User talk:Aturton
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Hello, Aturton, 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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before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! -Kieran 21:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Contributions to Apartheid-era history articles
Thank-you for your recent contributions to these articles. From your username, it seems that you are most likely Dr Anthony Turton, and as such a specialist in South African politics and recent history. If so, you are doubly welcome.
Note that you do not need to sign your name at the end of each contribution: The Wikimedia software saves every edit made to every article, along with who made it, so there will always be a record of your contributions. These can be accessed via the history tab at the top of each article.
Also, while, as a specialist, you are encouraged to contribute your knowledge to Wikipedia, please be careful of drawing on your own knowledge without citing your sources. Wikipedia has a fairly strong policy on contributing original research.
Anyway,I hope I haven't come across as being hostile. We try quite hard not to bite the newcomers here. If you're interested in articles on South Africa, you may want to consider joining Wikipedia:WikiProject_South_Africa. Have fun editing. -Kieran 22:08, 15 July 2007 (UTC)