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Deb Fischer
I'm afraid I've had to revert your two edits to Deb Fischer, adding details about Fischer's parents. The information you added is probably true, but it's not supported by the sources cited. In biographies of living people, particularly controversial living people (including any politician), we really need citations for all information inserted.

If you've got good sources for your edits, by all means re-insert them; but make sure that there are footnotes placed in a way that makes it clear which source is giving which information. Unfortunately, when you made your edits, you put the new material "under" existing footnotes, giving the misleading impression that those footnotes supported your information. This is something I'd strongly suggest that you avoid; I'm sure that it was an innocent mistake in your case, since you're apparently fairly new to WP editing, but in a more experienced editor it might look like an attempt to sneak dubious information in without having it challenged.

Happily, it's not hard to make footnotes in Wikipedia. The technique is explained in some detail at WP:CITE. Good luck; and if you've got questions about any of this, please feel free to leave a line at my talk page. Ammodramus (talk) 15:42, 22 May 2012 (UTC)