User talk:Lainestl

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Hello, Lainestl, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! tedder (talk) 23:13, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
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Great tips! Thanks for stopping by! --Lainestl (talk) 01:30, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

personal note
I'm surprised nobody has said hello yet- thanks for handling copyediting and typos. I'm a horrible wordsmith, so I really respect those who dive in. tedder (talk) 23:14, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Tedder! Hope to see you around :)--Lainestl (talk) 01:28, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Typos
Hello Lainestl, thanks for your efforts fixing typos. Please be mindful, though, that some of the changes that you have made in a couple of articles are not typos and should not be changed. For instance, in Battle of Chongju (1950) and Battle of Gang Toi, words like "defences", "cancelled", etc. are not typos in Australian or Britsh English. Both of these articles are written using Australian English, so it is not correct to change "defences" to "defenses"; "cancelled" to "canceled" or "criticised" to "criticized". The relevant policy directions are WP:ENGVAR and MOS:RETAIN. I hope this won't discourage you from continuing your work, however, finding and fixing typos is an important contribution. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 05:03, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

AustralianRupert - Thank you for bring those items to my attention. I'm aware of wikipedia's policy about this, but must have slipped up on those articles. My apologies! I think I'll start switching disctionaries when working on a non-American english article. --Lainestl (talk) 16:59, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Josh Owens
Hi, I'm not sure how well-versed you are with the deletion process, but proposed deletion and Articles for deletion are two entirely separate processes. When nominating an article for proposed deletion (uncontroversial deletion), you only need to tag the article in question, and it is highly recommended that you notify the article creator on his/her talk page as well. You only need to create a separate deletion discussion page and add to the AfD log when nominating an article at AfD.

In the case of Josh Owens, I have converted the prod tag you placed on the article into the AfD tag, which links to the deletion discussion you created. As a rule of thumb, AfD takes precedence over prod. I have also concurrently nominated the article for speedy deletion, as I believe he falls under criterion A7 as an article about a real person that does not credibly indicate how he is notable. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 14:34, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Forgot to mention: If you ever need help with deletion, please leave me a message on my talk page and I'll be glad to help. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 14:36, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

KuyaBriBri, Thanks for the message! That was the first time I've come across an article that appeared as though it should be proposed for deletion, so I was doing my best to follow the AfD process, but clearly had some issues. Thanks for correcting everything. I did notify the author per AfD process, and I'll probably take you up on your offer for help next time I run across an article that looks inappropriate. Thanks again! --Lainestl (talk) 16:01, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

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Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 18:51, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Survey
Hi Lainestl!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

Just click this link to participate in this survey, via Google!

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. Also, feel free to share this any other female Wikimedians you may know. It is in English, but any language Wikimedia participants are encouraged to participate. I appreciate your contributions - to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 02:58, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

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