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Hi, and thanks for the edits to Ellis Island. I have removed the {{Better source needed}} tags, which are used for unreliable sources, since both the NPS map and Justia's record of the official court case are perfectly reliable. Please be careful tagging sources, unless you have a very good explanation for why a better source is needed or why the source is unreliable. Thanks. epicgenius (talk) 20:49, 7 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sorry about that, I must have not been paying close enough attention. I will make sure to be more careful moving forward! Deadbolt44 (talk) 23:06, 11 February 2020 (UTC)Reply
No problem. I suppose I was too harsh before, because this was just recently reviewed for Good Article status and I'd gone over the article extensively. Otherwise your edits your good. epicgenius (talk) 01:28, 12 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Cutting too much?

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Hey, just checking in- I was looking through your edit history, and I noticed you've been cutting a lot of information out of some retail-related Wikipedia articles saying you're just removing irrelevant information. Some of it looks like it required some editing/refinement, but not total removal. For instance, the information about the store's beginning as a cheese shop and later conversion/closure when the fabric business succeeded in Jo-Ann Fabrics, the more detailed expansion information in Hobby Lobby, detailed closing dates and conversion info for Friends 2B Made in Build-A-Bear Workshop, and details on store decor in Bass Pro Shops that could have been edited to be less advertorial without total removal. I might go through and try and more heavily source or reword some of this myself later, but I just wanted to drop a note here. Pokemonprime (talk) 22:26, 7 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hey thanks, a lot of the info seemed unnecessary in terms of notability, but I may have been too liberal in my cuts. Happy to discuss anything you think shouldn’t have been removed. Deadbolt44 (talk) 23:09, 11 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Hi, I removed the dailymail ref from your edits to Bill de Blasio as it is not considered a reliable source. You can learn more about it at WP:DAILYMAIL. Schazjmd (talk) 20:54, 14 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for letting me know and for sending this over. I saw one of the sources had been flagged, but couldn't figure out which one was the issue. I appreciate it! Deadbolt44 (talk) 20:05, 18 March 2020 (UTC)Deadbolt44Reply

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