-restored, website.

- Warren Allen 216.115.251.68 (talk) 03:25, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

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May 2025

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Black swan edit

The "original manner" means what was described in the previous sentence: when people thought black swans weren't real and didn't exist. Joyous! Noise! 22:19, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

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