Christy747
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I hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia. We can use all the help we can get! Have a nice day. Sincerely, Ryan 06:21, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Ryan~ I don't yet know how to respond properly to a point on a talk page (that is, as a bullet point below the previous one, instead of as a separate heading), but I appreciate the introduction. Wikipedia is definitely different than UBB/PHPBB or HTML, but I think I'll learn my way around eventually. Typing four tildes is much easier than typing out information manually! I had typed out my information that way on a page earlier. Whoops. Anyway, thanks again! :) Christy747 07:39, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
Speedies edit
I saw your VfD on Hector trevino. Just wanted to let you know, you can speedy that sort of thing also. Speedy is quicker and easier than VfD. I added the {{nn-bio}} tag to it which is meant for speeding articles about people with no assertion of notability. Once the speedy tag is there, it just takes an admin to come along and actually delete it. Happy wiki-ing. Friday (talk) 19:26, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you! I am still learning my way around. Christy747 19:30, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Scouting Wikiproject edit
A number of wikipedians have started a Scouting Wikiproject. Currently, GSUSA is woefully underrepresented, and since yours is the few user pages linking to Gold Award, I thought you might wanna join up and help out. -- Thesquire (talk - contribs) 20:24, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
US Collaboration of the month edit
You have voted for Omaha, Nebraska on the USCOTM. It was selected to be this months's collaboration. You are invited to help to contribute in order to improve Omaha, Nebraska in any way possible.
LJ edit
What is your LJ address? I'm just curious. Эйрон Кинни (t) 01:02, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Minnesota meetup edit
A meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 22:57, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- Reminder: Meetup October 29, one o'clock, Mall of America. Jonathunder 15:30, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry for the late notice, but there is a change within the mall for the meetup location today: see this page. Jonathunder 15:19, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Nice to meet you! edit
Christy, it was really a pleasure to meet you today! Seemed like a whirlwind meetup and I didn't really have enough time to get to chat with everyone I would have liked to. I hope we can get together again to talk more sometime! Estreya 00:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Watch those links edit
Hi Christy, thanks for your edit on Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness -- it reads better now. However, you broke the link. I fixed it, so no worries for now. Thanks! -- R27182818 15:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
- OOPS! Sorry about that, and thanks for pointing out my mistake. Christy747 15:33, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Congrats! edit
Congrats on finding my first secret page (the easy one) in a series of increasingly harder to find secret pages. =) Have you looked for the second, much more difficult to find page? hmwith talk 16:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Meetup RSVP edit
Minnesota Meetup edit
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Come to the First Topeka Meetup, January 15! edit
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Hope to see you there Sadads (talk) 20:39, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
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