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The current community collaboration is collecting works related to the Eminent Women Series. Last collaboration: Slavery in the United States (1837)

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The current Proofread of the Month is The Tower  (1928) by William Butler Yeats. Last month completed: Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope The next scheduled collaboration will begin in May.

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Hi! Saw your edit today. :-) Glad to see that you're still around. If you want some ideas of stuff to work on here, drop a note on my talk page. FloNight (talk) 19:10, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I replied about Kennedy's speech on my talk page to keep the discussion together. FloNight (talk) 12:38, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

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Done. It appears when there is a non empty previous or next field. Yann (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Copyright tag Winston Churchill's Broadcast on the Soviet-German War‎

Hi, You have added the work Winston Churchill's Broadcast on the Soviet-German War‎ I am wondering which copyright tag you were looking to apply. I am concerned that the speech may be considered under copyright as it is probably not a government edict, and while it was a speech, that does not necessarily eliminate the claim to copyright. Thoughts? -- billinghurst (talk) 15:11, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

I thought work of the UK Government is released in the public domain. Friedlibend 15:25, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

That will depend on the copyright statement on the work, ie. personal or government. -- billinghurst (talk) 06:26, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

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