User talk:Michaeolson

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Hello, Michaeolson! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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@Doug Weller hi is there a quick link to add a citation? Michaeolson (talk) 10:45, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Referencing for beginners. And please write your own edit summaries always, the dropdown menus are convenient but so often misused many don't trust them. Doug Weller talk 10:50, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Birth dates

All material needs to be verifiable using reliable sources, but we are particularly careful about birthdays for living people. See WP:DOB. Doug Weller talk 10:43, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Stew Peters should be called Peters, not Stew

As this is an encyclopedia, we should use fairly formal language. Using Scott was ok as we need to distinguish him from his family, but please change Stew to Peters. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 09:55, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]