User talk:Dhedges09

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POV, V, COI

Hi Dhedges09

Welcome to Wikipedia. From your username and the breadth of your edits, it appears that you may be related to George Hedges. You may wish to review the five pillars referred to in your welcome message above, and to pay particular note to WP:NPOV, WP:V, and WP:COI. I have reverted some unsourced claims in the George Hedges article added by an anonymous user and by you.

Happy editing, Bongomatic 02:20, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

George Hedges

Hello Dhedges09

Please stop adding unsourced information (even if it is true) to George Hedges. The criterion for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. Please read the introduction of WP:V for a fuller explication of this policy. If the information you wish to add has been published in reliable sources, please provide such citations.

Regards, Bongomatic 02:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry. I was just trying to fix a common misconception. I'll try to find sourced material from now on.

Dhedges09 (talk) 01:33, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

No prob—and then get involved in other parts of WP! Bongomatic 01:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for making File:GeorgeHedges2.jpg available to the public domain. I was particularly struck by it in the LA Times piece. It evokes (to me, anyway) the personality traits that can be inferred from the biography. Bongomatic 02:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC)