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I have commented there, and you are free to do so yourself. It may be a good idea to mention that you are a new editor, and that this is your first article. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:52, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Please see if any of these sources may help. Sportfan5000 (talk) 00:52, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Hey Sportfan5000 - Thank you for your support and especially your encouragement! When Mr. Thargor rebutted the addition of the 8 articles that I cited yesterday, I went through the Google Scholar, Google Books, and the other search link(s) to locate more good references. I added 7 more - 2 scholarly books, an NGLTF Student Organizing Handbook, and 4 new Ambush Magazine articles. I suspect there are more out there, but I am up to about 50-something links (about 30 of which are individual and unique references from local to national newspapers and books), and I feel like I am starting to squeeze the orange rind dry! :) I am not sure that there is any more that I can do to noticeably improve the article. BrianThibodeaux (talk) 01:01, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Don't worry, I think it will safe. Sportfan5000 (talk) 01:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the help with the LEGAL logo. I was just telling someone today that I was going to have to figure out how to do that soon! BrianThibodeaux (talk) 01:37, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

It took me several tries, but it should be fine now. The old page should be deleted, I'll take a look to doing that in a bit. Sportfan5000 (talk) 01:53, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

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Gotcha. I will look into that and see what was used - I suspect maybe something that I may have already cited. Thanks again, Sportfan5000! BrianThibodeaux (talk) 04:11, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Duncan Pell

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