Brian Laishes

Welcome!

Hello, Brian Laishes, 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 discussion 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 {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! --Porqin (talk) 14:44, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Ottawa Technical High School

• While Wikipedia values your significant contributions to Ottawa Technical High School‎, you must adhere to the style and formalness of this encyclopedia. I removed your edits for the time being, while you become more familiar with the style, and what should be included in an article. For example, using phrases like "Notable Success Stories of the Alumni of Ottawa Tech in Totally Random Order for Your Enjoyment and Enlightment" and added comments like "to be continued..." or your name and email address are inappropriate for an article. Once you have read some more about contributing, it would be great if you could rewrite encyclopedic content to Wikipedia. Thanks! --Porqin (talk) 14:53, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

• Please look at some of the changes I've made. The changes I've made were to bring the article within the style guidelines of Wikipedia. I haven't changed any content, but I suspect some of the information might not notable. See notability. Furthermore, use bold sparingly. Thanks again! --Porqin (talk) 00:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

• The big problem with the Alumni that you have used in the article, is that they don't meet notability guidelines. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia does not include everybody. Please read the notability guidelines, and figure out if you would expect to see this person included in a paper encyclopedia. If they haven't contributed to something greatly beyond attending Ottawa Technical High School (something encyclopedic worthy), they should not be included. Also, realize that everyone is freely able to edit this encyclopedia. Since no single person "owns" an article, if they feel that something should be removed, they likely will do that. Thanks again! --Porqin (talk) 20:16, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Hi Brain, thanks for yoru edits to Keats. Please do add edit summaries as they are terribly helpful for other editors. Thanks Span (talk) 19:45, 1 October 2010 (UTC)