@ Rosiestep: Just what I need to get through this biochem final this afternoon! Thank you! <3 Keilana ( talk) 18:43, 12 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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I too am late to the congratulations party. In any case, congratulations! Mkdw ^talk 21:51, 15 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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Thanks for all you have done this year :-) Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 22:53, 21 December 2015 (UTC) reply

Aww, thank you! You as well! I hope you have a lovely holiday season. Best, Keilana ( talk) 04:41, 22 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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Thank you very much Gerda! I hope you had a lovely holiday. Best, Keilana ( talk) 06:13, 26 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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@ Elie plus: Hi Elie, I'm not sure what you're talking about, I created the page and didn't review it. Keilana ( talk) 22:59, 26 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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No worries, happy editing! Keilana ( talk) 23:04, 26 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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@ GamerPro64: Sure thing. Keilana ( talk) 00:06, 30 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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	And if you get headaches over at ArbCom, you can always come work on an article with me. Rosiestep ( talk) 22:43, 30 December 2015 (UTC) reply

Thanks Rosie, best to you too in 2016! I think you'll find me over in articlespace quite a bit. It's my happy place, after all. :) Keilana ( talk) 22:49, 30 December 2015 (UTC) reply

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Thank you Gerda! Keilana ( talk) 17:55, 31 December 2015 (UTC) reply

Of course, I expect even moar support in a year with you on arbcom ;) - ring the peace bell often! - Look for hidden music by Bach, Sibelius and Verdi! -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 14:06, 1 January 2016 (UTC) reply

	Happy New Year 2016
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Thanks Chris! I miss you too - I hope we run into each other in 2016! Have a wonderful new year. Best, Keilana ( talk) 22:44, 1 January 2016 (UTC) reply

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An ArbCom approved kitten, not created by committee.

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AND it's blepping!! I just made an unholy noise that scared my own IRL cat. Keilana ( talk) 08:49, 7 January 2016 (UTC) reply

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What the subject says, thank you – the examples on health are really compelling. -- DarTar ( talk) 22:21, 16 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Keilana ( talk) 22:39, 16 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Also, I wanted to share with you a proposal I think you might be interested in, aiming to facilitate the measurement of impact of initiatives like WikiProject Women. We'd love to hear your thoughts (cc Slaporte ( talk · contribs)). -- DarTar ( talk) 22:42, 16 January 2016 (UTC) reply

I also attended the birthday party in San Francisco today, and appreciated your remote remarks. Thank you. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:07, 17 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Thank you both! Keilana ( talk) 06:13, 17 January 2016 (UTC) reply

At least give the community the courtesy of your opinion as to why you would decline a case of an admin abusing his position, making involved blocks, telling others to fuck off &c. Your trite "decline" speaks volumes about how seriously you take this role at Arbcom. Thanks. The Rambling Man ( talk) 21:31, 17 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Despite your request being unnecessarily rude, I've done so. Keilana ( talk) 00:24, 18 January 2016 (UTC) reply

@TRM: You know, you could have just asked nicely. Keilana doesn't strike me as a difficult person to reason with. No need for the added hostility. Kurtis ^(talk) 04:15, 18 January 2016 (UTC) reply

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• In case you missed it, I sent you another. Kurtis ^(talk) 04:41, 26 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Is there some place that new articles are listed? In case someone want's to DYK them or something? Today I wrote Arlette Leroi-Gourhan and yesterday Henriette Alimen. -- kelapstick^{( bainuu)} 22:06, 21 January 2016 (UTC) reply

And now Silvia Zenari, I better be careful I don't get kicked off the committee for actually writing. -- kelapstick^{( bainuu)} 05:00, 22 January 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Kelapstick: That's awesome!!! We don't really have a place to list new articles per se but you could put a note on WT:WOMSCI. YAY! Keilana ( talk) 06:30, 22 January 2016 (UTC) reply

If you have access to Women of Science: Righting the Record, the Esther Applin career section could use some expansion (particularly around her time with the USGS). I seem to have used up all my free viewing of that book on Google Books (it's page 63 I believe). -- kelapstick^{( bainuu)} 00:33, 23 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Uh oh, I just wrote a short one, but you guys are way ahead of me. No fair, you'll get kicked off the committee first! Opabinia regalis ( talk) 04:47, 25 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Opabinia regalis you have a week to catch up. I won't be "writing" for the next seven days, I'm in training so will only be mobile. -- kelapstick^{( on the run)} 09:32, 25 January 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Kelapstick and Opabinia regalis: You both are kicking my ass...I was in surgeries all day for a couple days and had no internet access so I'm just now catching up! (I'll take a look at Esther later, once I've dealt with the approximately 8 million emails I have...) Keilana ( talk) 14:58, 25 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Surgeries? I hope you mean observing them and not having them, but if the latter, hoping for a quick recovery! Opabinia regalis ( talk) 17:30, 25 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Fortunately, observing! It's a lot better watching the giving end rather than being on the receiving end. Keilana ( talk) 19:39, 25 January 2016 (UTC) reply

When I first read that I thought it said "sugaries", which I presumed was a place one got sugar. That would be much better than observing a surgery. -- kelapstick^{( on the run)} 21:04, 25 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Well, one is definitely a better place to eat than the other. Keilana ( talk) 04:09, 26 January 2016 (UTC) reply

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Cas Liber ( talk · contribs) 12:02, 22 January 2016 (UTC) reply

@ Casliber: That's fantastic!!! Keilana ( talk) 14:55, 25 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Hi,

It looks like you have removed few contents from my userpage to protect my privacy (thank you!). Is birthdate the only thing that you removed, or did you remove something else? No, no, no, I'm not angry at you for making changes to protect my personal information. It's just that I want to keep track of changes to my userpage. Also, when I went to "View history" in my userpage, some of the edits have a strikethrough and is grayed out. What does this mean? Obviously, the edits have not been deleted and still appears in my userpage.

Happy editing,

William2001^{( talk)} 05:56, 26 January 2016 (UTC) reply

@ William2001: Yes, I've removed some personal information to protect your privacy. When you're in the view history tab, if they're greyed out it means that the revision has been deleted, but the contents that are the same are still there. Does that make sense? Best, Keilana ( talk) 06:06, 26 January 2016 (UTC) reply

If the revisions have been deleted, why do they still appear in my page? For example, the edit with the edit summary "(Added my wikipediholic characteristics)" have been deleted, but the edit still appears in my page. Ugh, I thought I knew "a lot" about Wikipedia, but I guess I still have a long way to go. Thank you, William2001^{( talk)} 06:13, 26 January 2016 (UTC) reply

@ William2001: No worries, it takes awhile to figure out! When I redacted the personal information, I removed the revisions in between, but the information you added is still there. Best, Keilana ( talk) 06:32, 26 January 2016 (UTC) reply

Great, thank you.

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Kurtis ^(talk) 15:52, 1 February 2016 (UTC) reply

You are very correct in the embarrassing shape of the Vaginal flora article. I have been hesitating on its improvement because it needs so much work and my efforts to improve the encyclopedia in this topic area have been met with...well here is a new word - non-collaboratively.

Firstly, NONE of the MEDRS-level sources ever use the term 'Vaginal flora' at this time. It is called the Vaginal microbiota or the vaginal microbiome. Other excellent sources are now distinguishing between the Microbiota of the lower reproductive tract, and the microbiota in the upper reproductive tract (yes! things live there!) So the problem of the name is archaic and produces no returns if you search for it in the good sources, unless you back to 1960. Changing the title is like moving Mt. Everest especially since a search of the archives reveals that changing the title has been discussed with no resolution a couple of times.

I've had the experience of being blocked due to interactions with another editor who has heavily invested into this article. We stay away from each other when we can, but my editing will increase our interactions. IF you will be there, work with me on this article, I will get right to work. I have the desire, the interest, the MEDRS sources and access to the entire University of Pittsburgh Library System. If not, I don't want the drama. Reply by email if you prefer. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ( talk) 00:12, 8 February 2016 (UTC) or Bfpage reply

@ Barbara (WVS): It definitely needs work and I'd be very interested in helping out when I'm on summer break (or my backlog of stuff to work on has eased a little bit). I'll drop you a line when I have some time! Best, Keilana ( talk) 23:33, 8 February 2016 (UTC) reply

This sounds great and it looks like we both see this as not being some kind of emergency. I will also have more time during Spring break and in the summer. Having someone to work with on an article is pretty exciting to me and doesn't seem to happen too often. I've posted an invitation for a discussion on the name change and it is on the article talk page. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ( talk) 10:12, 9 February 2016 (UTC) reply

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I propose that the name of the article be changed to: Vaginal microbiota. The reasons are many and the discussion is taking place on the talk page. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ( talk) 10:06, 9 February 2016 (UTC) reply