User talk:Egussow
Mel Gussow edits
[edit]Have you ever looked at the Mel Gussow article's talk page? Please review it, it's at Talk:Mel Gussow. I'm just guessing here, but based on your user name, you might have a conflict of interest and should not be editing this article, even to make changes you think are trivial.
Are you related to Mel Gussow?
I'm adding a template below to help you understand how Wikipedia works. --CliffC (talk) 12:38, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
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February 2010
[edit] Please do not add content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did to Mel Gussow. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. JohnInDC (talk) 06:16, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
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