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Greyhound articles

Just wanted to also say welcome and thanks for your contributions to the greyhound articles. I've just been doing some cleanup editing and making some things look more Wikipedia-like. If you have any questions about dog-related articles, feel free to ask. Elf | Talk 01:33, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the feed back.

Nice job

You're doing a nice job on managing & editing the greyhound pages. Thanks again. Elf | Talk 19:30, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the support, nice to have someone to give me helpful feedback. Ahc 04:32, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I don't know how helpful that was :-) . But I do watch pretty much all the dog pages and I'm pleased when things are moving smoothly without me (and maybe especially without me sticking my nose in). Elf | Talk 06:04, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

If that's smoothly, I'm not sure I want to know what rough looks like. Ahc 02:40, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

LOL! Well, I meant *eventually* it started going smoothly. Elf | Talk 18:17, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hampshire County Division

I'm rather curious, why do you think the Hampshire County Division needs cleanup? Do you have any further information about it? David Newton 00:31, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Honestly I'm not sure right at this moment. I tumbled into it from the dead end pages list. Usually when I work on pages from that list I work on 2 or 3 at a time (dial up connect from home makes it easier to work that way). I may have added cleanup to the wrong page. Sorry about that. I've removed the tag. --Ahc 14:06, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

George School

Good edits on my work on the George School page, I'm glad to see that you and I are working together once again! I like to keep my Wikipedia identity secret, but you, using your initials and listing both your schools, give yourself a way a bit. Then again, if you notice I've been editing the croquet articles and think about your buddy who hosted the croquet games on South Lawn, you'd've figured it out anyway. Shh... don't tell!

Anyway, I had to hold back not to write some overblown thing in the GS entry about how a tradition of intramural croquet games comes and goes with student interest. Did you like how I added the APs to the academic section because I didn't want sports to be longer than the part about classes? Yeah, I was quite proud that I was able to list the APs easilly, having taken all of them! It's true, GS was a pretty good fit for me...

Well well, I was suspious if you were someone I knew, good to know my instincts are fairly well tuned. There aren't that many people with my set of schools, so it should be pretty easy to figure out if you know me. Infact I know of only 1 other person that attended all 3. --Ahc 18:37, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Rabbits and Guinea pigs

Dear Ahc, will this be appropriate to add links to our pet care portal pages and photogallery to your articles about Rabbits and Guinea Pigs? (site is petsyclopedia.com)

Those sections and photocollections are most updated on our site and people like them. --akaabc, Fri Feb 18 00:29:30 EST 2005

To be clear, they aren't MY pages. In general the groups working on both pages have generally tried to avoid likes to commercial sites as they bias the neutrality of the article and wikipedia in general.. However, I doubt anyone will be insulted if something goes us they don't like; we can always just remove it. --Ahc 14:17, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Sex education

I've fixed the broken link to the study (BMJ 2002;324:1426) and added footnotes. I don't know what to make of the non-english refs (dutch?) but I've left them intact. You can now verify the Botvin et al. quote. --Viriditas | Talk 12:30, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks --Ahc 12:54, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Quakers in Kenya

Hi, Friend. I would be happy to clean up Quakers in Kenya. Do you have any specific advice or suggestions? Logophile 15:32, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

For starters: Make YM articles links (might add them to the list of things to do on the RSoF project page as well). Catagories. Formating (particullary around list YM's). Probably should break out a history section.

That said I wasn't intending to leave it all to others, I expect to be of some assistance again soon (been busy of late). --Ahc 19:07, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Quakers Thanks

Noticed you did a lot of good work on the Quaker article. It looks significantly improved since last I looked at it. Appreciate the good work. --Scott Jenkins 1 July 2005 17:33 (UTC)

Project RSOF Template

Good job on the template for the RSOF Project. Logophile 13:56, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Religious Society of Friends

I like the edits you made on September 2, 2005. When you have time, could you look at my work on Elizabeth Fry, Elias Hicks, and Isaac Penington (Quaker)? I would like to add a picture to Elias Hicks, but I don't know how to. Logophile 16:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be happy to take a look. To add in image (once you have a legal copy to upload) click on the upload file link in the toolbox on the right. Once you get the image uploaded it'll give you a link which can be used with an image tag. If you need help once you have the image uploaded, let me know what the link is, and I'll link it into the article. --Ahc 18:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Greyhound links

Thanks for your work on the Greyhound entry. I agree that some links should be removed, perhaps the greyhound-data link could be restored as it refers not exclusively to one subset of the greyhound breed. That site (which I have no affiliation with) actually provides quality information on any type of greyhound, especially pedigree and prospective breeding info. Mikieminnow 13:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the compliment. I answered you question about the Greyhound article on it's talk page. --Ahc 17:52, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quakers and Creeds

Thanks for your encouragement. I'll get a draft up on the RSoF page for Fds to view before airing it on the Creed page. -- Vernon White 06:53, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Your advice on the Friends University page

Thanks for your fixes and advice on my recent additions to the Friends University page. I was kinda wondering, though, if you could elaborate on your caution to me. I thought I was doing everything right, so anything you point out as a change in the way I did things is benificial, in my opinion. My talk page would be a good spot, unless you think somewhere else would be better. I was just a little confused when I read your comment, that's all.

OK, thanks. I think I understand what you mean. ----Steve 17:38, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Friends University

I want to thank you for your contribution and support on the Friends University page. You bring a fair voice and even hand to the discussion. I appreciate someone voicing support. Livin4dios 02:23, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem, just trying to find the right balance. --Ahc 04:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quaker Council for European Affairs

Thanks for checking out Quaker Council for European Affairs. can you advise on more specific categories than "Quakerism", please? === Vernon White (talk) 18:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC) P.S. I have had a useful email correspondence with J Milburn and I think that she/he has accepted that QCEA is notable. ==== Vernon White (talk) 18:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hmm, you raise a question here. With the explosion of silly Quaker sub-categories, I never noticed that we're missing one for Quaker Organizations. We should fix that. I'm hoping to take the time tonight to start working on cropping the number of categories, if you don't get a chance before then to create a new cat for organizations, I'll try to do it then. --Ahc 19:54, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quaker template

You said:

Thanks for adding the Quaker template onto Kenneth E. Boulding. In the future feel free to add the assessment tags for tracking on the Quakerism articles by quality page. So far I'm about the only one to do so, and it seems like the priority rankings there might be better served if there were more opinions shared. --Ahc 05:03, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I will try and get into this. Shall read Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment.=== Vernon White (talk) 11:21, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bravo to you for work on Religious Society of Friends

I haven't been around much lately, but I want to say thanks for all the work on RSOF. I am not sure what to make of Paul Carpenter's statement about unsourced statements. I left a note on the talk page of RSOF. Maybe you could comment (and set me straight!). Logophile 09:59, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think we all drop away from time to time...that was some of why I did the complete edit, I hadn't been watching the individual changes closely enough. I'll try to jump in about where we are with citations, although it looks like Paul's been busy since you wrote this. --Ahc 17:55, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Guinea pig

Hi, I was hoping to advance this article as an FA candidate some time in the near future, and I was wondering if you had any further suggestions on how to improve it before doing so. Chubbles 05:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...PS...is this yours? [1] (SandyGeorgia just linked to it on the FAC...) Chubbles 04:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, and no. AHC there seems to stand for: Academic Health Center. --Ahc 13:15, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Passed FA! Thanks for all your help with the project. Chubbles 04:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I Beg To Defer.

While I was a student at Oilum College, in addition to calling our professors by their first names, rather than "Doctor" or "Professor," we named them nicknames. I gave three examples, all of which you removed. I highly resent your removing them from the article. Why not check with me, first? If it's citations you want, then indicate that that's what you want. I CAN PROVIDE THEM. Please be a more civil Wikipedian. Remember: It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Slater79 05:02, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize.

Ahc, I want to take this opportunity to say I'm sorry for my wise-ass remarks and my comments in the article. I'm sure that you can tell that I have a lot of bitterness towards Earlham College. I was only 19 years old, and I had some traumatic experiences there. I still live with these experiences. However, I really shouldn't be taking out my bitterness on you or on the quality of the article. There won't be any more of that. If you'd like to reply, please feel free to do so. Sincerely, Slater79 04:37, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the apology. I could tell that you'd had a bad experience there, I'm sorry that happened. I hope you've found the support you need to deal with those experiences. --Ahc 14:24, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pocket pets work group

You had earlier expressed an interest in joining a project woking with articles relating to rabbits, mice, etc. That project is now active at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mammals/Pocket pets work group. John Carter 16:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hamilton College

I noticed that you are a frequent contributer to the Hamilton College article, and attended there. I am a current student, and I recently created a wiki entirely devoted to Hamilton. I am looking for people interested in becoming involved, whether it is through small additions or many contributions. If you become really interested there is also a good chance of becoming an admin. The wiki can be found here. Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Schneau (talk) 12:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Greyhound adoption RGT

Hi,

The RGT is the UK equivalent of the US Greyhound rescue site www.charityguide.org/volunteer/fewhours/greyhound-rescue.htm as listed. It is not imho a "specific group" but a national organisation. I agree on keeping minor niche groups off lists, otherwise, as you say, they do become link farms, however as a Grey adopter in England myself, I believe this site gives a valid viewpoint on the subject and deserves its place on the talk page. --Badgernet (talk) 15:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:American_Friends_Service_Committee_logo.png

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To do clear, I didn't place the fair-use rational on that image. That was done by an editor in 2004. At that time, logo's didn't need rational. --Ahc (talk) 23:24, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AFSC

Thanks for your note, good see someone is "looking after" this page, even if subject to COI restrictions.

Yes, I really should do more work on Quaker articles, but there is so much to do here. Like all articles on my watchlist, I will continue to correct any obvious vandalism on AFSC. My work tends to go in phases, right now it's on Triathlon articles, but it might be Israel/Palestine (I'm sure I would go nuts if I tried to edit I/P full-time, it really is quite bizarre), or Scottish articles, or disambiguation, or Quaker/scientist biographies (my dad was a research scientist, so I have a lot of respect for good scientists). If and when I come back to Quaker articles, it's unlikely I'll do very much on AFSC, partly because I don't have the experience of the U.S. context, and partly because other Quaker articles need a lot of work, for example QPSW is in a much worse state than its counterpart, AFSC. Nevertheless, I'll keep in mind your request, and will see what I can do.

--NSH001 (talk) 19:37, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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