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Congratulations on making it into the Telegraph Herald. Keep up the good work. And I saw you were in the Hempstead class of '05? Me too. Go 'Stangs. stemperm 16:02, 12 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

The TH ran an article about Wikipedia and its accuracy. They looked at the pages about Dubuque and said they were quite accurate. Then they talked about you:

An anonymous author named "DBQer," for example, penned Wikipedia entries ranging from Asbury Plaza to Mazzuchelli Middle School.

"I began writing/editing articles late last year," DBQer wrote on a user page, "and most of my contributions have been related to Dubuque, or places near and within it."

The author called DBQer vows to maintain accuracy and admits to being inspired by Dubuque's recent development.

"The city has really come into its own in the last couple years," DBQer wrote.

Here is a link that may or may not work for you: http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=179813 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stemperm (talkcontribs) 23:00, 12 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Great Job! edit

You have done a great job editing things about and around Dubuque, and taken some nice pictures. Thanks.
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Dubuque edit

Your work on Dubuque is very nice. I especially like the picture of Lincoln Avenue. Keep up the good work. Stemperm

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Thanks for your message of support in favor of keeping the article for balance on teachers. As you can see, it will not fare well. So I particularly appreciated your kind message. I hope the end result here is the elimination of all articles targeting the miscreants on the low end of the totem pole. To tell the truth, this was dreadful stuff to chronicle. Not something to which I looked forward to doing! So, in a way, I am looking forward to it's end and perhaps the end to all similar articles as well. Just wanted you to know how much I appreciated your taking the time to post that note! Student7 16:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)Reply

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