User talk:70.21.199.252

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Welcome to Wikipedia. As a new editor....remember to post new comments to the bottom of the talk page and not the top. I didn't see your comments till after I reverted your edits.I would suggest posting your edit on the talk page. It looks to me like some of it works and some of it doesn't. Also, don't ever call another editor a campaign operative unless they actually are one. Thanks. Jasper23 04:17, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Jasper23, Didn't know comments go on the bottom. You might not have seen my comments till after because they might not have been finished until after. How does the process work, is there a talk page to suggest edits to a page? Where do you think I should post the suggested points? In retrospect I understand about the compaign operative comment, bad attempt at humor I have no fact to suggest he is and did not believe he was. Lesson learned. But my frustration was and remains that it seemed to me that all points were rejected by him without valid reason or consideration. I can't believe how much time I spent on this so far. I've found Wiki usefull for tech stuff and happened to look at Spitzer which is a political issue, and maybe the latter topics are more subject to interpretation.

Hey, Well I think overall your edit is pretty good. Post it on the talk page of the article and ask what peoples opinions are. Some of the sources you put in are good and some are not. There are also some formatting issues. You will find that when you enter criticism on a political page you really need to have it spot on in terms of sourcing and formatting or it will get pulled right out. That is pretty true across the board on any high traffic article. Once you use the talk page it generally shows that you are a reasonable editor and not someone who is trying to push an agenda. When you post, tell people that you are new and sign your comments with four of these ~ marks. Good luck. Jasper23 06:08, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Do consider sticking around. You can put in as little or as much time as you want. It's probably best not to try to jump into major news stories (Foley scandal, for example) or edit major or controversial topics (the classic is anarchism, I believe). If you subscribe to a magazine with less than a million subscribers, or have some special interests, those are good ways to pick topics. Another approach is to take a look at various pages that list undone things, and see if helping out there - at least as a way of learning how to edit - is of interest. Here's a starting place: Wikipedia:Most wanted stubs.
And here are a few policies you might want to at least scan; I've found them to be among the more useful for new editors: Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages, Help:Edit summary, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Citing sources. John Broughton | Talk 15:04, 4 November 2006 (UTC)