User talk:Tom A Smith

Welcome

Hello Tom A Smith, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Thanks for the welcome. I've actually been a member of Wikipedia since around September 2005, making minor edits here and there. Music's my main area of interest and knowledge (though I'm aware of the 'no original research' rule),as such my only created article so far from scratch was on an album, Learning to Walk. Tried to follow all the guidelines. :) mode_seven 08:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Aerobie Article

Improvement of Aerobie has been pretty much a one man effort lately (by me). Do you have any feedback for me, Tom? (Talk:Aerobie) -SpellcheckW7 (talk) 00:04, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You've certainly made a lot of headway, the lead is pretty good. Slightly worried that there might be accusations of OR in the Characteristics section, or POV ("The Aerobie flying ring flies faster, farther, and straighter than a flying disc does"). Any idea where we could find some suitable sources to back up what you've written? mode_seven (talk) 00:39, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Like I mentioned in the Aerobie Talk Page, I've ordered a book that should be helpful. -WikiWes77 (talk) 04:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]