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Sincerely, ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀   (Leave me a message)

Nice work!

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  The WikiCookie
You've learned how to use basic wikicode in your sandbox. You can always return there to experiment more.

Posted automatically via sandbox guided tour. Kflynn2015 (talk) 17:21, 20 May 2014 (UTC) Reply

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Hi ! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

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Welcome!

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Hello, Kflynn2015, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Valfontis (talk) 18:10, 2 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

GLAM

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Hi there, I noticed you are an archivist. Please take a look at the GLAM project if you haven't already. Sometimes librarians and archivists get into trouble adding links to their resource collections like you have been doing (and end up getting blocked for spamming!). I can't find a link to a specific page about this right now, but feel free to ask a GLAM person for help. Cheers, Valfontis (talk) 18:20, 2 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Here is a link to an old essay: User:Beetstra/Archivists. Here is a Wikimedia page about adding links: Linking for GLAMs. And here is a higher-level discussion: Wikipedia:Advice for the cultural sector. Valfontis (talk) 18:32, 2 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks!

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Thank you for the resources and advice! I have recently been in contact with librarians and archivists at other institutions that are part of the GLAM project and am trying to stay as informed as possible about Wikipedia policies and issues of conflict of interest, so the articles about linking were especially helpful. Thanks again! Kflynn2015 (talk) 18:44, 2 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

June 2014

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  Hello, I'm Excirial. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made with this edit to Khirbet Qana, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 20:17, 4 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank

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Thank you for the Khirbet Qana article. I didn't think the link would turn blue so soon. trespassers william (talk) 15:28, 20 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the feedback,trespassers william! Kflynn2015 (talk) 15:11, 14 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

July 2014

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  Hello, I'm Solarra. I noticed that you recently removed all content from Khirbet Qana, with this edit without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, I restored the page's content. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 20:25, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hi Solarra- Thanks! It was indeed a mistake- I definitely did not mean to remove all the content from the article. Thank you for restoring it. Still figuring out the mechanics of Wikipedia :/ Kflynn2015 (talk) 20:28, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
I left you some useful links that should help explain some of the more generic Wikipedia Policies. ♥ Solarra ♥ ♪ 話 ♪ ߷ ♀ 投稿 ♀ 20:45, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
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