User talk:Ljh1313

Welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please note that as an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is not a promotional venue for organizations or businesses. Accordingly, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages. Your edits to Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans appeared to be intended to provide current information for prospective donors and scholarship applicants. While those may be worthy objectives, they are not what Wikipedia is for. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted.

Note that the information that you removed regarding deceased recipients of the Horatio Alger award is still very much part of the organization's history, and thus is very relevant to the encyclopedia article. Also, you removed the only third-party reference citation in the entire article. Wikipedia's policy on verifiability demands more independently sourced information, not less.

Please don't be scared away, but do take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. --Orlady (talk) 04:41, 29 April 2010 (UTC)