User talk:OregonIronCo

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Hello, OregonIronCo, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Danger High voltage! 20:27, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi OregonIronCo. Thanks for your addition to Shaniko, Oregon. The reason that I've altered it is that the Manual of Style advises against direct links to external sites from within the main text of Wikipedia articles. (Please see WP:MOS.) The recommended method is to cite a reliable source for the claims and to add the external link to the source citation. I tried to keep the essence of what you added and sourced it to the NRHP document you were linking to. The link is still there, but it's in the "Reference" section rather than the main text. The link could also be added to the "External links" section, though that would be redundant, I think, since the link is already in the "Reference" section. If you think it should be in "External links" as well as the ref section, that's fine. Finetooth (talk) 19:09, 5 September 2013 (UTC)