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--MasTer of Puppets ^Peek! 06:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome from me as well. I'm glad to see another New Orleanian making contributions to the articles here. Good work starting an article on the New Orleans mayor's race. Note that article titles here are case sensitive; I took care of changing it from "New orleans" to "New Orleans". Cheers, -- Infrogmation 17:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Infrogmation. Nice to see another New Orleanian on Wikipedia. Thanks for your edits to the New Orleans mayoral election, 2006 page; it's a lot cleaner now. I was trying to figure out how to fix the capitalization, but it looks like you took care of it. I'm still new, so I've got a lot to learn. Thanks again..... Praxedis G 17:31, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mitch Landrieu

Remember to mark your edits as minor only when they genuinely are (see Wikipedia:Minor edit). "The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'." --Phronima 17:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Quotes

Lengthy quote sections don't belong on Wikipedia, they belong on Wikiquote. I'm not sure if that part of the project has a Huey Long entry yet - if not, you should make one. DS 22:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Louisiana politics

Thanks again for your fine edits. Might you consider giving the Rob Couhig article a once over? I think one editor's substantial additions have sounded a bit much like advertising material. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 21:10, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please check out the Jindal talk page.

Just curious as to what information you have gotten from the unlinked reference, and the necessity of having an unlinked reference if that material is available from other sources. Have a good day! DanielZimmerman 19:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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umm...

I did and you haven't... - Comedy240 21:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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A strange accusation of vandalism

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{{subst:uw-vandlism4}}|Louisiana Gubenaturial Election 2007, stop debolding Jindal's polling.

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Louisiana gubernatorial election 2007, you will be blocked from editing.

(this unsigned comment was left by Politics rule)

You've apparently sent me a warning about vandalizing the Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2007 page. I created this article, have made substantial and repeated contributions to the text of the article since creating it, and have been writing and contributing to articles on Louisiana politics and history for over a year now. I've never been accused of vandalism before, so your 'final warning' is a first. If you don't like my edits, please have a discussion with me on the article's talk page or elsewhere; don't wrongly cite me as a 'vandal.' I'd like you to retract your warning, or at least make a note on my page stating that the warning was an error.Praxedis G 14:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On further investigation, I found that my accuser - Politics rule - also accused someone else of vandalism yesterday on the James Bourne page. 'Politics rule' accused another user of vandalism for removing a speedy deletion template 'Politics rule' had placed claiming the article was short or out of context. It looked to me like the tag was inaccurate and rightfully removed, but PR accused this person of being a vandal. After discovering this, I'm pretty sure now that both accusations are frivolous and should be removed. But I'm trying to assume good faith; it looks like this user is fairly new to Wikipedia, and he might just be misunderstanding what constitutes vandalism and how to use templates. I'm reluctant to remove the warnings myself; I'm not sure it would look kosher. Is there something I can do about this? Praxedis G 15:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I warned Praxedis G of vandaliasm. i apoligize. just saying that he has debolded Jindal's points in polls three times. plese respond y u keep donig this. p.s. the others i warned were rightfully done.=) sorry Politics rule3:27pm EST.- 17 april 2007

Alright, I accept your apology. Just a word of advice, though, and please take this in the sense of being constructive criticism, rather than rudeness. I looked around and found your other warnings of vandalism to Professor Plum and the James Bourne editor – (I don’t remember his/her name at the moment). I think you're jumping the gun on declaring people to be vandals. ProfessorPlum didn’t even make an edit to the South Dakota election page; he left a comment on the talk page. He might not have been diplomatic, but the talk page IS an appropriate place to discuss an article. That’s not vandalism. If at all possible, you should try and resolve your differences with other editors amicably rather than just declaring them to be ‘vandals’ right off the bat. I notice you’re fairly new to Wikipedia; I just think that’s a bad habit to be getting into. You’ll have a lot more luck in your relations with other editors if you try to keep things civil. Use vandalism accusations as a last resort. Praxedis G 20:04, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Saw

Looking at the disscusion page on the Loisiana Gubernatorial 2007, i saw that you looked at other elections. I am glad we got this resolved.Politics rule 9:16am EST.- 4/21/2007

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Edwin Edwards

Hello, I noticed that you did some major revisions on Edwin Edwards' page about a year and a half ago. Included in those revisions was the claim that he wanted to be a preacher when he was a young man and served for a time with the Church of the Nazarene. I am an archivist/historian for that denomination and had never before heard that Edwin had a relationship with the Church of the Nazarene. I am not questioning the veracity of your claim, but would you be able to provide me with a source from which this information came? I am relatively certain that his brother Marion was a Nazarene minister, but have been unable to find any information about Edwin specifically. I would really appreciate any help that you could give me. Thanks.

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