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Thank you for your contributioins to Wikipedia. I noticed that in some of your recent edits, you used bare urls for references. Such urls are subject to Link rot, which occurs when the urls become outdated and the reference is essentially meaningless. In order find the archived references more easily, I suggest that you use citation templates, which not only provide important information of what you are citing, but that also are more informative to the reader. Details on how to use such templates can be found here. Other citation templates can be found at the bottom of the page. Thanks! — SamX‧ ☎‧ ✎‧ S 14:08, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you -- Marshall Swift
Hi Marshall, thank you for your interest in this article. Please remember to always fill out an edit summary for each edit that you make, however small. Thanks. I have reverted your good-faith edits in bulk because several of them were problematic. As has been noted the first time you added a specific date to the PEN award, the award will not actually be presented, and therefore "won", until October 21. Also, please do not separate the Honors and Awards section into subsections. It's too promotional that way, and the length of the section itself does not warrant being subdivided. The section is more in keeping with Wikipedia style as a single section. You're welcome to discuss your proposal on the article's Talk page if you disagree with this assessment, and see if you can get consensus to subdivide the section. Thanks again for your interest in the article, and happy editing! Sincerely, Softlavender ( talk) 22:36, 30 August 2013 (UTC)