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We hope you like it here and encourage you to stay even after your school assignment is finished! Katr67 (talk) 00:49, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
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editThank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In the future, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. Katr67 (talk) 00:49, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
May 2009
editWelcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Robert B. Downs, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Robert B. Downs was changed by Scoutcalvert (u) (t) deleting 8341 characters on 2009-05-15T20:20:22+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot (talk) 20:20, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
The recent edit you made to Robert B. Downs constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to remove content from articles without explanation. Thank you. Tomayres 20:21, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Lester Asheim
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Suggestion
editHey, I'm cymru.lass. I noticed that you're directing a project at your school or university that involves creating pages about librarians. You might want to check out Wikipedia:LIBRARIANS, which is the page for the WikiProject covering libraries. You and your students might even want to create a special task force within that WikiProject dealing specifically with librarians. If you have any questions, leave a message on my talk page. --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 02:33, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Confused
editI'm not sure what to make of this edit. Certainly you are allowed to clear any content from your talk page that you care to, but your failure to answer the questions that were posed makes me wonder if you are the right person to be teaching a course on the proper use of Wikipedia. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)