User talk:FourthPlinth

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February 2015[edit]

Hi there! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 11:32, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Don't remove outdated references. Don't remove material with references.[edit]

Please don't remove outdated references as you did at Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square. They still serve as a record that the material has a source, and help locate either archived copies, new sources, or the current locations of moved sources.

Please do not remove material that has sources (references) either. You may not want to make public the suggestion that a statue of the queen is planned for the Fourth Plinth, but it has been discussed in newspapers and belongs in the article. StarryGrandma (talk) 21:25, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]