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Cricket (musical)

Exploring Music

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style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid purple;" | For contributions to articles pertaining to music and the arts, I award Softlavender the "Music Barnstar" --Jh12 (talk) 00:49, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

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Editor of the Week for the week beginning May 27, 2017

A hard-at-work 10+ year veteran with over 60,000 edits. 82 articles created. Her excellent diplomatic skills are a true example of the type of editor that is the backbone of this encyclopedia.

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Outstanding negotiating and mediation skills

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Creating and maintaining articles over a wide range of topics.

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Stuff to look at later:

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• [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&diff=prev&oldid=661191560]
• http://www.wbur.org/npr/15597620
• help boxes on {{noping|Wikievil666}}'s Talk page

{{quote|To reply, this is how it should go:

Original post "What cars do you like?"

:First reply "I like Volkswagens!"

::Reply #1 to first reply "I think Volkswagens are stupid.."

:::Reply to reply #1 to first reply "No, they're great!"

::Reply #2 to first reply "Me too!"

:Second reply "I like Hyundai!"

::Reply #1 to second reply "I think Hyundai cars break down easy"

:Reply number three "I like Honda!"

:Reply number four "I like Saab"

Of course those would all use {{4~}} after them to sign}}