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I recommend {{u|1=7&6=thirteen}}, {{reply to|1=7&6=thirteen}}, [[User:7&6=thirteen|7&6=thirteen]], or [[User:7&6=thirteen]].
My user name does not ping in the usual way, because of the equal sign "=", I am told. I thought it was ampersand "&", but am informed that wasn't true.^[1]
However, I am a Luddite, and my WP:User name has served me well for a decade and a half; so I am not about to change. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.

Hello fellow Wikipedians

I will try to do good work for the benefit of Wikipedia. Let us work together for a better and free encyclopedia. We can make the world an improved place through shared knowledge. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 10:07, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you for this article and others! — The prize from the cabal of the outcasts? (And so did User:Doug Coldwell.) - The rose pic was taken on 11 September 2021.^[2]

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Our work together here should be our armor, not some sharp, angry, burning sword. I would strongly recommend that everyone here find an article to work on for a while; not the cliche "random article", but something that gives you a nice tug at the heartstrings. It feels great to be out there doing work on something you genuinely care about, and I assure you it'll help you regain the sense of why you're here.
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7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:25, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

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I witnessed a war of words over WP:Infoboxes.^[4]

As Rodney King famously said, "Can't we all get along."
In the end, an infobox here and not an infobox there is not the end of wikipedia. And it is not worth fighting over.
Endianness. See Toilet paper orientation.
FWIW, it applies not only to eggs, but to toilet paper I am certain that it is supposed to go over the top, like a waterfall.^[5]

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NO WikiBullying please.
NO WP:TROLLFOOD; If WP:Griefing; deny recognition, then let them "pound sand."^[7] Wikipedia:Do not insult the vandals.
Sealioning: "a harassment tactic by which a participant in a debate or online discussion pesters the other participant with disingenuous questions under the guise of sincerity, hoping to erode the patience or goodwill of the target" In 2021, Maclean's compared its origination to other terms derived from comic strips that became common speech such as Brainiac (1958 comic strip) and Milquetoast (from the 1924 comic strip).^[8] Maclean's noted that Malki had mixed feelings about the term, quoting him as saying: "I didn't set out to coin a phrase. I just wanted to make an observation", and "The core of what I set out to criticize is just the notion that any random patient stranger should feel entitled to as much of someone’s attention as they want".^[8]
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See Extinction. See also Narcissistic personality disorder.
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Peake, Bryce (2015). "WP:THREATENING2MEN: Misogynist Infopolitics and the Hegemony of the Asshole Consensus on English Wikipedia". Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology. doi:10.7264/N3TH8JZS.

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Bouncing Czech Jaroslav Jakubovič's Dobry 2009: Coincidence – with Randy Brecker, Phil Markowitz, Adam Nussbaum, George Mraz, Tom "Bones" Malone and Ula Hedwig (VMM Records: VMM02)

Ebert, Grace (January 28, 2022). "40 Animators Around the Globe 'Pass the Ball' in a Collaborative Rube Goldberg-Esque Sequence" (Video). A delightful way to spend two minutes

Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr, featured (September 18, 2019). "The Weight" (Video). Playing for Change, Song Around The World. Retrieved January 6, 2020 – via YouTube. 10,859,670 views

"A Little Girl Gives A Coin To A Street Musician And Gets The Best Surprise In Return 1:15 / 5:40 22,246,979 views" (Video). March 16, 2014 – via YouTube.

"Whatta Man & Seven Nation Army (Cinderella - Ballroom Scene) 2,495,344 views" (Video). Cinderella. Sony Pictures, Fulwell 73 Distributed by Amazon Studios. September 3, 2021 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)^[9]

Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knocking via YouTube.

Washboard (musical instrument)^[10]

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Vincent, Sara (4 August 2014). "Sentence length: why 25 words is our limit". Inside GOV.UK. and here

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Glossary of nautical terms#Further reading

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Happy birthday Wikipedia. It's made possible by the editors; and it is for the readers. We did it together.

Kelly, Heather (January 15, 2021). "Technology: On its 20th birthday, Wikipedia might be the safest place online". Washington Post. The world's largest online encyclopedia has learned lessons from fighting misinformation for two decades
Kent, German (January 15, 2021). "In a post-truth world, we need Wikipedia more than ever". CNET. Commentary: Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary today. The free encyclopedia may not be exciting, but its neutral, volunteer-driven content is incredibly valuable.
Wales, Jimmy (January 14, 2021). "As Wikipedia turns 20 it aims to reach more readers" – via Yahoo!. Wikipedia is the web's seventh-most visited site
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Passing thought

Anonymous (November 28, 2022) "Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia" Signpost

I used to do lots of lighthouse article improvements

Here is where it ended. But it's all over now. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:16, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

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Notes

^ Admonition or comment
^ And so did User:Doug Coldwell. Conferred by User:Gerda Arendt
^ Robinson, Nathan J. (2 August 2020). "The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free: The political economy of bullshit". Current Affairs.
^ Ars longa vita brevis
^ Yenisey, Zeynep (April 5, 2016). "What the Direction Your Toilet Paper Hangs Says About You According to Science: Under or over?". Maxim. Retrieved 2 April 2020. Morgan, Maybelle (19 March 2015). "Over or under? The age-old debate of which way a roll of toilet paper should sit is FINALLY settled... by a 124-year-old diagram". Daily Mail. Mailonline, dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It
^ Pound sand The Word Detective.
^ ^a ^b Hluchy, Patricia (3 November 2021). "'Sealioning' is the word that sums up why Twitter discussion is so unbearable". Maclean's. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ I don't even think Jack White would have envisioned this adaptation. I haven't seen the movie.
^ Voss, Gabriel (September 29, 2016). "The Top 5 Washboard players of All Time. Really". WordPress. Retrieved September 16, 2022. The linked videos there are worth watching.
^ And it's now been DELETED and REDIRECTED. Talk:Predictions of the end of Wikipedia: Revision history
^ See before)

[1] Admonition or comment

[2] And so did User:Doug Coldwell. Conferred by User:Gerda Arendt

[3] Robinson, Nathan J. (2 August 2020). "The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free: The political economy of bullshit". Current Affairs.

[4] Ars longa vita brevis

[5] Yenisey, Zeynep (April 5, 2016). "What the Direction Your Toilet Paper Hangs Says About You According to Science: Under or over?". Maxim. Retrieved 2 April 2020. Morgan, Maybelle (19 March 2015). "Over or under? The age-old debate of which way a roll of toilet paper should sit is FINALLY settled... by a 124-year-old diagram". Daily Mail. Mailonline, dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

[6] Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It

[7] Pound sand The Word Detective.

[MC-8] Hluchy, Patricia (3 November 2021). "'Sealioning' is the word that sums up why Twitter discussion is so unbearable". Maclean's. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[9] I don't even think Jack White would have envisioned this adaptation. I haven't seen the movie.

[10] Voss, Gabriel (September 29, 2016). "The Top 5 Washboard players of All Time. Really". WordPress. Retrieved September 16, 2022. The linked videos there are worth watching.

[11] And it's now been DELETED and REDIRECTED. Talk:Predictions of the end of Wikipedia: Revision history

[12] See before)

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