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Sincerely, User:Madalibi (talk) 18:36, 21 February 2014 (UTC)   (Leave me a message)

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Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Professor XYZ! On Wikipedia I am "Madalibi". In real life I am an independent scholar (2010 PhD in East Asian Studies) who enjoys editing Wikipedia. I just wanted to let you know that I am available to help you and your students navigate any aspect of the encyclopedia, from technical questions to content policies. Please feel free to leave me a message on my talk page (by clicking on the "New section" tag on top of the page), or just to consult my user page or my contributions to Wikipedia. Your students can do the same if they need. So again, welcome, and I'm looking forward to seeing your students' contributions to this great work in progress! Madalibi (talk) 17:46, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Additionally, I would like to recommend an excellent article titled "Wikis and Wikipedia as a teaching tool: Five years later", by Piotr Konieczny. Dr. Konieczny is a sociologist of new media and veteran Wikipedia editor who often uses WP to teach his students. I have often benefited from his many insights, so perhaps you will too! All the best, Madalibi (talk) 07:24, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Your input is needed

At Talk:Gender_inequality_in_the_United_States/GA2. Cheers, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:54, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Change in your user rights

Your Wikipedia account was previously granted a user right called "course instructor" by the Wiki Education Foundation. That right enabled you to create a course page through the EducationProgram MediaWiki extension. Starting in fall 2015, the Wiki Education Foundation has discontinued its use of this extension. Going forward, users should create course pages through the Wiki Education Foundation website. That application is more user-friendly, and any content is automatically mirrored to Wikipedia. To prevent confusion, we'll be removing your "course instructor" user right, as it is not needed with the new system. This is simply a notification of the technical change to your account. No action is needed from you at this time.

If you plan on teaching with Wikipedia for the fall 2015 term, please email me (helainewikiedu.org) for instructions how to create your next course page using our new system. --Helaine (Wiki Ed) (talk), sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:34, 21 July 2015 (UTC)