User talk:Deadbolt44

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Template:Better source needed
Hi, and thanks for the edits to Ellis Island. I have removed the Better source needed tags, which are used for unreliable sources, since both the NPS map and Justia's record of the official court case are perfectly reliable. Please be careful tagging sources, unless you have a very good explanation for why a better source is needed or why the source is unreliable. Thanks. epicgenius (talk) 20:49, 7 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that, I must have not been paying close enough attention. I will make sure to be more careful moving forward! Deadbolt44 (talk) 23:06, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem. I suppose I was too harsh before, because this was just recently reviewed for Good Article status and I'd gone over the article extensively. Otherwise your edits your good. epicgenius (talk) 01:28, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Cutting too much?
Hey, just checking in- I was looking through your edit history, and I noticed you've been cutting a lot of information out of some retail-related Wikipedia articles saying you're just removing irrelevant information. Some of it looks like it required some editing/refinement, but not total removal. For instance, the information about the store's beginning as a cheese shop and later conversion/closure when the fabric business succeeded in Jo-Ann Fabrics, the more detailed expansion information in Hobby Lobby, detailed closing dates and conversion info for Friends 2B Made in Build-A-Bear Workshop, and details on store decor in Bass Pro Shops that could have been edited to be less advertorial without total removal. I might go through and try and more heavily source or reword some of this myself later, but I just wanted to drop a note here. Pokemonprime (talk) 22:26, 7 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Hey thanks, a lot of the info seemed unnecessary in terms of notability, but I may have been too liberal in my cuts. Happy to discuss anything you think shouldn’t have been removed. Deadbolt44 (talk) 23:09, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Daily Mail
Hi, I removed the dailymail ref from your edits to Bill de Blasio as it is not considered a reliable source. You can learn more about it at WP:DAILYMAIL. Schazjmd  (talk)  20:54, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know and for sending this over. I saw one of the sources had been flagged, but couldn't figure out which one was the issue. I appreciate it! Deadbolt44 (talk) 20:05, 18 March 2020 (UTC)Deadbolt44

Orphaned non-free image File:Hoar Construction Logo.jpg
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Blocked as a sockpuppet
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