Jacksonian3623

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The Geography Barnstar

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I, Λυδαcιτγ, award you, Jacksonian3623, this Geography Barnstar for greatly improving the articles West Hartford, Connecticut and Hartford Connecticut. 19:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Keep up the good work! One more thing: please use the edit summary box to help others identify the nature of your edits. Thanks, Λυδαcιτγ 19:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Knowledge Corridor

I saw the that you added a whole section on the knowledge corridor to the Smith College article. While I think that this may deserve discussion, it was far out of proportion. Additionally, and more problematically, you just cut and paste text from the knowledge corridor article. I think a sentence or two in each article will be absolutely sufficient since the knowledge corridor is only a tiny part of what these institutions do. Let me know if you have any questions! —mako (talk•contribs) 01:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I've actually gone ahead and removed from most of the other places I could find cut and pasted text as well. If you find yourself cutting and pasting something on the order of a paragraph (or more!) into many articles, there's a good chance that you're doing something wrong. I'm happy to discuss the details. Leave a message on my talk page. —mako (talk•contribs) 01:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

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Virgin Group = Conglomerate?

This is more for my own understanding than me really disagreeing with you, as I have no background in business, but I thought in order for a company to be considered a conglomerate it has to own all the businesses it has under its name. If so, the Virgin Group is not a conglomerate. Thanks. NcSchu_(Talk) 14:10, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Cookie? What cookie? Oh...that cookie, I didn't give that to you. Apparently Pedia-I did. Thanks. NcSchu_(Talk) 01:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Naomi

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