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Again, welcome! —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 05:57, 4 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Thank you I'll ready more through this and add the Babel box a little later. Kumioko (talk) 11:59, 4 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

UIC edit

Well, after your changes it doesn't really reflect our entry style. We don't have full sentences as definitions; instead, we use fragments or link to other sources where appropriate. For more on why we do this, see WT:WINW. The other changes are minor — if you want explanations for why I did what I did, I'd be glad to tell you. A concise of view of the changes I made can be seen here. Thanks! —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 05:37, 6 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Oh ok, I looked at a couple of other examples and that's how it was done so thanks for the update. I'll take a look and adjust fire for the future. Kumioko (talk) 15:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

cno edit

Capitalization matters, so I removed the English section from cno. If it exists, it belogns at CNO, and {{also}} should eb used at the top of the two pages so that they link to each other. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 20:05, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Awesome thanks for letting me know I'll fix that and also add {{also}} to USNA and usna. Please let me know if you see anything else. Still pretty new here so I got some lernin' ta doo. Kumioko (talk) 20:07, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Careful with the templates! {{tl}} is Tagalog. Anyway, I appreciate the responsiveness and the entries. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 20:15, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Also good to know about tl. One of the many differences between here and ENWP. No problem and thanks for letting me know the er of my ways. Kumioko (talk) 20:16, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
There are many such differences.Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 20:18, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply
Thanks again. For what its worth there seems to be a large hole in Military related terms so that's where I'll probably focus on for a while. As I learn the ropes I may stray farther from that comfort zone. Kumioko (talk) 20:21, 5 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

SgtMajMarCor edit

You have this as an acronym, which would only be correct if it's pronounced as a word (sudgt-mage-mar-cor?), I suspect this is an abbreviation, instead (an initialism would be where the names rather than the sounds of the letters are pronounced). Chuck Entz (talk) 03:44, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Your right it shuold be an abbreviation. Its Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. Although the other one I created as SMMC, would be an initialism because you would sound the letters out. I'll fix it thanks. Kumioko (talk) 04:01, 6 January 2013 (UTC)Reply