ECduval

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Wikipelli ^Talk 10:41, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Franklin

Hi... I noticed the edits that you made to the Ann Smith Franklin article. It appears that the text that you added was copied from from another source. This is against Wikipedia policy and your edits may soon be removed. It is perfectly alright to add the content, but you must rewrite the material in your own words and cite the source. Please have a look at this page about copy/pasting. If you have any problems or questions, please feel free to let me know! :) Wikipelli ^Talk 10:46, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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Wheels Of Wiki Award

Wiki has always been my go to source for info on any subject. Being a contributor has always been on my to do list. But after making my first attempt at making a small edit, i realized how much I and many others take this information for granted. It is thanks to people like you who take the time to educate any one with desire to contribute. I made a mistake, which i assume is normal when users start out. But instead of just saying (incorrect format) you a fellow user took time to make me aware of what my mistake was, pointed me in the direction of numerous resources to learn the proper way of doing things, and put a sincere personal touch to the message by letting me know that you welcome any questions directed to you personally. Here's to the death oh apathy! ECduval (talk) 11:05, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Nice! Enjoy editing! Wikipelli ^Talk 11:25, 1 March 2012 (UTC)