User talk:Pietrow

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Thanks, if a bit dated :) Pietrow ☏ 20:05, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

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 * Ugh, I'm not a major contributor. I just rewrote a sentence. Pietrow ☏ 17:05, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

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 * Thanks! — Pietrow   ☏  10:46, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Review for Stephen_Colbert
Hi Pietrow, the revision you accepted for Stephen Colbert was vandalism although it was not obvious, refer to WP:VAN for more info on how to deal with and spot vandalism, I've warned the user of that IP already.

Thanks,  Fridae&#39;§ Doom  &#124;  Talk to me  08:21, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm sorry. I should have left it to someone more familiar with the subject I guess. — Pietrow   ☏  08:25, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Science Fiction Edit
Hi there. You asked why I removed Stephanie Meyer as an example of a Fantasy author who has won a Hugo--I removed her because she has never in fact won a Hugo. I'm not familiar with how Wikipedia works, but was under the impression that simple edits of this nature were not only allowed but encouraged. For future reference where should I have explained the reason for the edit?68.144.103.171 (talk) 11:37, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I didn't understand the reasoning, therefore I reverted your edit. It's not required to give a reason for edits, but sometimes it's useful so people can understand and if required verify it. That's especially the case when removing content as an anonymous user, because such edits can be mistaken for vandalism. Often I forget to give an edit summary myself, so don't worry about it. Your contributions are more than welcome. — Pietrow   ☏  13:08, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Merger of symbolic computation with computer algebra system
You may be interested in Talk:Symbolic computation. Yaris678 (talk) 17:22, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

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