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August 2018 edit

  Hello, I'm Donner60. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Irwin Lampert, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 23:05, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

There are privacy and other concerns about naming family members unless they have been publicly identified. That is the reason for the message. I am striking it because it is not obvious to the new user.
Helpful information about editing Wikipedia can be found on various Wikipedia guideline and policy pages including: Help:Getting started; Wikipedia:Introduction; Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset; Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style; Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners; Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources; Wikipedia:Citing sources; Help:Footnotes; Wikipedia:Verifiability; Wikipedia:No original research; Wikipedia:Neutral point of view; Wikipedia:Notability; Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons; Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not; Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch; Help:Introduction to talk pages; Wikipedia:Copyright Problems and Help:Contents. Thank you. Donner60 (talk) 23:08, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons. Thank you.--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 23:12, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

To expand, Wikipedia does not include the names of family members who are not independently notable, and birth dates are only included if widely published in reliable sources (see WP:DOB).--Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 23:14, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Reply