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Hey! I actually want to work down state in Springfield at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum but there are so many great museum out there so where I end up after graduation is still way up in the air! Thanks for asking! What do you plan on doing with your poli sci major? Law school? Marymjones (talk) 22:32, 29 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, I know what you mean by not knowing where to take your degree. I've switched majors basically twice since starting college. Sorry but I can't tell what your name is...are we in the same section? Marymjones (talk) 04:27, 30 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Yeah sorry i just put up some basic info just to get started but I will be working on "prettying" it up as it were. But my name is Adam and I am in the 2pm section. What were your other majors if you don't mind my asking? Ajdeyou (talk) 20:31, 30 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Happy editing! Sophus Bie (talk) 09:56, 30 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Well I started out at Valparaiso University as a Theology major but decided to transfer here after my freshman year. I came in my sophomore year as a History Secondary Education Major, decided after a semester that I didn't really want to teach so I just dropped the teaching certification and went with straight history. See you Tuesday! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marymjones (talkcontribs) 05:56, 1 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Capitalization of headings

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Ajdeyou, thank you for your contributions to the North Carolina Republican Party article. Unfortunately, your article headings violate the Wikipedia style on headings. The Wikipedia style for capitalizing headings is to use "sentence case" instead of "title case", e.g.,

Important things to know about this subject

not:

Important Things to Know About This Subject

This may be unfamiliar to many editors who believe that or have been taught that "title case is the right way to capitalize headings". It isn't the "right way", it is one style. Wikipedia has, for better or worse, chosen to follow a different style, i.e., capitalize the heading the same way you would capitalize any sentence:

  • capitalize the first word,
  • capitalize any proper nouns (people, places, organizations), and
  • begin all other words with lower case letters.

See WP:MSH for more information. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 20:22, 19 December 2011 (UTC)Reply