User talk:Angel Scythe

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Hello, Angel Scythe, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Ian.thomson (talk) 19:25, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
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A further note: modern academic works about older sources are most preferred, but a summary of the original source texts (with no commentary or interpretation whatsoever) is preferred over modern innovations by fringe authors such as Michelle Belanger. Belanger's work would be appropriate for her views on herself or her beliefs, but not for her novel interpretations and commentary on renaissance spellbooks. Ian.thomson (talk) 19:25, 28 January 2013 (UTC)