User talk:Ca2james

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Bill Gates pledges to donate US$50 million for research on Alzheimer's disease

Hi Ca2james, Thanks for taking an interest in Bill Gates pledges to donate US$50 million for research on Alzheimer's disease. I see the template: This article is actively undergoing a major edit on top of this wikinews story which I started and asked to be reviewed yesterday and I assume you are the editor who has taken over this task. Please continue development, but remember that at wikinews things get “stale” awfully fast, and I would like to improve my record of published articles. Thanks again, Ottawahitech (talk) 15:13, 15 November 2017 (UTC) Please ping me

Hi @Ottawahitech:! I've already set the article back to requesting review status. I was editing the article much earlier to add a third source and to added some extra sentences (which I removed in my latest substantive edit). I didn't use the editing template earlier and acagastya asked me to please use it when I'm editing an article. When I decided to make my latest change, I added the editing template, made my change, and re-added the review template. Ca2james (talk) 15:23, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks you, Ca2james

For your critical thinking and clarity in conveying the content in recent discussions, as well as in interpreting the contents of articles and what the words there mean, big thanks. For inspiration, here is a special thinking wallaby for you. I hope you like it:

--Gryllida (talk) 22:57, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your holistic approach to discussions, Ca2james

Assembling a Staircase Disentanglement Puzzle step by step. That is how the final puzzle might look like. Image by Merkel.

Hi Ca2james

Thank you for your holistic approach to discussions, complemented with great attention to their history and detail, Ca2james. I really appreciate it, and I am learning several important aspects from you.

Cheers, --Gryllida (talk) 23:39, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you @Gryllida:. Ca2james (talk) 18:24, 24 March 2019 (UTC)