Mmales

August 2011

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Mike A. Males page

Thank you for your notice. I didn't set up this page and noticed it only a couple of years ago. I have occasionally edited it only to update information (ie location) and add references and citations as requested. I don't believe any edits introduce conflicts of interest because none contain subjective observations, and I made no edits to discussion. I would like to see my edits retained in the interests of updating and accuracy. thank you, Mike Males Mmales (talk) 17:24, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Ageism toward Adolescents, United States

Wikipedia:Ageism toward Adolescents, United States, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Ageism toward Adolescents, United States and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Ageism toward Adolescents, United States during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 01:15, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

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