User talk:Chesterfield99

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Hello, Chesterfield99, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! 151.202.74.135 00:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing.

151.202.74.135 00:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikilinks

It's better to use wikilinks where possible, rather than the full URL. Regards, Adrian M. H. 14:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I've put the category up for merge

I've put "Category:Hamilton Bulldogs (1996-2002) players" up for merge into "Category:Hamilton Bulldogs players". The discussion for the merge is here. EDIT: Forgot to sign. --LuigiManiac 14:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Category

I came to ask why you were removing a category without explanation; I now see that you're trying to get it merged. You must nnot depopulate a category while it's under discussion. In general:

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your message; no problem. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 17:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Given your message, why are you still removing the category (still without an edit summary)? --Mel Etitis (Talk) 20:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I moved many players over prior to our discussion, and did not enter an edit summary. I will do a better job with this in the future Chesterfield99 21:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, I understand that you did most of the depopulating before you realised that you shouldn't, but now you do know, you must stop, even if there's only one article left. It won't be long beofre the decision is taken, so it's no big deal, surely.

By the way, there's something slightly wrong with this page; it's impossible to edit just this section — you get a new section instead. I haven't checked, but I expect there's something wonky with the coding of someone's message above. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Chesterfield99! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot notifying you on behalf of the the unreferenced biographies team that 1 of the articles that you created is currently tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 327 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

1. Cary Kaplan - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 19:29, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

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