User Talk: Karenthewriter

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A cookie for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | I don't know if you like homemade chocolate chip cookies or not, but I just baked this one just for you. Thanks for your very helpful comment in the Teahouse! ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 20:25, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
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:You're welcome, and thank you for the cookie. I figure out a lot of how's-that-done questions by clicking on an article's "edit mode" and seeing what formatting was used. Best wishes on your Wikipedia work. Karenthewriter (talk) 20:32, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Articles

Hi, thanks for writing interesting, well written articles. Please keep it up, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 23:21, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

(I had thanked Atlantic306 for reviewing Blair of the Mounties ↗.

Thank you!

I really appreciate you taking the time to read over my article (Draft:Bill McCloud) ↗ and reply to me over at the Teahouse. Thank you! Neojin9 (talk) 22:56, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

:You are welcome. I spent a few decades trying to get magazine articles published (many created on a manual typewriter!) but, even though I had writing experience, for my first three years as a Wikipedia editor I limited myself to improving existing articles before attempting to create my first online encyclopedia article, and I had no idea if my effort would be accepted. (It was.) I regularly read through The Teahouse, and know many novices resubmit their declined drafts without making any of the changes reviewers have said are necessary. I was impressed that you had done a lot of work on your draft article, and you understood what a reliable reference was, so I wanted to give you some encouragement.
:P.S. As an amateur historian I've saved close to two decades of American Heritage issues, and I remember reading Bill McCloud's May - June 1988 article. Karenthewriter (talk) 23:46, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | thanks for helping me 50tr5 (talk) 20:25, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
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Editor of the Week

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 2px solid lightgray" |Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week ↗ in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project ↗)
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User:Buster7 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week ↗:
:I nominate Karenthewriter for Editor of the Week. This amateur historian editor registered in 2007 and began contributing more often in 2019. 80% of their over 4150 edits are in mainspace and Wikipedia Work pages. She has created 29 new articles beginning with Meg Duncan ↗ and most recently Little Folks (British magazine) ↗. While shaping interesting, well written articles she also takes time to assist at both the Teahouse ↗ and help desk ↗.
You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:
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| recognized_for = creating classic children's literature articles

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Thanks again for your efforts! '''Buster Seven'''''' Talk''' (UTC) 16:27, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

:Buster 7, thank you for looking at some of my work and seeing value in it. I have a 20-year background in trying to "grow up to be a writer", submitting manuscripts to printed magazine and book publishers, and learning a great deal about rejection slips! (Thank you for your submission...it doesn't meet our needs at this time...) I understand Writers Guidelines, so have no problem following the Wikipedia rules, even the ones I don't agree with, because that's what a writer does.
:I grew up with printed encyclopedias and, in the pre-Internet world, they were the gold standard for finding accurate information It is an honor and a privilege to be a part of improving an encyclopedia, and it gives me great satisfaction to know that people around the world read what I researched, wrote, and published. No one has to worry about retaining this editor, for I love my work, but it is nice to appreciated. Karenthewriter (talk) 23:45, 11 April 2026 (UTC)