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Sincerely, Djembayz (talk) 17:22, 19 July 2012 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)Reply

Great to hear from you, and congrats on your article!

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Wow, great to hear from you, and congratulations on your article! Spiffed it up a bit with a few formatting / copyediting tricks, and threw in two more quotes. Should be good to go ... Whoo-hoo!

If you want to start more of these articles, all you'd have to do is write a few paragraphs, add links for the references, (add userbox if you want), and drop me a note. Since you know the topic, that's the tough part... I'd be happy to pitch in on the "wikify" / copyedit side. We need more articles like this, that's for sure.

There was a meeting on IRC chat this weekend about starting a new group, Wikimedia Indigenous Languages. Really interesting to have folks share experiences. Sign up, we'd love to have you! Djembayz (talk) 01:03, 19 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thanks a heap for the meaningful feedback and moves on a tiny stub! Someday I will grow up and edit large glorious pages, but don't hold yer breath. I was going to ask after IRC, but I bit my tongue thinking that might make me look like a fossil. XD Is this the #wikipedia channel on freenode, or some other thinger? Do y'all use Meetbot? I might read up on it when things slow down. :D Abesottedphoenix (talk) 01:35, 19 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

Keep those articles coming, kiddo ...

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More articles! More articles! We're just gettin' started ... And yes, we do use IRC. :) Hang out and chat away.

Djembayz (talk) 20:41, 20 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
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