Vlarian559

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Greetings from WikiProject California!

Welcome to WikiProject California!

I noticed you recently added yourself to our Participants' list, and I wanted to welcome you to our project. Our goal is to facilitate collaboration on California-related articles, and everyone is welcome to join. Here are some suggested activities:

• Discuss with other members at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject California
• Cleanup some of the articles listed for cleanup
• Have a look at the Article alerts

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, or feel free to ask me on my talk page.

Again, welcome!  -Optigan13 (talk) 05:53, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Edits to USFS

Wikipedia articles are supposed to summarize primary sources (like the budget you pointed me to), rather than quote them directly. After all, our readers are probably not USFS employees or congressional aides, but ordinary citizens who want to know about the USFS at a high level.

I left off the NE office of State and Private Forestry because it seemed out of place and more specific than what a general reader wanted to know about. —hike395 (talk) 03:42, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

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