Dredd45

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Sincerely, Crtew (talk) 02:29, 11 January 2012 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)

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Correction

Hi Dredd45, I've done a small edit on your page of references. Using brackets like [ and using the ref tag is like wearing suspenders and a belt at the same time! Just one will do. I've eliminated the suspenders for you and just left the ref tags around your bare links. Now you're ready to run the Reflinks tool!Crtew (talk) 06:41, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Good start

You made a good start. I see you found articles from both world press freedom organizations and major news outlets. The latter will be valuable as they will help you find the significance and also show "significant coverage" for worthiness of encyclopedic coverage. You should now run the Reflink tool.Crtew (talk) 23:21, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Go for it!

Run the reflinks tool and begin your article. Crtew (talk) 03:16, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Evansville meetup

You're invited to help plan and attend Wikimedia's very first Evansville meetup! Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 02:42, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Bashir Nur Gedi, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Pol430 talk to me 18:23, 5 May 2012 (UTC)