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edit- 9/17/17: in [Rhys Hoskins], re pronunciation of Rhys, SEE [Dellin Betances] and [Help:IPA/English]
- 9/14/17: ADD to [Phils awards]: Rookie of the Month
- 9/10/17: ADD to Paul Owens Award section of [PHL awards]: https://thatballsouttahere.com/2017/09/07/phillies-eshelman-kingery-owens/
- 9/6/17: ADD: [Atlanta Falcons Ring of Honor]
- 7/8/17: at [Mexico City], add "Distrito Federal ceased on 1/2016" (in lead's final para) to (1) "History (20th c)" and (2) "Politics"
- 6/14/17: at [Metroplis (religious jurisdiction)], add reverted edit re 2 metropolitan dioceses (Rome & Westminster), including Westminster Diocese website and Catholic-Hierarchy page re Diocese of Rome (and its suffragan sees)
- 5/30/17: add to US Mil Archdiocese & US Army Chaplains - article (in OneNote/Religion) re last chaplain to die in WWI
- 4/11/17: work on new article - User:Eagle4000/United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame
- 5/23/17: create Association of Minor League Umpires
- 5/1/17: add [Category:Disabled sports organisations]] to each org that is in a "disabled sport" category, but is not in a national subcategory (e.g., Amer disabled sports org's)
- At College Athletics in the US, add College club sports in US
- 3/30/17: At [Little League Baseball #MLB Players]], reformat into a footnote, add text re "incomplete list", add 4 columns
- 3/31/17: At [Baseball America]], type "ref name=awards/>" in place of each deadline for various minor-league etc awards, incl fn's 40-45
- 4/7/17: At [NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Opening Round]], revise lead, to reflect there are now 4 games instead of one.
- 4/22/17: at [Touchdown Club of Columbus]], check redirects and add to "College COY awards in US"
- 5/1/17: Rutgers seal is at [Rutgers Sch of Nursing]
- 5/5/17: create redirects for USAF Med Corps and other Air Force and Army corps; and for heads of each med-related corps
- 5/28/17: add to [Four Chaplains]]: footnote re Four Chaplains chapel (from [[Phila Naval Shipyard]
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