User talk:Julie Branford

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! tedder (talk) 04:14, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Notability on Wikipedia
Hi, user Julie Branford. I've again removed your "notable alumni" from Cleveland. There are a couple of problems.

First, the alumni need to be notable by Wikipedia's standards, which generally means they have an article on Wikipedia. In other words, on Wikipedia, notability isn't determined by if the high school or the student or the alumni association thinks an individual is notable. Second, using the alumni association as a source is fine to indicate someone attended the school, but otherwise doesn't pass as a reliable and verifiable source to indicate they are notable for WP:BIO. Finally, there were technical problems with how you tried to use the alumni association as a source, but that's not a big deal.

If you have questions, stop by my talk page and add a new section- I don't watch this page for replies. Thanks, tedder (talk) 04:06, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

February 2011
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon). Users who edit disruptively or refuse to collaborate with others may be blocked if they continue. In particular, the three-revert rule states that: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes. Work towards wording, and content that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Valfontis (talk) 02:32, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
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