User talk:John S. Burrows

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions so far. Here are a few good links for newcomers:


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Take a look at Consensus of standards. It is always wise to read the talk page of an existing article before making major changes on it, to see if your idea has already been discussed. Even then, it is often helpful to suggest a major change before making it, to see if anyone objects or wants to discuss it. Do not delete materials on other people's talk pages or on the talk pages of articles.

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Again, welcome! -- Ssilvers 20:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Red links
Thanks for your contributions. A couple of minor suggestions: please do not add red links to articles unless you are planning to write an article about the red-linked subject shortly. Just type the name or subject with linking it if there is no article already. If and when you or someone else writes the article, then the words can be bluelinked at that time. Also, please note that the G&S Project (WP:G&S) and Wikipedia's guidelines (WP:MUS) discourage naming amateur theatre groups in WP articles. Finally, it appears that you are interested in G&S. If so, check out the G&S Project by clicking: WP:G&S. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 18:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

The Lyric Opera of Dallas
BTW, if this company is/was a professional opera company (I mean, if the singers are/were paid more than carfare), then by all means, please write an article about it. Also, if you know a lot about the Washington Savoyards, please take a look at that article and see if you can add missing details (especially if you have published references to suppor them). When I wrote the article, I wasn't able to find that much published about them. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 18:38, 7 May 2007 (UTC)