User talk:KatieMF19

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--Ushau97 (talk) 12:55, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Regarding the draft Steve Pulcinella

Hello and thank you for your contributions. It seems you are developing an article about Steve Pulcinella. I just wanted to suggest some ideas to make it a great article. Firstly you should know that Wikipedia is very particular about biographies of living persons. You are encouraged to use detailed references instead of bare links. This is how:

1. Find a website that supports the claim you are trying to find a citation for.
2. In a new tab/window, go to the citation generator, click on the 'An arbitrary website' bubble, and fill out as many fields as you can about the website you just found.
3. Click the 'Get reference wiki text' button.
4. Highlight, and then copy (Ctrl+C or Apple+C), the resulting text (it will be something like <ref> {{cite web | .... }}</ref>, copy the whole thing).
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Thank you! I updated the website links, and will make the name changes. I still have a couple references to find as well. Continued comments and advice are welcome! KatieMF19 (talk) 12:03, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Steve Pulcinella, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Rushton2010 (talk) 14:43, 22 February 2013 (UTC)