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December 2015
[edit]Hello, I'm Contributor321. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Hamilton College (New York), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Contributor321 (talk) 05:27, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
Little Ivies
[edit]Perhaps you should update the citation for the information you updated on this page? --John (User:Jwy/talk) 04:12, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
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Capitalization of common nouns
[edit]Please don't capitalize common nouns in articles. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 17:06, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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