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-- 19:43, Friday, June 25, 2021 (UTC)

June 2021
Hello, I'm Cheerful Squirrel. I noticed that in this edit to Arbor Day Foundation, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Cheerful Squirrel (talk) 22:17, 25 June 2021 (UTC)


 * hi there! I am new to this, but my edits were actually all intentional. I made them in my sandbox and then pasted them in all at once. Is this the wrong way to do it? I will happily write a longer explanation of the edits if you can please restore them. I'm also happy to hear suggestions. I'm still learning.....Thanks!
 * it's me again. I just read a tutorial to properly reply to you and I"m sure I still got it wrong :). As I said, I am new to this, but my edits were actually all intentional. I made them in my sandbox and then pasted them in all at once. Is this the wrong way to do it? I will happily write a longer explanation of the edits if you can please restore them. I'm also happy to hear suggestions. I'm still learning.....Thanks!--EarleEdits (talk) 22:51, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem, I'm still learning myself, and it's completely possible that I made a mistake. Here's the edit I saw that caused me to react: . When I saw you removed content and there wasn't an edit summary for why you removed the content, I got confused! It's possible that your removal made perfect sense in the context of some of the other recent edits that I saw, I just wasn't sure one way or the other. It's just that without the edit summary I didn't know what you were doing :) Cheerful Squirrel (talk) 23:00, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi! It absolutely makes sense that you would react to that removal without explanation. So, do you know the best way for me to get the edits I made back and "re-publish" (is that a thing?) so I can explain the edits in more detail? I think it would be best if I publish the edits one section at a time so I can explain each one in detail. It will be too confusing to explain it all at once. But I also don't really want to re-do the whole thing because it took a long time.


 * For your knowledge, in a nutshell, I was editing in response to these notes that appeared at the top of the page:
 * This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
 * This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. (January 2019)
 * This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (January 2020).


 * I changed the language to be more neutral, added additional sources, made it sound factual and straightforward instead of like an ad. Does that make sense?


 * Thanks so much for your help! Again, always open to suggestions. --EarleEdits (talk) 00:21, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and restored the edits. For future reference, you can do so yourself by going to the "history" tab at the top of the page and pressing "undo", and then typing in an edit summary. Cheers! Cheerful Squirrel (talk) 00:32, 26 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help. I learned a lot! Have a nice night (or day depending on where you might be located). --EarleEdits (talk) 01:34, 26 June 2021 (UTC)