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Welcome[edit]

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Hello, Johnlumgair, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am ChildofMidnight and I would like to thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:00, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Adoption[edit]

John you can delete old messages and warning templates from your talk page, although the preferred method is to set up an archive (which you can always come back and add later). Please let me know if you have any questions. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:13, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's all at Help:Archiving a talk page. Personally I use the move method, that way you get to keep the history intact, but that is my preference. Your talk page isn't very long, so shouldn't need archiving yet. If it is the warnings you don't like having on your page, you can delete them as an indication that you read and understand them, personally I keep everything on my talk page, (except for vandalism). Happy editing!--kelapstick (talk) 23:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I threw up an archiving system. We'll see if it works. Delete it if you don't want it. Kelapstick has close ties to Nevada politicians, casinos and the square milk jug industry, so be wary of his advice. ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:59, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I am willing to admit I am a shady character...--kelapstick (talk) 00:58, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


thankyou

Adoption[edit]

I would like to adopt you. Do you accept? MathCool10 Sign here! 03:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

From now on, ask me questions here. Also watch the page. (Click the "watch" button on top). MathCool10 Sign here! 00:58, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and I have an assignment there as well. MathCool10 Sign here! 03:01, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Request to participate in University of Washington survey on tool to quickly understand Wikipedians’ reputations[edit]

Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington. In April, we met with Wikipedians to learn what they would like to know about other editors’ history and activities (within Wikipedia) when interacting with them on talk pages. The goal was to gather feedback to help design a tool that could quickly communicate useful information about other Wikipedians. We have now created a few images that we feel represent some of what our participants thought was important. We would appreciate it if you took a few minutes of your time to complete an online survey that investigates whether or not these images would be useful to you. Your quick contribution would be very valuable to our research group and ultimately to Wikipedia. (When finished, the code for this application will be given over to the Wikipedia community to use and/or adjust as they see fit.)

We are particularly interested in feedback from new editors! We want to make sure this tool meets your needs.

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Please feel free to share the link with other Wikipedians. The more feedback, the better! The survey is completely anonymous and takes less than 10 minutes to complete. All data is used for university research purposes only.

Thank you for your time! If you have any questions about our research or research group, please visit our user page. Commprac01 (talk) 23:30, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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