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Your recent additions to [[Chicago]] do not appear to be properly sourced and they appear to be trivia. See, [[WP:SOURCES]]. They may also be original research or synthesis. [[WP:SYN]]. The Chicago article is very long, so trivia is a real burden. Several editors have taken note that you keep adding this information (which is being removed by other editors) without a direct source and without explaining your edits. The substance of your edit that Chicago may be the largest inland city (that is not a capital), even if true, adds very little to the article. Besides Chicago is the county seat of Cook County so international readers may understand that to the capital of a region, and there are allot of large cities in Asia that are not on the coast. Finally, "major coast" is ambiguous and introduces point of view. The Great Lakes certainly may be considered a "major coast." [[User:Alanscottwalker|Alanscottwalker]] ([[User talk:Alanscottwalker|talk]]) 17:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC) |
Your recent additions to [[Chicago]] do not appear to be properly sourced and they appear to be trivia. See, [[WP:SOURCES]]. They may also be original research or synthesis. [[WP:SYN]]. The Chicago article is very long, so trivia is a real burden. Several editors have taken note that you keep adding this information (which is being removed by other editors) without a direct source and without explaining your edits. The substance of your edit that Chicago may be the largest inland city (that is not a capital), even if true, adds very little to the article. Besides Chicago is the county seat of Cook County so international readers may understand that to be the capital of a region, and there are allot of large cities in Asia that are not on the coast. Finally, "major coast" is ambiguous and introduces point of view. The Great Lakes certainly may be considered a "major coast." [[User:Alanscottwalker|Alanscottwalker]] ([[User talk:Alanscottwalker|talk]]) 17:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC) |
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Chicago
Your recent additions to Chicago do not appear to be properly sourced and they appear to be trivia. See, WP:SOURCES. They may also be original research or synthesis. WP:SYN. The Chicago article is very long, so trivia is a real burden. Several editors have taken note that you keep adding this information (which is being removed by other editors) without a direct source and without explaining your edits. The substance of your edit that Chicago may be the largest inland city (that is not a capital), even if true, adds very little to the article. Besides Chicago is the county seat of Cook County so international readers may understand that to be the capital of a region, and there are allot of large cities in Asia that are not on the coast. Finally, "major coast" is ambiguous and introduces point of view. The Great Lakes certainly may be considered a "major coast." Alanscottwalker (talk) 17:50, 2 January 2011 (UTC)