User talk:Soarburton

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Hello, Soarburton, 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 discussion 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! L888Y5 (talk) 17:18, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Soarburton, and welcome to Wikipedia. I've removed the long, long bibliography that you added to Tudor Parfitt - whilst the effort involved in compiling such a list is appreciated, it isn't really suitable for Wikipedia. Compare with the bibliographies of other notable scientists: Esther Lederberg; one notable paper listed, Emil Lederer, six major publications listed; even the prolific Bernard Lewis only has about thirty of his books listed (and many of those are sufficiently noteworthy to have Wikipedia articles themselves). WP:NOTCATALOG applies here. Best wishes, Yunshui (talk) 07:47, 12 September 2011 (UTC)