User talk:Rhornbeck

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Hello, Rhornbeck, 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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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Graham87 03:59, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries

Hello, please use edit summaries for each edit that you make, particuarly when you're removing large swathes of text. It's also a good idea to explain major edits on the article's talk page. I initially reverted your edits to Dust Bowl and Social savings, until I realised that your revisions improved the articles, especially by removing waffling. However, I'd especially like it if you would explain your edit to the Dust Bowl article on its talk page, because I don't understand why you removed some of the referenced text. Graham87 03:59, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tips. I'm new to Wikipedia but was inspired to contribute by a professional colleague. These edits relate to my previous research (my cited Dust Bowl paper) or ongoing research on railroads (the revisions are simply a more accurate reading of Fogel's cited book). The original revisions should remain (rather than be reversed) and I think I did that appropriately. Rhornbeck (talk) 07:01, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it's always great to have an expert on board. Whoops, I thought I'd undone my reversal of your edits to Social savings. Graham87 15:08, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]