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thanks for Template suggestion for new use gagegs

Greetings Revent,

Thank you for your helpful tip on the templates for editing. I have printed them out and will use them today as I work on my very first Wikipedia article (The Rittenhouse Elementary School). All of you on Wikipedia have been so very kind and helpful, and I truly appreciate it.

Cheers, gagegsGagegs (talk) 16:47, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome. :) Revent (talk) 17:50, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

response regarding Rittenhouse Elementary School citations

Howdy Revent,

Thanks for the information on citations. I'm finishing up a report for another course this morning, then will be jumping back into the citations this afternoon. I'm sure I'll have questions about those pesky citations. Enjoy your morning (well, it's morning here in Arizona), and talk to you soon gagegsGagegs (talk) 19:08, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't think there's a problem with how you're doing them...there isn't. It's just that getting the numbers in the ref list is 'prettier'. :)

I just looked, and LOL, the help files on footnotes show every complicated way to make things like multiple reference lists and nested references, but not the way that's the most common, which is putting the 'cite' in the text at it's first appearance. Revent (talk) 19:26, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rittenhouse article citations

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Howdy Revent,

I got my citations in, but somehow deleted the reference list at the end of the article. Help! How do I get it back? Is there a way to return to a previous version to restore my reference?

gagegsGagegs (talk) 22:13, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. One of the dropdown boxes next to the search box at the top of your window gives 'edit history'. Revent (talk) 22:15, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

now I've screwed up the infobox. I'm a mess LOL gagegsGagegs (talk) 22:26, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The curly braces at the end are backwards. Revent (talk) 22:27, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thank you so much! You are my saviour :) gagegsGagegs (talk) 22:29, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

you deserve many many stars

So, how do I give you said star? gagegsGagegs (talk) 22:43, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar award coming (hopefully)....and well-deserved

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		Revent, you have been so helpful to me today, and I really appreciate your tremendous effort and time in walking me through my first article. You deserve all kinds of awards! gagegs Gagegs (talk) 22:57, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

external links back in

Welcome back! You have a great sense of humor, by the way.

Thanks for the kind words about my writing. I usually write much better, but this is an end of the semester project (first year grad school...history), and I had little time to work on it during the semester. I look forward to helping it progress, and now that my semester is almost done (11:59 Nebraska time, 9:59 Arizona (my) time tonight), I'll have more time to perfect my so very limited Wikipedia skills and address your editing concerns.

I was at the Rittenhouse School/San Tan Museum yesterday, and I found out that there are two books coming out this summer about Queen Creek. I am excited to read them and see what other information they can provide about the school. This could potentially be my thesis project, so it's been fun to watch this article come to fruition. It needs a lot of work though...there's so much more I could put into it, but I am running out of time. Something to look forward to in the coming weeks.

Anyway, I have to run away for awhile (time to walk the dogs and pack lunch and gear for tomorrow's expedition). If I don't talk to you again tonight, I'll be back online tomorrow evening (assuming I survive the 100 degree heat and 30 mph winds expected at the project area).

It has been a hoot working with you this weekend, and I look forward to future happy collaborations.

Thanks again! Gina gagegsGagegs (talk) 01:45, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually been an entertaining way to spend an afternoon...and I'd have spent most of it on the computer, and a lot on WP, anyhow. I'm lame. :) Revent (talk) 02:11, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

comment boxes at beginning of article

Howdy Revent,

The article looks great, and I love the changes you've made. How do I get rid of the comment box I created at the beginning of the article....the one that says essentially I'm new, please be nice and leave my article alone?

When do the other comment boxes come down, and who is responsible for removing them?

gagegsGagegs (talk) 04:36, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's just a matter of 'consensus' of interested people.... WP:BRD :) If you pull it down, and someone sticks it back up, talk about it. Revent (talk) 04:39, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Trouted

Self-trout You have been trouted for: Transcluded entire text of WP:BRD into my talk page. LOL! Revent (talk) 04:41, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Revent, Thanks for all the help you've give me in creating my first article on Wikipedia. I appreciate your help. 301man (talk) 02:34, 4 May 2013 (UTC)}[reply]

Howdy Revent,

I hope you had a lovely week. Regarding the Rittenhouse Elementary School article, anyone is welcome to contribute to it. I sent a word version of the article to my professor, and she'll be grading me based, in part, on that word document as well as the Wikipedia version as I originally submitted it. She is aware that other contributors will collaborate on the article, so please feel free to open it up for contributions. however that works...

I will be checking it out in more detail later...but have been way too busy with work to hop back in

Thanks again for all your help, and talk to you later

Cheers, gagegsGagegs (talk) 16:51, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]