User talk:Yardi

Death of Peter Lyman
Let me offer my condolences if you were a friend or associate of Dr. Lyman. When adding a notice that a subject of a WP biography has died, it is our practice to give a reference to a public announcement when possible, so that others know you are not playing a cruel joke. That kind of vandalism is, unfortunately, too common. Therefore, I added a reference to http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/about/news/topstories/lyman07022007 to the article. &mdash; Carl (CBM · talk) 14:42, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hah! I get to welcome you. Yeah, I know you probably already know what you're doing. :) —Disavian (talk/contribs) 17:07, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

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Mark Guzdial
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Image tagging for File:BernardoHuberman.jpg
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Copyright problems with Jennifer Tour Chayes
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Jennifer Tour Chayes
I have removed the speedy-deletion tag I put on this article, as on a more detailed look I see it is only the paragraph I happened to check that is directly the same as the Microsoft site I cited. Sorry about that - copyright is a continual worry, because people don't read the statements on every edit screen: "Do not copy text from other websites without a GFDL-compatible license. It will be deleted." and "You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the GFDL" and keep copying things in from other websites. Perhaps you can reword that paragraph a little so that it is not a direct quote. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:34, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Ashwin_small.jpg
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Proposed deletion of Jeffrey MacKie-Mason
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Nomination of Bernardo Huberman for deletion
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