Bzastrow

Hello, Bzastrow, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Yunshui, and I am your Online Ambassador for Dr Mynlieff's Neurobiology course. My job here is to help you work within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, to answer any questions that you have about editing here, and to act as your advocate in the (unlikely) event that you find yourself in a dispute with another user.

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Note from instructor

Bzastrow, don't forget to add an image to your userpage.--MMBiology (talk) 23:33, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations on navigating the complexities of images on Wikipedia to successfully place a picture on your userpage. If you want a bit more information on image use and formatting here, check out this short essay Yunshui 雲‍水 11:16, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Your contributed article, Bastrow/Tumefactive Multiple sclerosis

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Bastrow/Tumefactive Multiple sclerosis. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Tumefactive multiple sclerosis. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Tumefactive multiple sclerosis – you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. ... discospinster _talk 01:42, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Moved to userspace

Hi Bzastrow. You accidentally created your draft in article space rather than userspace (hence the deletion note above). I've restored it for you, and relocated it to User:Bzastrow/Tumefactive Multiple sclerosis, where you can work on it at your leisure. Note that the current article on Tumefactive multiple sclerosis is fairly extensive already; if you choose to work on that page do be wary of duplicating pre-existing information there. Yunshui 雲‍水 12:59, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Editing whilst logged out

Do make sure you're logged in when you make edits to Wikipedia. I'm not sure whether this series of changes was made by you or not (which is rather the problem!) so I'm leaving this note for all editors of that page. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:35, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Help us improve the Wikipedia Education Program

Hi Bzastrow! As a student editor on Wikipedia, you have a lot of valuable experience about what it's like to edit as a part of a classroom assignment. In order to help other students like you enjoy editing while contributing positively to Wikipedia, it's extremely helpful to hear from real student editors about their challenges, successes, and support needs. Please take a few minutes to answer these questions by clicking below. (Note that the responses are posted to a public wiki page.) Thanks!

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