Welcome! edit

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Please remove this speedy template edit

diff. I understand the template was added in good faith without realizing that the editor was working on it, but the article as it stands now Embarkment is evidently not a speedy candidate. Thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:46, 21 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Please use your sandbox for an unfinished article. Re@waken talk 02:52, 21 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Lengthened Article edit

My Article on the Fuegian dog is no longer a stub!Scottishwildcat12 (talk) 12:15, 27 August 2014 (UTC)AmandaReply

I am very glad the article has been expanded, and look forward to your future contributions to Wikipedia. Re@waken talk 20:04, 1 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Eristalinus megacephalus edit

Re@waken talk 19:15, 30 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Austroicetes frater edit

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Files for deletion edit

See Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2015 March 15#The Manga Guides. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:40, 15 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

"See also" links edit

Hello Reawaken, thank you for contributing to many book articles from Sharon M. Draper. I noticed you added long lists of see also links for all of her books to those articles. Such book lists are usually not added as "See also" lists in every single article (imagine such a list for authors like Jack London or others with dozens or hundreds of titles :) ). But it would be good to update her main bibliography in her author article to Wiki-link to as many existing book articles as possible - then readers can find all related sub-articles from 1 main list. Another alternative would be a template (a "navbox") to list all links (if all those novels are separately notable). Please feel free to ping me, if you have further questions. Best regards. GermanJoe (talk) 23:39, 27 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open! edit

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open! edit

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New 10,000 Challenge for Canada edit

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