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This is your Talk page where you can receive messages from other Wikipedians and discuss things with them. At the end of your messages you must put your signature by signing with four ~~~~ (just as I have done) or by pressing the button in the editor bar as shown here in the picture. By the way, you don't need to sign edits that you make in the articles themselves as those messages will be deleted. Another valuable page that may provide information and assistance is User:Persian Poet Gal/"How-To" Guide to Wikipedia. My name is Buster7. If you have any questions or face any initial hurdles, feel free to contact me on my talk page and I will do what I can to assist or give you guidance and contact information. Good Luck editing!

```Buster Seven Talk 14:09, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your work on the Huisgenoot article[edit]

I'm really glad to see someone take an interest in improving the Huisgenoot article. The biggest problem the article has is its complete reliance on self published sources. In particular the history section is entirely sourced from just one book published by Huisgenoot itself. The Afrikaans article at af:Huisgenoot has far better sources and content. Your username implies that you are fluent in Afrikaans so would you like to have a go at bringing some of the content (and the independent sources) over from the Afrikaans article? Roger (talk) 09:24, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:Saktyd Contestants.jpeg[edit]

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Saktyd Judges.jpeg)[edit]

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