Jakehalpern

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Hello, Jakehalpern, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

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Hey this is Jake. Thanks for this. I would be grateful if you would proofread the changes that I made. How can I do this? - jakehalpern

One thing you need to do is to contact the Volunteer Response Team via email to verify your identity. If they are unable to to verify that you are Halpern, then this account will get blocked as a protective measure, to prevent impersonation. —C.Fred (talk) 21:24, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Okay thanks I just sent an email to <info-en@wikimedia.org>. Let's see if that works. This is all new to me. But I just figured I might as well make the entry about me accurate. Thanks so much -- Jake

Question, would it be good for me to provide footnotes or source information on the info on my page. Can I submit this to you? As a journalist / author, I always find footnotes helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.212.20.24 (talk) 18:23, 17 January 2018 (UTC)