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Hi PrairieKid,

Thanks for the help so far on the GAR for ASL. I haven't had internet access for the past few days, but I'm going to work on the remaining issues asap. Thanks for your time. Mo-Al (talk) 00:51, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

That's fine. Thanks for letting me know. I was beginning to get worried. PrairieKid (talk) 00:52, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Changes to Washington page

Explain how fixing a dead link to Moose and removing a sentence about a specific county is unconstructive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.252.197.4 (talk) 18:53, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi prairie Kid

I saw the improvements to the article "Washington State" - It is looking a lot better all ready! Martinvl (talk) 10:45, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. It has been a bit of a slow process. I really need to just sit down one day and just work on that article, finding refs, copy editing, etc. to get it to the point where I can at least feel comfortable nominating it. PrairieKid (talk) 15:42, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

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Hey, Sorry if I made a mess on the NJ Senate election article. I was fighting with the coding since somehow, when I looked there had been what looked like an attempt to add a poll (showing the race a lot tighter) with no source given. I didn't realize this was the issue initially, fiddled with the coding, and then realized that the closer poll had no source indicated and deleted it as lacking a source. Again, my apologies if this made a mess of things. It probably doesn't help that I'm blanking on my password for my account on here.72.82.100.79 (talk) 02:51, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

My old account is/was Tyrenon. I come back every-so-often to fiddle with articles, but I'm (sadly) a bit lazy with logging in. It also seems that I declined to attach an email to the account (at least as I can tell), which would make recovery tricky.72.82.100.79 (talk) 02:57, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

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October 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits, such as the edit you made to Rand Paul, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. You are removing accurate material and replacing it with a POV/BLP violation. Please discuss this first, so that you can understand why it is an error. MilesMoney (talk) 23:01, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

A vandalism warning? Seriously.
First off, I am surprised you're going against your own policy. At the top of your talk page, you say anything related to pages should STAY on those pages. Just my own interesting observation.
Second, the sources say that Paul does not personally support same-sex marriage, but thinks it should be left to the states. He PERSONALLY wants it abolished but doesn't legally want it abolished. Don't change the wording because you either don't agree with him or disagree with the source. PrairieKid (talk) 23:09, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

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Senator Warren already denied running for president.

Why are you deleting it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fhkung (talk • contribs) 19:14, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Howdy-

Please read our rules about candidates. While Senator Warren has said she isn't considering a run, she hasn't made a definite statement. She has not said "I am not running, not considering running, and won't consider running." Few candidates admit to an interest so early (3 years) before an election. (This election has an oddly high amount.) Until she makes that statement, she remains where she is.

Would you mind adding that comment to Talk:United States presidential election, 2016, so it's clearer why she should be removed from the listing of potential candidates who declined? —C.Fred (talk) 19:34, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Reminder: when leaving warnings at user talk pages, like you did at User talk:Fhkung, make sure you subst the template. —C.Fred (talk) 19:19, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Sorry about that... I am horrible about adding the subst. Thanks. PrairieKid (talk) 19:22, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thank you for the revert on my edits to the Cory Booker page. I have this converter extension on my browser and it screwed everything up without me even realizing it! Harland Q Pitt 00:21, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

That's the first time I've ever been thanked by an editor for reverting their edits. No big deal. Cheers. PrairieKid (talk) 00:22, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

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Comcast Business Services

Sorry for the delayed reply. The article looks good and you appear to have met the criteria for the $75 award. Could you please email me your payment info? Cla68 (talk) 12:30, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, please disregard. Cla68 (talk) 07:47, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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