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   From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:51:11 +0000 (UTC), Julian Bradfield   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2022-02-11, Paul S Person  wrote:   
   >> OTOH, considering that this is the first actual discussion on either   
   >> of alt.fan.tolkien or rec.arts.books.tolkien, and that "alt" groups   
   >> tend to be be rather ... unrestricted ... in what can be discussed, it   
   >> might be better to keep it here and see if it recovers.   
      
   I omitted the phrase "for some time" after noting the lack of   
   discussion in these discussion groups. I apologize for any confusion   
   this may have caused.   
      
   >The reason I (tried to) cancel my reply to you was because it was   
   >wrong (as well as being snarky).   
      
   Myself, I find that replying to myself and apologizing is much more   
   satisfying. And is pretty much guaranteed to work, at least in the   
   sense that the new post goes wherever the old one went.   
      
   >Having spent/wasted more time reading Wikipedia policies in detail, I   
   >don't understand why the OP's edit was reverted, as it doesn't appear   
   >to me to contradict either the citation or original research policies,   
   >so I've asked about it on the talk page of the article. (The right   
   >place - not the talk page of the user who reverted the change.)   
      
   Indeed. Perhaps you will favor us with the reason, should one ever be   
   given.   
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