User talk:Aleeireland

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Hello, Aleeireland, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and have been reverted. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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February 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Sites on Angelfire and the like should generally be avoided, as should fansites unless they are very sizeable and reputable. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 19:28, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please don't use Nationmaster as a source either. Its encyclopedia is simply outdated mirrors of Wikipedia pages. The other sources you added — GAC and Highbeam — are perfectly fine, although "downward spiral" is POV and "currently" should be avoided. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 18:27, 18 February 2009 (UTC)