User talk:TangentBurns

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Hello, TangentBurns, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for CII. 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! Muhandes (talk) 23:08, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
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Construction Industry Institute

 * Muhandes:


 * Thank you for your welcoming words and for your edits to my first article. As you have correctly identified, and am a new contributor. I had hoped that an editor would come across my new article and give me some feedback on how to make it encyclopedic. I believe you have done a fine job of improving the Construction Industry Institute article.


 * My only question is why you chose to remove "(CII)" from the top paragraph. You described it as a common term (which it certainly is; hence the disambiguation page), but here it defines an acronym that will be used repeatedly throughout the remainder of the article. I considered that definition to be a common courtesy to readers. Do you consider the acronym to be self-evident, so we can skip its definition?


 * Thanks again for your advice! (Should I have set apart my reply with a section instead of indentation?) TangentBurns (talk) 15:38, 3 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Rats! Upon a second reading, I think I got your edit reversed in my head. You added the "CII" definition that I thought you'd removed. Good add! I totally agree. TangentBurns (talk) 15:43, 3 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Yup, I added it from the reasons you mentioned, see also WP:ABBR and WP:LEAD, and it was also required per WP:DAB (you don't really have to follow these links, but if you are interested in learning more of Wikipedia policies those are the ones I followed). As for your question of how to respond in a talk page, see WP:TALKPAGE. Basically for every new subject start a new level 2 section. I added one for you now. Feel free to ask any question you may have. --Muhandes (talk) 17:41, 4 October 2011 (UTC)