User talk:Joedumlao

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! It is great to see you contributing to Wikipedia. Here are a few important links for newcomers:


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Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. It is a good idea to read the most recent entries at the bottom of the talk page of an existing article before making major changes to it, to it to see if your proposed change has been discussed before. Before I make a major change to an article, I often make a proposal on the talk page to see if anyone minds.

Again, welcome! -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:06, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Jackie Evancho
Hello! I notice that you made some edits to the entry for Jackie Evancho that were reverted by various editors. The reason for this is that the information that you are trying to add is redundant. The footnote to that article already refers to the earlier article, and there is already enough about this writer in the article. If you would read the following guidelines (in addition to the ones linked above), I think it would help you in future edits: WP:BLP, WP:UNDUE and WP:BETTER. All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:06, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

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