James w pickens

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Hello, James w pickens, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

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This may help

User:Canoe1967/James W. Pickens. I started a page in my user space. We can work on it there and then move it to 'prime time' when it is ready. Could admin leave a link to the new talk page if the name change happens?--Canoe1967 (talk) 04:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! Only my 2nd barnstar and my 1st on en:wp. I got another on the commons for work on an image that was later deleted anyway. Feel free to ask me for help. You can use talk pages, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser , as well as other methods. I don't check email often though. If you would find telephone to Edmonton easier then I can email my number.--Canoe1967 (talk) 22:43, 30 December 2012 (UTC)