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A few notes from your JMU edits:

• MOS:HEADINGS says that headings should be in sentence case
• InterVarsity does not have a reference and there are extra blank lines causing additional vertical space
• Whilst the citation for faculty, students, etc. is still the same URL the reference access date is left at "October 15, 2017" which causes a mismatch between the figures presented and what you get when you look at the web site as it was on that date. Ideally those numbers should have the year in them.
• "Being the Change" is a tagline and not the motto. If you can find a reference to it being the actual motto then feel free to change it back with a citation.

I will make these changes but you should keep them in mind for future reference. Gusfriend (talk) 06:30, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is no instance of "Knowledge is Liberty" on the JMU website whatsoever. Before "Being the Change", it was "Be the Change". But for trademark purposes, they had to change it. But it's been that way for 20+ years. Fast4lax (talk) 18:06, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Neutrality^talk 15:06, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like your edits are strong-arming mine by eliminating every single one of them when many were in-fact quite helpful. What is the difference in my editing ability vs. yours? Many of my edits were about restructuring the page and adding sub-page references. Why get rid of all of them rather than a few? Fast4lax (talk) 15:44, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I added a line about Operation Warp Speed to this page. There's one small link to it on the entirety of the page. Seems odd for this to be left out. Fast4lax (talk) 15:54, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I also added a "social issues" section, just like it is done for other presidents to house all of these specific events. No other presidential page is set up in a way to have a list of random events in the table of contents. Fast4lax (talk) 16:00, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To say that the response to COVID-19 was slow is an intentional mischaracterization by the author of this page. Operation Warp Speed was proposed a month after the first case in the United States, and there was a viable vaccine in under a year. Early actions to restrict travel are also not being represented here, and I added citation for this. Fast4lax (talk) 16:03, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fast4lax, an administrator added a "24-hr BRD cycle" restriction to Presidency of Donald Trump. Your recent revert of Neutrality was a violation, as the restriction requires you to discuss reverted changes at the talk page and abstain from restoring them until after 24 hours have passed. Please self-revert as soon as possible. These kinds of restrictions are serious, but not immediately easy to understand, so let me know if I can help explain anything. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 19:10, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, it was already reverted. Please be aware of the restriction moving forward, and keep an eye out for similar restrictions in other contentious American politics articles. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 19:12, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have discussed them here with you at the talk page level, and they have been ignored. Fast4lax (talk) 19:13, 12 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have a few responses:

• Are you sure you mean me?
• It doesn't look like you've discussed anything at Talk:Presidency of Donald Trump
• Even if your posts are ignored, you need to make them and wait out the 24 hours before restoring disputed changes. Again, please ask any clarifying questions you have.

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