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Hi, Mitchsadams. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck!  Chzz  ►  19:19, 12 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

 
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  • You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people.
  • Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes.
  • Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup#2009.
  • When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page.

There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

--  Chzz  ►  19:19, 12 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Help with biography articles

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Please read WP:BIO for information on biographies. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  19:19, 12 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Don Juan Futrell

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Hi, Mitch - I created a "stub" article at Don Juan Futrell. You should be able to edit this article and add information to it.

Note that if other editors who read the article think that it sounds excessively promotional or makes questionable claims, they may take out some of that material. Please don't be offended if that happens, it's just part of the editing process -- the "talk page" for the article (the "discussion" tab at the top) is the place to talk about changes like that.

Welcome to Wikipedia! Looking forward to your contributions. :-) Tim Pierce (talk) 19:26, 12 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:44, 13 May 2009 (UTC)Reply