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Emma Watson

Thank you for cleaning up this article, and welcome to Wikipedia. Cheers. «»Who?¿?^meta 16:16, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Regarding The Confederates

Thanks for contributing the article about The Confederates! I have made some minor changes to bring it inline with some of the other barbershop articles I've worked on. Let me know if you have any questions! —HorsePunchKid→龜 2005-12-15 07:21:26Z

Your question at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)

I think I've answered it. Just leaving you a note, as you asked it 4 days ago. Conscious 12:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Mujib FAC

Hi Tdslappy - please revisit your opinion. In the article Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, every fact is verifiable and most are cited. There is no need to add citations to every 1-2 sentence, and cumulatively there are more than 50 citations in the article. This Fire Burns.....Always 17:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi - I've just added a bunch of refs from an online book source for the "Criticism" section. Please take a look. This Fire Burns.....Always 18:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Also, the "order" of citations is correct - the "a,b,c" notation system is used for multiple citations from one source. This Fire Burns.....Always 18:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Michlogo.gif)

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AfD nomination of Michigan State University Residence Halls Association

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Speedy deletion of Gongwer News Service

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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