User talk:Koskiscott

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Hello, Koskiscott, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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With regards to your edit to Martinism, it was reverted as original research, and because it was erroneous. The "Martinism" that Robert Greene wrote of was that of Martin Marprelate. See this and this for proof. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:01, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]