User talk:Courcelles

Hello! I'm assuming you've popped over from the English Wikipedia, so you're probably familiar with the way this wiki works. I hope you like it here and decide to stay on! Here's a few links to help you adjust:

• An English Wikipedian's guide
• Writing in Simple English
• The help desk, reference desk and village pump- in one page
• How to copy from English Wikipedia
• A very incomplete list of our active editors

There's plenty to do here. For example, there are a lot of articles that don't exist yet, which you can bring over from the English Wikipedia and simplify. Do have a look around and see what you'd like to do. Thanks for joining us, and you know how to contact me if you need a hand.

Welcome to simple! :D sonia♫ 05:46, 17 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

Whoa... You're fast. I had to delete my edit three times to change a single word, as the words I wanted to use were too complicated for here. So I'm not sure I would improve things or be a bull in a china shop with hard words! Courcelles (talk) 06:56, 17 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

Not a huge issue imo- hard words can be fixed by other editors or linked to Wiktionary; as long as you're endeavouring to write simply some content is better than no content. (DYK needs some help, if you ever need a vacation from drama :) sonia♫ 07:08, 17 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

Vacation from drama! As much as I'd like to, I have a hard enough time remembering all of en's DYK rules, and yours are nothing alike. Might see if there's anything I can do without an "edit protected pages" button, though. Courcelles (talk) 07:18, 25 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

DYK here doesn't have a time limit or expansion limit. The same article can even be featured multiple times with different hooks- what matters is whether the hook is sourced and interesting and the article worthy. :) sonia♫ 08:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hi Courcelles...I have opened a discussion at Talk:Muammar al-Gaddafi regarding a current dispute over the article. Since you have been involved in the dispute, your comments are welcome at the page to make an acceptable version of this article. Thanks, Either way (talk) 04:02, 22 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Hey there, I was wondering when are thinking of appealing my block on enWP? I've had been editing here ever since, still keep getting warned about things that I didn't know. However, I hope you will consider unblocking me. Best, AJona1992 (talk) 22:31, 14 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Jona, I opened your talk page back so you could use {{unblock}} and appeal to an uninvolved admin, or request an ANI hearing. But you have to actually request the unblock yourself. Courcelles (talk) 22:35, 14 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know. Thanks, AJona1992 (talk) 22:37, 14 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hi Courcelles, good to see that you're reasonably active here as well as on EN. I'm sure we could use your expertise and opinions around here. Be sure to pop in from time to time. Regards, Orashmatash (talk) 17:27, 12 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

• Thanks! It's an interesting change of pace :) Courcelles (talk) 17:28, 12 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

  It always is ;) fr33kman 23:59, 13 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hello this is blocked user Zhand38. I was wondering if you could unblock me globally. I'm not asking to be unblocked completely. It's just that I cannot even log-in anymore and Gwen Gale and many others are trying to hear what I have to say to them without typing on their talk page. So could you please do that? I also forgot to mention that I can't even type on my own talk page even though I can any where else. So overall, I would just like to be able to log-in Thank you. Here is a page that I created for the Cincinnati Zoo, the page I liked to edit the most. http://cincinnatizooandbotanicalgarden.wikia.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden_Wiki

208.102.209.78 (talk) 02:18, 27 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

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