== Greetings, Tony == 

 My name is William Cumpiano, and I'm a new wikkipedianor trying to be. 
 I'm founder of a 15-year oral history research and documentation project called the Puerto Rican Cuatro Project ( http://www.cuatro-pr.org ) and I came across your article on the Puerto Ricans in Hawaii. We have done extensive research on the issue over the years, focusing not only on the history of that community but specifically on the stringed instrument music. 

 I've just edited the relevant article, by adding information gleaned from several extensive interviews with Dr. Norma Carr, Professor of History at the University of Hawaii (a nyuyorquina from way back) and expert on the Puerto Rican migrations; and Dr. Teodoro Solis, ethnomusicologist at the University of Arizona, expert on Puerto Rican-Hawaiian music.  

 I was interested in expanding the article with our additional findings, and being a neophyte, naively took on face value that all you had to do was edit the contents of an existing article. Upon later finding that you later simply removed my additions, I thought it prudent to inquire about what the process is to actually succeed in making additions to an existing article. 

 I look to you to guide me in this matter, if you will, so that wikkipedia readers can profit from the wealth of information that we have uncovered on this and other topics. 

 Best wishes, 
 William Cumpiano