User talk:Elkelo

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Hello, Elkelo, 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: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using 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! Peter Chastain (talk) 09:49, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
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Anatomy of an Epidemic
Hello, Elkelo. I appreciate your comments regarding Anatomy of an Epidemic. Unfortunately, the manner in which you made them left the article in a bad state, with lots of error messages and your comments mixed with the text. The easiest way to repair the article would have been to simply revert your changes (and I think most Wikipedia editors would have done that), but I think your feedback has merit, so I made this edit, which you can click to see what I did, addressing some of your concerns while still fixing the article.
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I am a bit less concerned than you, over the fact that most of the references to what Whitaker says cite his book. The article is, after all, a description of the book. The sections dealing with reactions to the book should, of course cite other authors liberally. Again, this issue is better discussed on the talk page, where other editors can contribute their two cents.

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Thanks!

-- Peter Chastain (talk) 09:49, 16 December 2011 (UTC)