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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Areopagus, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. El Greco(talk) 01:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
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editHello, Scribe 13, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.
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May 2010
edit Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Mars Hill Church do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used as a platform for advertising or promotion, and doing so is contrary to the goals of this project. Because Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 21:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
"Claimed" in Mark Driscoll article
editHello Scribe 13 and thank you for your contributions to the Mark Driscoll article. Many of your changes were to introduce the word "claimed". While this word is used in an effort to sound neutral and inform the reader that we are taking the subject at his word, it can sound like an effort to cast doubt and suspicion. "Said" is more neutral and performs the same function, so it's preferred, even if repetitive. Please see the policy on WP:CLAIM.
I also think that the quotation from Acts 29 about "dishonoring Christ" should be removed. It is not our job as encyclopedia writers to record inflammatory statements verbatim, out of respect the subject who is a living person WP:BLP - this addition, duplicated in two places, feels "tabloid" to me.
Otherwise, you've made many constructive changes and corrections.