User talk:Ingalls Compatriot

Hello Katie. Thank you for your message. As you know, I'm new to Wikipedia so please bear with me. I am very familiar with the subject of Edmund Ingalls, as I am a direct descendant (10th Great Grandson) and have done hundreds of hours of research on him and the Ingalls family going back over 400 years. I can cite sources for my edits and the biography I posted, but I'm not sure how to do that. Please note, that the biography I posted is as subjective and factual as possible. All of the information came from documented sources and I offered no opinion of my own. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.


 * You did add sources, but it's unclear which of the sources supports which part of the article's content. To clarify that, you should move the references (the  code) right after the statements that source is used for instead of just putting them all at the end. You may also want to have a look at WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes. Another thing you may want to check out is links to other articles - you even removed the link to the Charles Ingalls article. See Help:Link on how to create links, which are a nice convenience for readers interested in more detailed information on related topics. Huon (talk) 00:03, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Ingalls Compatriot, and welcome to Wikipedia!&#32;Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Edmund Ingalls, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article.&#32;Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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