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Well, I bit the bullet and submitted my statement for the ARBCOM election. Unfortunately though, I've had to redo all of my pages so I seem to be having trouble with the templates. Could you double-check my entry and fix anything I got wrong? If so, I'm very grateful. Thank you. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 01:08, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

:Hi Liz, I'm very glad to see your name on the list. In this area, I'm serving mostly as cheerleader and candidate wrangler, so I'm pinging some friendly arbcom clerks {{u|Amortias}} and {{u|Dreamy Jazz}} who certainly know more about the details of nomination formats than I do; hopefully one of them will be able to spot any problems. ] ] 01:27, 12 November 2024 (UTC)
::Thanks, I think I fixed the problems by looking at Arbitration election candidates in previous elections. Formatting the questions involved wiki code I have never used in 11 years here but it's kind of similar to HTML. We'll see how I fare. But thanks for issuing the call for help! <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 05:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC)
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On 20 December 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Louis Abramson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Louis Abramson worked on the renovation of a building that he designed 57 years earlier? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Louis Abramson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Louis Abramson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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