JohnThomasCT

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August 2013

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• (2013). ''Kalamazoo Gals: A Story of Extraordinary Women and Gibson's 'Banner' Guitars of WWII.''] Nashville: American History Press, 3. </ref> In addition, Gibson made wood and metal parts for the

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 13:50, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Women's roles in the World Wars. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:47, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

This is your last warning. The next time you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising, as you did at United States home front during World War II, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:35, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Sorry! Just trying to learn the ropes here. Lessons learned. Thanks! I was simply trying to de-orphan the article and, obviously, didn't understand how to do that appropriately.

Your use of multiple Wikipedia accounts

Hi. An editor has opened an investigation into sockpuppetry by you. Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one Wikipedia account in a manner that contravenes community policy. The investigation is being held at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Wayside616, where the editor who opened the investigation has presented their evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, and then feel free to offer your own evidence or to submit comments that you wish to be considered by the Wikipedia administrator who decides the result of the investigation. If you have been using multiple accounts (in a manner contrary to Wikipedia policy), please go to the investigation page and verify that now. Leniency is usually shown to those who promise not to do so again, or who did so unwittingly, but the abuse of multiple accounts is taken very seriously by the Wikipedia community.

Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:42, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Sorry! While trying to figure out how to create an account I used a friend's account. It won't happen again. Lesson learned. Thanks!

To Jackmcbarn, thanks for the work you've done on the Kalamazoo Gals page. I appreciate it. Sorry for my clumsiness and ignorance about all things Wiki. Your point of ensuring a neutral point of view is a good one. But, I'm not sure what to do about it. I've done my best to be impartial, but I agree that a review by a neutral third party is a good idea. But, what do I do about that? Simply wait and hope? As folks who've reviewed the book in the media (print, radio, TV) to weigh in? Thanks! JohnThomasCT (talk) 01:11, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, waiting and hoping is really your best bet at this point. Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:22, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks, again. JohnThomasCT (talk) 11:14, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:27, 26 August 2013 (UTC)