User talk:Bessiec

Hello Bessiec, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field . Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Your Latin American Literature project is generating quite a bit of interest (more on this to follow...), and we wish you all the best with your endeavours. We hope to make your time here successful, productive, and above all, enjoyable! Happy editing! EyeSereneTALK 15:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply] Getting started Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Editing articles How to develop an article Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page How you can help Contributing to Wikipedia Community Portal Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility

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Bessie, just to say that you're really putting a lot of work into Facundo. Well done! Let hope that you and your group can get the article through Good Article review this week. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 09:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I've posted this here as I didn't want anything to get lost in the talk-page clutter! I've now finished going over the article in a 'first-pass' copyedit, and although I've mentioned a few questions on its talk page, I think, from what Awadewit's suggested in her GA review, that perhaps we ought to work on removing duplication and getting the sections sorted next. We can then go over the prose once more. Any thoughts? (also copied this to Mjlee27's page) EyeSerene^talk 14:20, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Thanks so much for your help! We will work on removing repetitive phrases and everything that Awadewit suggests we should do. We will do that asap! After that, we could go over the prose again. Is that okay? Bessiec (talk) 23:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think that's the best way forward. Obviously as the subject experts much of the clarification and organisation is down to you, but I'll help out where I can! EyeSerene^talk 07:07, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think we're about ready for Awadewit to take another look. Do you or one of your group want to drop her a note? (her talk page is

Hello! I have already left her a note last night under the section Facundo. ;) Bessiec (talk) 17:38, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, didn't see that! EyeSerene^talk 18:01, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You'll see that there's a problem with your article. If you do not understand this, you need to come see me ASAP. This needs to be fixed, and there's not much time. --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 01:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi -- if you and your team are still interested in getting the article to GA, I would be happy to do what I can to help. It looks like the other articles I've been involved with don't need much attention at the moment, so I'd be glad to see what I can do. I'll have a go at copyediting it, and see if I can offer any advice or questions on the talk page. If you have any questions just ask on the article talk page or my talk page. Mike Christie (talk) 02:36, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To echo what Mike has said, it's been a real pleasure working with such enthusiastic and willing editors as your team, and I'd hate to think this hiccup has put you off. That's one of the strengths of Wikipedia - when we make editing mistakes on an article (and we all have!), we can just click the edit button again and fix them. I know it's disappointing and not what we were expecting, but we'll get there! EyeSerene^talk 19:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Over on Wikinews they are conducting an interview about our project. Some of the questions are directed specifically at me, and some specifically at those who edited El Señor Presidente. But there are others for any student in the class. I thought you might want to participate.

You will have to set up a new account on Wikinews. Drop a line to Brianmc who can guide you through the technicalities.

It would be good to have an opportunity for you to have your say! --jbmurray (talk|contribs) 20:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mike and I agree that your article is looking in good shape - thank you so much for all the work you've put in! I've created a new "to-do" list from the various posts on the talk page, which you can find here. The items in this list are the only remaining issues we could find, and there's not really much there... looks like the end is finally in sight now! EyeSerene^talk 16:06, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm so pleased this made it through GA; well-deserved after all the work that's been done on it. Take a look at the article talk page for a couple of very positive comments from two respected editors. Congratulations! Mike Christie (talk) 01:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, congratulations! You did it! You can now put this on your user page if you want:

This user helped promote Facundo to good article status.

--jbmurray (talk|contribs) 10:13, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant! I'm so pleased for you - we did it!! :D EyeSerene^talk 18:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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