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Ambassadors/Courses/U.S. Political Parties (Shamira Gelbman) Cecoker (talk) 17:19, 21 August 2011 (UTC) Brooke Hubbard (talk) 21:10, 23 August 2011 (UTC)HELLO

Hey There
My name is Chris Batzel and I am currently in the second section of the U.S. Political Parties course taught by Shamira Gelbman. Hopefully it will be a great year with many contributions to the Wikipedia U.S. Parties Project. Chris (talk) 03:20, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello
Cant wait to get started on this project. Asgalt (talk) 19:06, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Aloha
My name is Jason I am in the 11:00 A.M. of POL. 214. I am looking forward to this semester and to see how this project turns. I hope you are having a good evening! Aloha — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsfranc (talk • contribs) 01:40, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello
Hello my name is Kristen and I am in section 2. I am looking forward to learning about Wikipedia. Kamccab (talk) 17:25, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi my name is Nick, nice meeting you in class today. Nperrone (talk) 17:14, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Introduction
Hi Casey, My name is Brooke Hubbard and I go to Illinois State University. I am currently enrolled in Political Parties with Professor Gelbman and will be working on the State Parties and Platforms Project with the rest of the class. I just wanted to introduce myself. Brooke Hubbard (talk) 21:07, 23 August 2011 (UTC)Brooke Hubbard

Hi Casey, My name is Adrienne and I am in section 2 of the political parties course. I look forward to learning how to use wikipedia in general and for this class. Just introducing myself, hope you have a great day. AdrienneAAnderson (talk) 19:56, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Welcome
Hello my name is John Daniels. I am a junior at Illinois State University and I am taking part in the state parties and platform project. I am very excited to be thoroughly taught how to use wikipedia and to take advantage of everything I will learn in this class--(John C Daniels (talk) 20:08, 28 August 2011 (UTC))

Welcome aboard!
Hi Casey -- good to see you here. I hope the training is going well! Sgelbman (talk) 18:25, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

GATable
The GATable can be found at: Daniel Simanek (talk) 18:43, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey There!
Hello Casey -- My name is Julie Gawron and I am in the 2pm section of POL 214 and I'm actually really excited to be working with wikipedia. I think it's interesting how we can use sources like this to get information across quickly and efficiently Jjgawro (talk) 20:54, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello
Hello Casey! My name is Monica Wojtysiak. I am currently enrolled in POL 214 Section 2. Mlwojty (talk) 21:32, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

hey there!
My name is Ben Adams and I hope I am doing this right Badamz (talk) 23:02, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello!
My name is Matthew Sanders and I am in section one of Pol 214. When I learned we would be working with Wikipedia I became very excited. I've wanted to learn how to edit wikipedia pages so this course will be very useful. Have a great weekend! (Mwsande (talk) 14:28, 26 August 2011 (UTC))

My name is Anna Legner and I am in section 1 of Political Parties. This is all new to me so I hope I am doing it correctly! Aelegner (talk) 15:19, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello Casey! My name is Jim Conway, and I am also in section 1 of POL 214. I'm looking forward to learning more about Wikipedia and working with you!Jtconwa (talk) 19:40, 26 August 2011 (UTC) Hello Casey! my name is Michael Bovino I am also in the Section 1 Pol 214. I am excited to start working on these projects for this all to begin. (Mjbovin (talk) 18:58, 28 August 2011 (UTC))

Hi my name is Ashley Sinkler and I am in section 1 of POL 214. I'm looking forward to learning more about wikipedia! Afsinkl (talk) 00:57, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi my name is Mark Reyna and i'm looking forward to this semester and learning more about political parties. Mreyna (talk) 19:40, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Why Hello There!
My name is Andrew Norman and I am in the second section of POL214. I've been messing around with the Wikipedia stuff and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. I'm looking forward to learning more. Ajnorma (talk) 18:00, 26 August 2011 (UTC)ajnorma

Hello Casey, my name is Jim Lawler I am also in the second section of POL214. Jimlawler09 (talk) 20:10, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Casey, my name is Ryan Jason and I too am in the second section of POL214. I look forward to the project. Rjjason (talk) 04:19, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi!
Hi! My name is Michelle. I am a part of section 1 of POL 214 with Professor Gelbman. So far I am having a little trouble getting the hang of using Wikipedia but hopefully practice will make perfect. (Mcberli (talk) 18:57, 26 August 2011 (UTC))

My name is Michelle too, and I am also in section 1 of POL 214 this semester. I'm kind of scared to use Wikipedia but I'm sure it will be a fun experience! Masuhi (talk) 22:47, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Help with parties
Hey, Casey, if you've got anybody working on Wisconsin articles, or the intricacies of left-wing party sectarianism, I will volunteer my services as a bit of a coach. Just tell 'em to let me know you sent 'em. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  19:20, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi! My name is Mitchell. I am part of section 2 of POL 214 with Professor Gelbman. I have no clue how to use this! MitchellLarkins (talk) 19:36, 27 August 2011 (UTC) MitchellLarkins MitchellLarkins (talk) 19:36, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey
Hey Casey, my name is Owen Stiffler. Looking forward to doing some work on Wikipedia. It was good meeting you! Owenstiffler (talk) 00:29, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Howdy
My name is Kyle. I used to live in Montana. I love to read wikipedia, but editing it is not as much fun.

Ksquared83 (talk) 02:41, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

hi
hi my name is Joey Maginot i'm in section 2 Jmaginot (talk) 19:05, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello
Hi casey! My name is Andrew and I am in the 2PM Section. What do think would be a good goal for us with this project? AjlarsoISU (talk) 21:49, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Bonjour!
Hey there, my name is Nate Byrne and I'm in POL 214 Sec. 1. Can't wait to get the ball rollin'! Ncbyrne (talk) 22:56, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Yoooo!
Hi Casey, My name is Austin Beaty and I am in POL 214 sec 1. Ready to get the year started. I hope Nate knows what he was doing because I am pretty much using his section above mine as a template to my writing! Well, see ya later! atbeaty (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 00:33, 30 August 2011 (UTC).

Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself
Hello, my name is Collin Harding and I wanted to introduce myself. Well...let's be honest I'm doing this because it's required, but it's nice to meet you nonetheless.

Hope to get to know you this semester, (Archias of Thurii (talk) 00:42, 30 August 2011 (UTC))

Hello!
My name is Chris Pendergast and I am in the 2nd section of the class. I look forward to working with you and am honestly excited about working on this project.Cdpende (talk) 02:03, 30 August 2011 (UTC)(Cdpende (talk) 02:02, 30 August 2011 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cdpende (talk • contribs) 01:49, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello!
Hey Casey! I'm Mary Jones and I am in the second section of POL 214. Looking forward to the project! Marymjones (talk) 04:34, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Hey
Hello my name is Koty Garber. I am in the second section of POL 214. The class seems very interesting and I am looking forward to learning more about U.S. Political Parties and doing this project. Krgarbe (talk)

Hello Casey my name is Ana Santiago. I am looking forward to the challenge of this project.Anasantiagoisu (talk) 14:23, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello my name is Jasmine Slater and I am in section 2 of POL 214.Looking forward to working on the project.Jdslate (talk) 17:30, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Political Parties Project
Hey there, Casey! I've been down with the flu over the past few weeks and now attempting to catch up with everything. My apologies for not being able to respond to your request sooner regarding assistance with your class on images, copyright, infoboxes, and everything in between. Any interesting feedback or lessons learned in presenting this information? How did it go? Best regards,  Cind.   amuse  (Cindy) 23:31, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

SPPP Project
I've been making ongoing revisions to the New York Republican State Committee webpage and the other day I edited the marriage section and I went back today to find it completely deleted. I checked the history of the page and two users said that I needed to connect it to the state party. I was currently working on it but now it's all gone. I've saved all my edits but how can I keep it from happening again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjgawro (talk • contribs) 18:48, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

POL 214 EMERGENCY
I don't know what happened but all my work was suddenly deleted and I do not know why, I don't know what happened or what I did wrong I just need help Mcking4 (talk) 09:53, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

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