User talk:Virginiawhite09

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Just wanted to let you know that Dr. Strassmann's uploaded class handouts were deleted by other Wikipedia editors for certain reasons. The PJHC office may contest these reasons and re-upload the documents in the future, but for the time being, I just removed the broken links to them on the PJHC course page. Will keep you updated on the situation. JoyceChou (talk) 20:11, 30 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks Joyce. I appreciate the update. Feel free to make any changes to the course page as you see necessary. Virginiawhite09 (talk) 14:20, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Feminist economics
Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article Feminist economics you nominated as a good article. I've placed the review on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some changes concerning readability, online verifiability, and other minor issues which needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within 14 days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Feminist economics for things which need to be addressed. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have. &mdash; Cup co  09:45, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Update: I have addressed all of the issues with the article except for the readability problems, and I will have a look at those now. &mdash; Cup co  00:38, 27 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi, thank you for reviewing the article and for your improvements! I appreciate your efforts very much. I am a student and have a lot of deadlines coming up soon, but I think I will have some time to address the readability issues within a few days. That is definitely an essential change to making the page accessible to the whole Wikipedia readership. Thank you again! Virginiawhite09 (talk) 02:18, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Very good. I might get some more time this evening but my family has me monopolized at the moment. &mdash; Cup co  03:08, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

It took a lot longer than I expected, but I got all the way through. ✅ ✅ \o/ &mdash; Cup co  02:49, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

I just had a chance to look at the page. It looks great! You improved the readability immensely! Thank you for your work. Virginiawhite09 (talk) 13:37, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * My pleasure (in retrospect ;-) If you want to try for WP:FAC I think you can easily make it as long as you go through and convert most if not all of the quotations to paraphrase, and make sure there are sources in every paragraph. (In most cases that will mean simply repeating named sources.) &mdash; Cup co  18:14, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Only the Grinch wouldn't approve of motherhood and apple pie ...
Thank you, it is definitely an important topic! The article needs much improvement (I hope to have some time to do this), but its a start for now. I hope others will be able to add as well! Virginiawhite09 (talk) 03:11, 15 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I see that you have already made some good edits! Thank you! Virginiawhite09 (talk) 03:13, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

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Request for help with course wikipedia
Hi Virginia,

I am TAing a new class with Dr. Carwil Björk-James at Vanderbilt University: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Carwil/Human_Rights_of_Indigenous_Peoples. We are looking for an ambassador to help us. Your profile seemed to be a perfect match. Please let me know if you are available to help this semester, starting as early as possible. Sorry my own profile is so sparse, I am new to this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banksel (talk • contribs) 19:18, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

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