User talk:Cedmundson
Connection to Mount Aloysius College?
[edit]Do you have a connection to Mount Aloysius College? ElKevbo (talk) 14:52, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm the MarComm Specialist for the college.Cedmundson (talk) 18:06, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the quick response.
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Hi. Sorry. Wikipedia is very confusing to me, and I didn't know there were such rules. I updated my user page. Please let me know if I did it correctly. I don't think I did, but as I said, I'm confused by a good majority of this process. This whole thing started just because the logo is wrong on the page and we want it changed. Apparently, we have to make 10 edits before that can happen, which is what I was in the process of achieving. Sorry for any issues caused.Cedmundson (talk) 19:39, 16 July 2020 (UTC)