User talk:DonKofAK

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Hi I noticed you putting 4 tildes ~ in the edit summary box. You don't need to do that, as the wiki software records who did each edit in the page history and all the tildes will do is show up as 4 squiggles. The only time you need to sign your work using the 4 tildes is on talk pages like this one, where they will automatically be converted to your signature and a date and time stamp. Happy editing! Katr67 (talk) 23:06, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification! //DK

September 2008
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 * Sorry. I should have made it more clear the hospital is also a pro bono cultural center. The purpose was to show what happens when and how to learn about the "real stuff", not the tourist-oriented trade. //DK

Re:Lauditory quotations in bibliographic articles
Hi! I decided to restore the quote - but because it was during the dedication of the Alaska state cultural center. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:04, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


 * General Hamilton was quoted honoring the man, not the facility named in honor of him. In a state with a population of 600,000 or so, it's uncommon to hold several memorial services in distant communities. Morrie was from the Interior (Fairbanks). The Anchorage service drew about 700 people to the large ballroom in Captain Cook. Like Martin Luther King, we lost Morris too soon; many Alaskans knew it. //Don K. (talk) 21:31, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Wasilla
Thank you for your helpful edits on Wasilla, Alaska! One comment is when creating refs, please link directly to the URL in which contains the information you are sourcing (come GA-review time, this is always a big issue but important nonetheless). davumaya 02:13, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm working to improve my ability to document my contributions. Maybe the learning curve will flatten out soon. //DK

Hi Don and Welcome
I noticed a request on an Administrator's talk page for mentoring and am willing to help you if you can tell me what kinds of help you might wish for in editing here. I am not an Administrator, but do have quite a bit of experience editing! Feel free to leave messages on my talk page when you wish to know things, if you are truly a newbie! --leahtwosaints (talk) 11:00, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

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Hello from Alrich44
Hello Don, I found some similarities in our interests when I read your post on Talk Paleo. I thought I would open up a conversation with you here because the talk page isn't even a location to discuss the topic. I grew up in Montana and have a few links to Alaska, a great state. We could start with weight loss if you like. Alrich44 (talk) 18:30, 22 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Hello, Hail Fellow Well Met (seems reasonable, under the circumstances). I'm pleased to hear from you. Though I've been logged in to Wikipedia for several years, illness curtailed my involvement soon after I got active as an editor. Consider me an ignorant, well-intended Wikipedian. I hope I still have something to offer. As to the Paleo Diet, I've researched some interesting material on the "Academic Search Premier" which is an interned feature the State of Alaska subscribes to for the benefit of all those in Alaska. It's a high-class academic research engine that found some good stuff on the Paleo Diet. I've not read all the articles, but I was able to download them in PDF format. I could E-mail them to you if you wish. It is interesting to note that the Paleo Diet is virtually the same as the Alaska Native Subsistence Diet which thousands of native and rural Caucasians practice. It isn't ancient history, it is the way to live today for many people of the North. This Messaging medium we're using here is unfamiliar to me. If I get lost, feel free to contact me at Don@Karabelnikoff.net. I'll be interested to hear back from you.//Don K. (talk) 22:09, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

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