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@Kung Fu Man, @KuyaMoHirowo I disagree that my edit on the Yasuke article was in any way contentious and do feel it added value. If there was a concern about whether it was redundant information, let's discuss that on the article's talk page rather than here. That said, I don't feel strongly enough about this to debate it and will defer.

Bryan MacKinnon (talk) 11:07, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

The character Yasuke (Assassin's Creed) is inspired by the figure, but doesn't follow his history exclusively. While I get there's some contention on who Yasuke was exactly and his history, that doesn't have a lot of bearing on the subject in the video game character's article which very clearly deviates from the original figure's history. Like I said, it's probably better reserved for the actual Yasuke article.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 12:10, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

The notice is just information and not reflective on the merits of your editing. Contentious topic rules are enforced broadly; anything at all to do with the topic, no matter how small a connection, triggers the contentious topic rules. 331dot (talk) 12:17, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Strange

Hello Bryan, i hope you remember me. Could you be so kind as to look at the "View History" of User talk:Harold Foppele and maybe you find that strange also. Thanks ! Cheers Harold Foppele (talk) 21:33, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

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Draft:Quantum beams inside a spherical volume

Hi and Hello, You left me a note at my talk page: "you can now create articles yourself without posting a request" Does that mean that i dont have to go through Draft and Submit for review? Cheers Harold Foppele (talk) 16:08, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

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