User talk:John F Ward

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Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, please be sure to sign your name on Talk and vote pages using four tildes (&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;) to produce your name and the current date, or three tildes (&#126;&#126;&#126;) for just your name. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! [[smoddy ]] 15:47, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
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Reply from Help desk
Hi, John. The 'cleanup' tag is nothing personal. The article is still there - it hasn't been sent anywhere - it has simply been tagged (which is very common). Wikipedia has a certain style that articles should conform to, even beyond good grammar. The clean-up tag invites other users to contribute to the article you created and help it conform to that style. I suggest you look at the style guide WP:MOS - or take a close look at other articles (featured ones from the main page will provide particularly good examples). You'll soon pick up how to format things. Hope that helps --Doc (?) 11:04, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland
I'm just dropping you a quick note about a new Wikipedian in Residence job that's opened up at the National Library of Scotland. There're more details at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scotland. Richard Symonds (WMUK) (talk) 15:29, 22 April 2013 (UTC)