User talk:Smit23am

Language
In a recent edit to the page Hogwarts staff, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. Carl Sixsmith (talk) 19:37, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Edits to Nancy Sutley
Saw your work over at Nancy Sutley and I'm glad you're getting the hang of the citation templates. Since the NYT is cited so often, I figured I'd give you a quick tip on how I usually do it: If there's no author listed (like with the article you added), just include the field |author=No author listed. Anyway, keep up the good work and let me know if you need any help with anything (and I'm interested to see what you're main project will be). Keep making those edits - it's the only way you'll learn. :)  upstate NYer  02:19, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Re: your email
If you're planning on writing a biography on Nancy Sutley for your main project of the semester, here are a few tips I'd give you: I'll look around for some other bios that could be comparable and you can get some ideas from those. Trust me, I can appreciate basing work off a proven template.  upstate NYer  04:07, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * You'll want to expand the 'Early life' section; no reference to Obama's administration is really relevant here.
 * You'll want to rename 'Previous work'. Previous to what? I know, to working for the president, but that's not the only thing she's done, I'm sure.
 * You'll want to expand this section. Maybe make it 'Education and early career'. It may be difficult to find early info on her, but once you do, it will be rewarding and make for a nice, complete article.
 * You'll want to rename 'Current accomplishments'. We never use words like current because it always becomes out of date.
 * Maybe a section on viewpoints, major projects, associations (memberships to professional societies or organizations and/or who she is a known colleague of) is probably appropriate.
 * I'm currently working with NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and her campaign to rewrite her article. You may be surprised that if you contact the White House, you may be able to get some information on specific questions that frustrate you. Some people can be very receptive to that, and the Obama admin is pretty progressive in the technology field, so they may help out, believe it or not.

Executive Order 11478
I noticed you removed "red links" from within the quoted text of this Executive Order, but I think you didn't go far enough. The Manual of Style at Quotations, Linking says:
 * "As much as possible, avoid linking from within quotes, which may clutter the quotation, violate the principle of leaving quotations unchanged, and mislead or confuse the reader."

Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 20:33, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Wave
Just saying hi! I put together a list of my mentees for this semester and I'd like it if you can confirm that the articles I listed are indeed those you're working on (it's an educated guess based on your contributions). Don't forget, I'm always here if you need some help or some questions answered. Thanks!  upstate NYer  05:01, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: promotional template
Hi Allie, I read through the article. I don't disagree that the tag should be there. To get it removed, here are the sentences that should be reworded: I made a few other wording revisions, but they aren't a big deal. Once those are tidied up, we can get that tag removed.  upstate NYer  17:45, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
 * "Sutley has committed more than 20 years to protecting public health and the environment and to energy and climate change issues." Sounds like something you'd have on a resume.
 * "Her parents came to the United States in search of a better life, and who ultimately shaped her values of hard work and the importance to giving back to the community." I would change this to just 'Her parent immigrated to the United States in XXXX (year).' The rest is fluff that describes characteristics about her that can't really be backed up.

GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE newsletter
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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report
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