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The article Ed Sams has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this newly created biography of a living person will be deleted unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{ prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Dori ☾ Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 20:41, 3 October 2012 (UTC) reply

Hi there. In order for your article to avoid deletion, you will need to add sources for the specific claims made in the article. In particular, if you could add something like a newspaper story talking about Sams being the guest speaker at the premiere of the "Lizzie Borden" opera, that would go a long way towards establishing notability of the article. Something else to take a look at is WP:AUTOBIO, since I believe you are Ed Sams. Let me know if you have more questions. I am watching this page, so you can reply here. — Torchiest ^talk _edits 21:11, 3 October 2012 (UTC) reply

Take a look at the last edit I made. What we call referencing generally means inline citations behind individual claims and statements made in articles. I have moved most of the external links into the article to reference sentences. I also converted the Santa Cruz Metro link into a properly formatted citation template. Take a look at that one in particular to see how citations can be more easily set up. Cheers. — Torchiest ^talk _edits 21:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC) reply

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