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Hi, thanks for your edit to Charles Rennie Mackintosh. When adding inline references it's good to follow the guideline at Wikipedia:Citing sources#Footnotes. There are a lot of options and templates, that page gives the basics – hope I've got it right on the Mackintosh page! .. dave souza, talk 12:43, 16 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

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  Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. O Fenian (talk) 13:46, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add content without citing reliable sources. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. O Fenian (talk) 13:46, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

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  This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by inserting commentary or your personal analysis into an article, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. O Fenian (talk) 13:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add unsourced or original content. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. O Fenian (talk) 13:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)Reply


"O Fenian", I have no desire to get into an argument so I will simply put it on record that I reject and refute your warnings. BBO (talk) 13:59, 27 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

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