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Welcome to Wikipedia. I saw that you edited or created Chicana/Latina Foundation, and I noticed that your username, "HenryMaddenLibrary", may not comply with our username policy. Please note that you may not use a username that represents the name of a company, group, organization, product, or website. Examples of usernames that are not allowed include "XYZ Company", "MyWidgetsUSA.com", and "Foobar Museum of Art". However, you are invited to use a username that contains such a name if it identifies you personally, such as "Jack Smith at XYZ Company", "Mark at WidgetsUSA", or "FoobarFan87".

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Marie Curie

When adding citations like this example:

<ref>{{Cite web|url=<http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-bio.html>|title=Marie Curie-biographical|last=|first=|date=2014|website=Nobel Prize.org|archive-url=<http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-bio.html>|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref>

The URL should not be surrounded by <>. Also, the |archive-url= is meant for web archives like archive.org (Wayback Machine) for when the link goes dead -- normally leave it blank. -- GreenC 22:38, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Chicana/Latina Foundation for deletion

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Chiserc (talk) 23:07, 10 June 2023 (UTC)