User talk:Robspallone
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March 2012[edit]
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Hi Robspallone...
I'm not really surprised that your changes get deleted. They look dubious at best, to me. But, you never know... all of that information could be true.
In order to keep it from being deleted, you need to cite reliable, 3rd-party sources to verify what you are including in the article. This allows other editors and readers to see if the information is referenced with a good source.
Otherwise, yeah, that information is probably going to be deleted.
Wikipelli Talk 18:14, 9 March 2012 (UTC)