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==Taking a real break==
Well, my original "summer break" idea didn't hold. I've realized lately that I've been spending way too much time contributing to Misplaced Pages and frankly, it's been detrimental to other work I'd like to accomplish. So, I'm going to take a ''real break''. I'm going to drop watches of everything except my personal pages. In fact, the only thing I will probably edit will be my personal pages. So... see ya back in the Fall. Oh, and try not to break anything, kids. :) &mdash; ] <sup>] | ]</sup> 06:56, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)


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Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. I understand you're basically on a break for the summer, but if you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in ]? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list, although there is certainly no guarantee anyone will ever look at it. Thanks. -- ] <small>(])</small> 14:38, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)


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:I'm on break right now (so I can get other things done), so I can't really delve into this in a serious manner. Basically, I hate to disappoint, but I reluctantly oppose this becoming a featured article at this time--there's just too much work left to be done before it deserves to be featured. Perhaps by this fall it will be ready, given its rate of improvement. &mdash; ] <sup>] | ]</sup> 08:00, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
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::Thanks to the efforts of a lot of new editors, the Louisville article got to a point where it not only deserved featured status, it achieved it! I had no idea that the article could get so far so fast. It almost seems like magic. &mdash; ] <sup>] | ]</sup> 18:13, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
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Your userpage says "Destroy Microsoft Encarta and Encyclopædia Britannica. Who needs 'em?" Bit of hyperbole here. :-) ] 10:05, 28 July 2005 (UTC)


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:I would call it "sentiment". I mean, really, who needs 'em? :) &mdash; ] <sup>] | ]</sup> 18:14, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
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I'm with you on the sentiment but as an historian and wikipedian I usually find book burning a little excessive :-) ] 06:14, 3 August 2005 (UTC)


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:Can Encarta be burned? And as for Britannica, why burn them when they will finally become valuable when their copyright runs out in the distant future (thanks Sonny Bono!)? :) &mdash; ] <sup>] | ]</sup> 17:08, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
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