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Hello, Alexcantrell89, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Hello Alex, I have volunteered to be an online ambassador to help your class. You can contact me on my talk page or email me to talk about using Wikipedia. I hope you can find something worthwhile to do here.

I look forward to productive editing! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:27, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

David Curtis Hello, I just wanted to stop by and say hello. -Ddavid2005 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddavid2005 (talk • contribs) 21:41, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just saying hello!! Stephnrmn (talk) 03:37, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

SC Cloud[edit]

Just wondering if you asked an admin if you could recreate the page? ----Bruvtakesover (talk!) 22:48, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alex, good article choices. Lbkeane (talk) 21:17, 6 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If the problem is addressed then the speedy deleted articles can be recreated. In some cases though the problem is with the nominator and deleter. The current article does not look promotional at all. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 05:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Newly minted Campus Ambassador![edit]

	Campus Ambassador
	Thanks for participating in our Indianapolis training! Sleuthwood (talk) 21:07, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of South Carolina Cloud for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article South Carolina Cloud is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/South Carolina Cloud until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Dennis Brown (talk) 20:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep up the good work! Mschyster (talk) 18:00, 27 March 2012 (UTC) Mike Sch.[reply]

I am in ITEC 444. I really like what you are doing for the college. Nice page (USCgregkoz (talk) 18:23, 27 March 2012 (UTC))[reply]

I like your page! Very useful links. Nguyennn (talk) 18:26, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm an IT major too. Nice page. GotHoai (talk) 18:42, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alex, Great Page keep it up man. Dibblez (talk) 19:08, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ITEC 444 Talk area

Hey man I think I know you.....are we in a class together? This comment was for ITEC 444 and show how the talk page works for new users.Nstout2012 (talk) 19:17, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How's it going Alex!? I am in ITEC 444 Dwright7861 (talk) 19:06, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Best friend, see you in the A! Sometime this summer, that is! Oh yeah, you rock. Matlin372 (talk) 04:43, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alex, thanks for supporting ITEC 444 students this semester! Lbkeane (talk) 19:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are awesome Alex!!! Mcgrupp024 (talk) 19:09, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alex! Sorry about your page Rainsja (talk) 19:10, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi alex, i don't know you but you're awesome Gbmaruggi (talk) 19:11, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Alex JTylerDixon (talk) 19:12, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyone, I'm assuming Dr. Keane told everyone to blow up my page to get my attention. LOL. Let me know if any of you have any questions regarding Wikipedia. Alexcantrell89 (talk) 19:34, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alex! yeah Dr. Keane told us to do it! blame her lol! Nice page btw!! --DiegoGac (talk) 02:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there Alex! Whats up? --EveeD5 (talk) 02:27, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alex! Dr. Keana also told me to communicate with you so here I am on your page. Thank for helping me out in the class.Huynhh (talk) 04:52, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Alex! I hope you're having a great semester! Hepting83 (talk) 16:54, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Alex! I really enjoyed your page. Keep up the good work! Ldahotboyg (talk) 21:59, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Alex! Good seeing you at the HRSM 301 dinner the other night! Hundleyt (talk) 02:12, 2 April 2012 (UTC) Hey, Alex! You have very useful links on your page. talk —Preceding undated comment added 13:37, 2 April 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Hello Alex. I am yet another 444 student that's posting on your page. Thanks for allowing us to do this! KMobley2013 (talk) 17:01, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Alex! I appreciate the Campus Ambassador banner. Lbkeane (talk) 18:21, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Alex, thanks for being an Ambassador. MarcoDolo (talk) 20:14, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Whats up Alex, thanks for being our campus ambassador. I like your SC Cloud link. Llepper4 (UTC)

Hello[edit]

Hello Alex, thanks for being a campus ambassador. Oagbatutu (talk) 02:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Alex, nice page.Huynhh (talk) 18:38, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Alex, would not allow me to post in the ITEC 444 section but thank you for letting us post on your talk page for the assignment. *JRM803 (talk · contribs)

Good Morning[edit]

	Good Morning
	Hi, Alex. Just wanted to greet you on your page. Lisa D. Scott (talk) 15:56, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:[edit]

Hi, Alex. Nice page.

Good Afternoon[edit]

Lisa D. Scott (talk) 15:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Ambassadors update[edit]

Hi! You're getting this message because you are or have been a Wikipedia Ambassador. A new term is beginning for the United States and Canada Education Programs, and I wanted to give you an update on some important new information if you're interested in continuing your work this term as a Wikipedia Ambassador.

You may have heard a reference to a transition the education program is going through. This is the last term that the Wikimedia Foundation will directly run the U.S. and Canada programs; beginning in June, a proposed thematic organization is likely to take over organizing the program. You can read more about the proposal here.

Another major change in the program will take effect immediately. Beginning this term, a new MediaWiki education extension will replace all course pages and Ambassador lists. (See Wikipedia:Course pages and Help:Education Program extension for more details.) Included in the extension are online volunteer and campus volunteer user rights, which let you create and edit course pages and sign up as an ambassador for a particular course.

If you would like to continue serving as a Wikipedia Ambassador — even if you do not support a class this term — you must create an ambassador profile. If you're no longer interested in being a Wikipedia Ambassador, you don't need to do anything.

Please do these steps as soon as possible

First, you need the relevant user rights for Online and/or Campus Ambassadors. (If you are an admin, you can grant the rights yourself, for you as well as other ambassadors.) Just post your rights request here, and we'll get you set up as quickly as possible.

Once you've got the ambassador rights, please set up at a Campus and/or Online Ambassador profile. You can do so at:

Going forward, the lists of Ambassadors at Special:CampusAmbassadors and Special:OnlineAmbassadors will be the official roster of who is an active Ambassador. If you would like to be an Ambassador but not ready to serve this term, you can un-check the option in your profile to publicly list it (which will remove your profile from the list).

After that, you can sign on to support courses. The list of courses will be at Special:Courses. (By default, this lists "Current" courses, but you can change the Status filter to "Planned" to see courses for this term that haven't reached their listed start date yet.)

As this is the first term we have used the extension, we know there will be some bugs, and we know the feature set is not as rich as it could be. (A big wave of improvements is already in the pipeline. And if you know MediaWiki and could help with code review, we'd love to have your help!) Please reach out to me (Sage Ross) with any complaints, bug reports, and feature suggestions. The basic features of the extension are documented at Wikipedia:Course pages, and you can see a tutorial for setting up and using them here.

Communication and keeping up to date

In the past, the Education Program has had a pretty fragmented set of communication channels. We're trying to fix that. These are the recommended places to discuss and stay up-to-date on the education program:

The education noticeboard has become the main on-wiki location for discussion of the Education Program. You can post there about broad education program issues as well as issues with individual courses.
The Ambassadors Announce email list is a very low-traffic announcements list of important information all Ambassadors need to be aware of. We encourage all Ambassadors (and other interested Wikipedians) to subscribe to the list; follow the instructions on the link to add your email address.
If you use IRC regularly, or need to try to reach someone immediately, the #wikipedia-en-ambassadors ^connect IRC channel is the place to find me and fellow Ambassadors.

Ambassador training and resources

We now have an online training for Ambassadors, which is intended to be both an orientation about the Wikipedia Ambassador role for newcomers and the manual for how to do the role. (There are parallel trainings for students and for educators as well.)

Please go through the training if you feel like you need a refresher on how a typical class is supposed to go and where the Ambassadors fit in, or if you want to review and help improve it. If there's something you'd like to see added, or other suggestions you have for it, feel free to edit the training and/or leave feedback. A primer on setting up and using course pages is included in the educators' training.

The Resources page of the training is the main place for Ambassador-related resources. If there's something you think is important as a resource that's not on there, please add it.

Finally, whether or not you work with any classes this term, I encourage you to post entries to the Trophy Case whenever you see excellent work from students or if you have great examples from past semesters. And, as always, let students (and other editors!) know when they do things well; a little WikiLove goes a long way!

--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:45, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]