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Reply to your Articles for Creation Help Desk question

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  Hello, B Taylor-Blake! I'm Timtrent. I have replied to your question about a submission at the WikiProject Articles for Creation Help Desk. Fiddle Faddle 11:06, 16 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

It can be changed at any time in the future. Right now please concentrare on making it a cracking great page, full of good material and useful references. We change page names by moving them. A new editor has to wait a while before rights to move articles are granted. Fiddle Faddle 11:06, 16 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

Thank you!

Your submission at AfC Edward Roy Perl was accepted

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Edward Roy Perl, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Cerebellum (talk) 16:05, 15 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

B Taylor-Blake (talk) 16:09, 15 August 2014 (UTC) Thank you!Reply

File permission problem with File:Edward R. Perl.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Edward R. Perl.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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B Taylor-Blake (talk) 11:46, 22 August 2014 (UTC) Thank you for pointing this out. I should have this issue resolved by 25 August 2014 (Monday).Reply

New article

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  The Original Barnstar
You are hereby awarded a barnstar, for creating a terrific new article on Edward Perl. Thank you, and welcome to Wikipedia. Margin1522 (talk) 18:44, 16 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

AfC notification: Draft:Perl-UNC Prize has a new comment

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Perl-UNC Prize. Thanks! Kharkiv07 (T) 02:11, 22 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

Oops, I'd left the reply directly on that draft page, but I'll leave it here too. [Thanks for taking a look at this so quickly, Kharkiv07! Yes, I'll add some outside sources. I recognize the problem with relying too heavily on UNC sources, but they're helpful since they explain in detail why each recipient was awarded with the Prize. In any event, finding outside references to supplement won't be a problem.] B Taylor-Blake (talk) 11:32, 22 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Perl-UNC Prize has been accepted

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Perl-UNC Prize, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Kharkiv07 (T) 16:16, 22 May 2015 (UTC)Reply
Thank you so very much, Kharkiv07, for all your help and the speed at which you reviewed and approved the new Perl-UNC Prize page! B Taylor-Blake (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

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