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Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. We have resolved the issues with the file permissions. Dslavichhixson (talk) 04:17, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was just trying to be helpful...

I notice that you reverted most of my edits to your article without citing a reason. The reason I edited the article was to make the postal state designations clearer to those readers in countries other than the United States where the abbreviations might not mean anything to the reader. I was attempting to be helpful and not malicious. I am a Vietnam Veteran and have nothing but respect for the contributions that the man this article is about has made to soldiers, Army and the United States. Good luck with getting your article accepted, but be forewarned that it will take some time before you will get an acceptance notification. The on and only article that I submitted through that process took over six months before it was rejected and I had to rewrite and resubmit it. That took another two months for it to finally be accepted. You might note that once an article has be moved to main space, there will be others that will edit it. Do not take this editing personally, it happens to even experienced editors. Cuprum17 (talk) 01:07, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cuprum17 - I apologize for removing your edits. I am new to Wikipedia and didn't realize that the article could be edited while I still had it in a draft state. I didn't check for others' edits before changing the state designations, thinking that I had perhaps written them that way initially. But yes, you are correct. the states would read more clearly to a non-American if they were written out. I will change them back. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. Dslavichhixson (talk) 04:16, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No problem...have fun editing on Wikipedia. You really meet some neat people on here...there is the occasional downer, but not often. I can't help but notice that part of your user name is the same as the Colonel Slavich that this article is about...are you related? Just curious... if there is anything that I can help you with just leave a message on my talk page and I'll come runnin' with help if I can... Cuprum17 (talk) 06:36, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ivan Slavich was my father. This article is my contribution to his legacy. Thanks again for your help, and thank you also for your service to our country. Dslavichhixson (talk) 12:56, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I suspected as much. You must be very proud of your father's accomplishments. I notice that your article was accepted, in what must be a record time...Congratulations! I will probably make a few edits to improve the linking in the article, but except for a few minor items the article looks very good. In the future, if you decide to create another article, you don't necessarily have to go through the Articles for Creation process. Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia and to your father's legacy... Cuprum17 (talk) 14:12, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at AfC Colonel Ivan L. Slavich, Jr. was accepted

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FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 13:49, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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*[[Colonel Ivan L. Slavich, Jr.]], 3 awards )<ref>Slavich was awarded a fourth Legion of Merit the day he retired from the U.S. Army; however,

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