User talk:Tmatt31

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Ϣere SpielChequers 12:31, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Breitenbach (archaeological site)[edit]

On 22 March 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Breitenbach (archaeological site), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Breitenbach, an archaeological site in Germany dated to the early Upper Palaeolithic, was discovered in 1925 by a local school teacher? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Breitenbach (archaeological site).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Smile![edit]

A smile for you

You’ve just received a random act of kindness! 66.87.2.116 (talk) 13:53, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks! Hm, only took me 3 months to notice, but better late than never!Tmatt31 (talk) 21:03, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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