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Vernon Vipers
Paul, excellent work on the Vipers page. I am from Ontario, so I only know as much as I've been told or have read... so if you can do this with any BCHL, VIJHL, KIJHL, or PIJHL team or the league article... it would be greatly appreciated. I'm also looking for someone with a BC hockey background to do the Cyclone Taylor Cup. Also, do you have any knowledge of BC Junior "C" leagues? Just a note... when you are doing pages, only use bolding at the very start of the article unless it is like this:

Good work on the articles. DMighton 04:08, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

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Edward Abbott
I notice you created both Edward Lynn Abbott and Edward Lyman Abbott about the same person. Is the first a typo of the second? In any case, they should be merged. You may want to comment at Talk:Edward Lynn Abbott. Cheers—Ketil Trout (&lt;&gt;&lt;!) 21:47, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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Overlinking
Hi there, and thanks for your work at WP. Just a reminder that we don't normally link years, dates, and common terms. Cheers Tony   (talk)  13:51, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

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