User talk:Cdestree

Welcome!
I see that you've already been welcomed (above), but I thought I would stop by and say hello as well. If you ever have any questions, I'd be happy to help. Just drop me a line on my talk page. Cheers!  TN ‑ X - Man  19:07, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Generally, the best way to get started with Wikipedia is to pick a subject that interests you (I see you have several listed on your user page). Look around at some related articles. Do they need improvement or expansion? You can jump right in and help out. Or, if you're looking for something a little more organized, a Wikiproject is a way for people to work on related articles together. I'm sure there's one out there for you. Cheers!  TN ‑ X - Man  19:30, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Adoptme template
I see you placed 20080818184844 at the Help desk. It's intended for the user or user talk page so I have moved it here. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:38, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Re-write or edit
As a professor and scholar I have often warned my students about relying on Wikipedia. Recently I have considered the idea of rather than avoiding Wiki articles I should try to improve or re-write them. I am an international recognized expert on certain issues, but my main passions are: human trafficking, modern slavery, forced labor and child soldiers; international humanitarian law of armed conflict (IHL/LOAC); civil liberty and national security law. Should I try and add and correct current articles on the subject or is there a way to propose to the Wikipedia community entirely new articles? I am new to your system and would welcome a mentor/adopter to guide me through format and the complexity of Wikipedia policy and politics.--Cdestree (talk) 19:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC) Legoktm
 * Hi Cdestree, I am willing to adopt you. I currently have 4810 edits, I am a  rollbacker,  accountcreator, and general helper.  I am part of WP:FOWL, help out at WP:AFC, and a  bot operator.  If you have any questions, please contact me  here, or on this page. LegoKontribsTalkM 22:26, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I too would be delighted to help (writer, editor, former grad student in History; admin here at Wikipedia). Just drop a query on my talk page, or e-mail me via the "E-mail this user" feature from said talk page. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  14:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Request to participate in University of Washington survey on tool to quickly understand Wikipedians’ reputations
Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington. In April, we met with some local 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 of those sessions was to gather feedback to help design an embedded application 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.)

Willing to spend a few minutes taking our survey? Click this link.

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) 21:25, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

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Additional details about our research group are available here.