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Fidelis Makka
I see you are making improvements to this article, which is great. If there are other subjects where you can contribute, please do.

I "reverted" your last change, but purely for technical reasons. In a reference, or footnote, the title given must be the heading given in the source. The source had the heading "Lt. Colonel Fidelis Makka", and the reference points to an article with that heading. Now, clearly he was a General when he retired. Preferably, the article would have a source that says that, and says the date and circumstances of retirement. Any other information would also improve the article, which is quite sketchy, as long as it is backed up by reliable independent sources, and written in a neutral style. Please don't take this as negative. It takes a while to get used to the all the rules in Wikipedia! Aymatth2 (talk) 23:39, 17 March 2010 (UTC)