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• You rock, Gareth! Hope you have an awesome week, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Your work on Wikipedia is appreciated. And your kindness is a welcome breath of fresh air. Again, hope you have a Merry Christmas. You deserve the best that Santa can bring! Cindy(talk to me) 17:58, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

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China Communications Standards Association

Dear Cindy, I have found an article from NTT technical review discussing CCSA (NTT is the principal Japanese telephone company, a bit like AT&T in America). https://www.ntt-review.jp/archive/ntttechnical.php?contents=ntr201012gls.html Is this a reputable enough source? David e cooper (talk) 20:37, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

• Sorry I wasn't here earlier. Yes, that source looks reliable. Let me know if you have any questions. More than happy to help! Cindy(talk to me) 03:06, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Hi Cindy, I've added citations. Should I remove the warning notices at the top, or is this something you do? Rgds David David e cooper (talk) 11:09, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
    • I went ahead and cleaned/revised the tags. At this point, we need additional sources to establish notability. See WP:GNG for more information. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 05:13, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

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An accidental mix of French and English user name brought confusion

Hello Cindamuse, You are telling me in a comment I received that I might be using two identities... It is true that I have two identities but one (Edgard Poe)was for French articles I was working on. When I started writing an article in English, I thought I could use the same user name as for the French articles, but the system rejected it, so I had to created De Medicis. So I create a new account with a new user's name. Then accidently, the two sites were open at the same time and as I was trying to log in with the other name(De Medicis)it was refused and the system gave me instead the other user name (Edgard Poe) so I continued with my French user name and all this created confusions. I am very sorry for that and did not intend to have two identities in English. The system did'nt work at the time for me to prevent this kind of technical error... And being accused of playing with two identities is hurting... I will quit writing as soon as I finish dowloading the picture on the article. It will be some times before I start writing again for Wikipedia. It is always a tremendous challenge and specially in English which is not my mother tongue... Anyway, have a Good Christmas and a Happy New Year. I kwnow you are not responsable for this. Thank you for reading me. Edgard Poe--Edgard Poe (talk) 00:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

• Edgard, sorry that the system didn't work out as expected when you logged on. Not sure what happened there. The message I left on your talk page was merely a notice about the two accounts, assuming good faith, rather than an accusation. The note is a recommendation to identify yourself on both accounts, in order to forgo any confusion. I highly recommend that you only use Edgard Poe on the English Wikipedia, as a global account already established on the French Wikipedia. Just make sure not to use both accounts on the English Wikipedia. If you need help or have questions, please feel free to contact me. (And Merry Christmas to you too!) Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 01:10, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

John E. Braun

Why did you undo my changes to John E. Braun? Your version of the lead paragraph has no mention of his party. You cannot find another politician where their party isn't mentioned in that section. I mimicked my changes after Ed Murray. If its wrong on his page, you're going to have to change a lot of wikipages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Champ68 (talk • contribs) 01:51, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

• The changes to the opening sentence, paragraph, and section headings were made in accordance with the Manual of Style; see also WP:OPENPARA. In essence, the edits you have made do not comply with community guidelines. When we create articles, it is essential to provide a clear summary of the article's content. The content in the lede sentence needs to be concise, while providing additional content within the paragraph overall. As far as other pages, see WP:OSE. If you have more questions, please feel free to contact me. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 02:09, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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The National Currency Foundation

I saw two conflicting notices of deletion- speedy and discussion. I am very new to writing for Wikipedia so I'm still learning where responses go. I left comments on the deletion discussion. Please let me know what (if anything) I can do to prevent this article from being deleted. Thank you. Godot13 (talk) 18:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

• Hey there! There are different steps to the deletion process on Wikipedia, which includes a system of checks and balances. This is a healthy and productive part of the collaborative nature of the project. Just another pair of eyes. The article was initially placed for what we call speedy deletion, based on the promotional content. Another editor then came along and thought there may be some significance shown in the citations, so s/he recommended that we open up the article for community discussion. This allows more eyes to take a look at the subject. Oftentimes, other editors may know a bit about the subject that some may not be aware of. I like the collaborative nature of Wikipedia and working with others. I learn something new through various articles that I didn't previously. For example, I think the National Currency Foundation is very interesting, although I really don't know anything about the hobby (although I DO like money), but I digress. I think it's a bit too soon for the NCF article. I've provided an assessment of the article's sources. Your comments were appropriate. Just go back and place the word "keep" in front of your recommendation. See this link for the process of deletion discussion. Please feel free to contact me again if you have questions. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 03:34, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Funny, I just now saw your response, after responding to your deletion discussion comments. I think I reached the same conclusion as you ;-) What I'm not clear about is your comment above about placing the word "Keep." Does that refer to keeping my comments or keeping the article?
I noticed that you are part of various Smithsonian groups on wikipedia. Is there a way for me to add some kind of sign/tag/acknowledgment for articles that are based in large part on information or images from the Smithsonian. For example, my first article- or list- List of people on United States banknotes is comprised of portraits from notes at the Smithsonian... Thanks for your constructive comments and help - Godot13 (talk) 21:10, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Re:White Peony

Hi Cindy, I admit I have very limited knowledge in the area but when I had a quick look at the sources, they seemed to establish that White Peony is notable and appears to be a female figure in Chinese mythology. If the stuff on ejaculation and other sexual content is all nonsense surely only those parts can be deleted instead of deleting the entire article? I apologise if I am missing something and making a fool of myself but I still think that the concept of Bai Mudan itself is valid. Gizza^{Talk ©} 12:11, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Autopatrolled?

Hi Cindy. Would you mind if I change your user right status to "autopatrolled"? At new pages, I keep seeing your great articles on books covered by yellow strips, and I don't think it is necessary. Thanks for any answer and ... Happy New Year :) --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 16:31, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

• No, I don't mind. I'll be working on several new articles over the next few weeks, so it should alleviate the extra work for patrollers. Thanks for the kudos and Happy New Year to you too! Cindy(talk to me) 17:57, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Done. I wish you a speedy recovery :) --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 22:11, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll be having major surgery in a couple weeks, which will leave me relatively bedridden over the next month, so my plans are to work on creating a bunch of articles to alleviate the boredom in between bouts of pain. ;) Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 22:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy New Years, and get well soonValleyspring (talk) 04:51, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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Deletion of Contract Based Education WVSD (Spokane)

Hello Cindy, You have recently deleted Contract Based Education WVSD (Spokane) page. To avoid any confusion I set the page to redirect to West Valley School District (Spokane) (the district that school is currently under). Just letting you know... if you have any concerns please let me know. Cheers! →Glebby (talk) 01:52, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

• This article was actually deleted by User:RHaworth. You can reach him on his talk page. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 06:53, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

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Alexander D. Henderson (businessman)

Thank you for your latest 'talk' regarding Alexander. D. Henderson. The citations provided are important reflections of what his peers have said about Henderson. I understand that Independent sources are important. Henderson's death was in 1925 so it is hard to find a lot of Independent sources. I will continue to research secondary and Independent sources as you recommend and will update the page accordingly. --Greg Henderson 9 January 2013. —Preceding undated comment added 02:24, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

• For the sake of continuity, it is important for you to respond within a conversation. Lacking that, I honestly have no idea what you are referring to here. (Please remember to sign your comments with four tildes, i.e., ~~~~) Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 02:41, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

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Reserving special hold for Washington: A Life

In discussion, you requested that it be held for February 18. However, Washington's birthday is February 22. Should it be run normally, or be held on February 22, his birthday? --George Ho (talk) 15:54, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

• Either one is fine. While his birthday is the 22nd, it is celebrated on President's Day in the US, which is the 18th this year. Again though, either one is fine. Thanks for contacting me! I will only be available intermittently over the next couple of months due to an illness and major surgery, followed by recuperation. If you need to reach me, you can contact me here or through email, since I'm not watching pages right now. Best regards, 22:12, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

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Please go through the training if you feel like you need a refresher on how a typical class is supposed to go and where the Ambassadors fit in, or if you want to review and help improve it. If there's something you'd like to see added, or other suggestions you have for it, feel free to edit the training and/or leave feedback. A primer on setting up and using course pages is included in the educators' training.

The Resources page of the training is the main place for Ambassador-related resources. If there's something you think is important as a resource that's not on there, please add it.

Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way!

--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:57, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

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