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Hello, I'm Yintan. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made with this edit to Tom McCall, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Yintan  14:34, 5 October 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See also WP:PEACOCK for why we stick to the basics. Note what the lede says about Sir Winston Churchill, and I think most agree he was one of the people most recognized as a statesman, far more than Tom. Aboutmovies (talk) 05:44, 6 October 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi there! Unfortunately, I have reverted the additions you made to HMAS Southern Cross. Although I believe your additions were made in good faith, I did this because I do not believe that the source you used meets Wikipedia standards for reliable sources. I am concerned because the source was self-published to the Northern Territory's "Story NT" project, which seeks to collect user-submitted stories, but exerts zero editorial control and claims no responsibility for errors and inaccuracies. I have requested review and further input at Wikipedia's Reliable Sources Noticeboard (the specific section is Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Requesting_opinion_on_document_from_StoryNT, if you wish to comment there). -- saberwyn 08:10, 26 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

In your latest edits to 5"/51 caliber gun, you didn't provide sources for your changes. The changes to armament numbers is, or should, be documented on the individual ships pages, and it isn't necessarily relevant here.Pennsy22 (talk) 07:50, 14 December 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Please do not edit the name of files in articles as you did to USS Jason (AC-12), it breaks the link to the file. I have corrected the mistake. In the future, please use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the article will look like without actually saving it.

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