User talk:Angpfeiff

This user is a student editor in University_of_Maryland_College_of_Information_Studies/_Introduction_to_Archives_and_Digital_Curation__(Fall_2018) .

Hello, Angpfeiff, and

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:45, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Angela Hi there Angela -- It's Chrissy from your Archives class. I am trying out this talk feature as suggested in the tutorial. We'll see if it works!Onionpatch534 (talk) 15:02, 27 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Chrissy! How's it going? It's Angela. I just watched the tutorial on the talk feature and learned how to talk back to you. Hopefully you get notified. Reply/respond if you do! Angpfeiff (talk) 18:31, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! As discussed in class today, I think your edits to the Egyptian National Library and Archives page are on track to make the article great. I do think the history section would benefit from some broader context about Egypt's history and government, to put the library into the context of nationalism and state-building -- and maybe explore the idea that this must be one of the oldest state institutions in Egypt, predating its independence. I also think, as you said, that the 2014 bombing is important enough that it should get its own section. And I agree that the line in the current article about the other large libraries of Egypt is irrelevant and can be culled. Thanks, and good luck! Bleubsdorf (talk) 00:51, 24 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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