User talk:Troutfang

Hello, Troutfang, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page provides helpful information for new users - please check it out! If you need help, visit Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on this page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Happy editing! Paxse (talk) 16:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

David Laird Dungan
I think you have done a wonderful job of the article - the categories are perfect. It looks like you found the right categories already but for future reference WP:CAT is a shortcut to the main category help page and CATFAQ gives you a good overview of categorisation. Do you have any freely licensed pictures of David that you could add to the article? That would make it even better. Cheers, Paxse (talk) 18:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep all the redirects look fine. You can also enter a potential redirect term in the search box on the left. If the page doesn't already exist you can create the redirect. It's probably a better method than moving (but just as effective). Cheers, Paxse (talk) 19:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Falls Church
You have an excellent idea on how to move forward with the Falls Church WP entry, and I have noted that on the discussion page. Regards, Lexicon. 72.192.220.36 (talk) 22:47, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Taoist Cowboys (September 10)
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AfC notification: Draft:The Taoist Cowboys has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:The Taoist Cowboys. Thanks! Bkissin (talk) 14:36, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:The Taoist Cowboys


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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 12:11, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jesse Torrey has been accepted
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Thanks again, and happy editing! Spicy (talk) 23:13, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Samuel Laing Williams has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Samuel Laing Williams. Thanks! Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:03, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Samuel Laing Williams has been accepted
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Thanks again, and happy editing! Praxidicae (talk) 17:58, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

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