Jamesedwardlong

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{{helpme}} I would appreciate any advice on how to improve the Wikipage "Brian Hinman" vis-a-vis the notice "This biographical article is written like a résumé. Please help improve it by revising it to be neutral and encyclopedic. (September 2010)". Thanks!

Some comments:

• "has been a notable pioneer" Who says he is notable? That is purely opinion and should be removed. Start an article with "Brian Hinman is a [occupation]".
• "three successful high technology" Again, "successful" is opinion and not verifiable fact, so remove that adjective.
• "where he focuses on Cleantech investments" How do you prove that he focuses on that? Just say "where he works with ..." etc.
• "Hinman has also been an innovator in public-private partnerships by owning an underfunded fire station in Los Gatos" "Innovator" is opinion, and how does his owning a fire station operate as an important public-private partnership worth mentioning in an encyclopedia article? Elaborate on that point if it is important to the reader; if it's a trivial detail, remove that.
• Talk more about his life; right now it's mostly what he's done and his companies.

When you feel you have fixed the issues, feel free to remove the resume notice. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 02:27, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Web conferencing

Thank for you recent contributions to the article: Web Conferencing. Wikipedia had a policy on original research, so please procide sources for the material you have added. Joshua Issac (talk) 17:27, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

August 2010

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How do I get appropriate page notices removed?

I have modified/improved the page "Brian L Hinman" but can not figure out how to remove notices which may not apply anymore. Please advise. Jamesedwardlong (talk) 14:06, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I have moved the section with your question here. New sections on talk pages should be added at the very bottom.

The maintenance templates are at the top when you edit the article. If you feel the issues have been addressed, you may remove them at any time, as long as you explain why you are removing them in either the edit summary, or on the article's talk page. Please let me know if there are any more questions. Thanks! --Mysdaao ^talk 17:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

No need to sign in the edit summary

I notice you keep on including ~~~~ in your edit summary - I assume you're trying to leave a signature of some sort, but that's not necessary in an edit summary. you generally only leave your signature on talk pages. --CutOffTies (talk) 22:31, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the help CutOff Jamesedwardlong (talk) 17:24, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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