User talk:Therealgb

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Again, welcome! --Xover (talk) 10:09, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Washingtons Farewell Address
Hi Therealgb,

Thank you for adding Washingtons Farewell Address. However, we already have a transcription of this address at Washington's Farewell Address, so I have changed the former into a redirect to the latter. If you find mistakes in the existing transcription you should feel free to correct these.

However, the best way to improve our transcription of this address would be to locate a scan of a previously published version of it that is in the public domain (any contemporary publication including it will be in the public domain; later publications may or may not be; and modern publications will usually not be in the public domain, but may be freely licensed). We strongly prefer all our transcriptions to be backed by a scan of a previously published text so that the transcription is verifiable, and so that we can host multiple editions of the same work when that is desirable. See Help:Adding texts for an overview of the process.

Please feel free to ask if you have questions or need assistance. --Xover (talk) 10:29, 24 July 2020 (UTC)