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Happy Editing! OgamD218 (talk) 17:46, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Old W&M alumni graduation years

I wanted to check with you before reverting this edit you made. Where did you get the sources for those graduation years? SportsGuy789 (talk) 04:20, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi SportsGuy789, I got them from this book that I found in the Swem Library at W&M. <ref>{{cite book |last1=College of William & Mary |title=A PROVISIONAL LIST OF ALUMNL GRAMMAR SCHOOL STUDENTS, MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGINIA. FROM 1693 TO 1888 |url=https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13856 |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> 15amoryblaine (talk) 12:35, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Awesome thanks! I just fixed some formatting on those entries and added the reference. SportsGuy789 (talk) 18:51, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Phi Beta Kappa chapter numbers

The field was left blank since no source was available that those particular numbers were assigned to those particular numbers. The other numbers are reference. Please provide references that (for example) Washington and Jefferson was chapter 123.Naraht (talk) 12:47, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

PA Superior Court

Hi, thanks for updating the Superior Court page, but do you have a source that Judges Lane/Beck took office today? VietPride10 (talk) 23:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello, my mistake about that. It turns out that Judge Beck was sworn on January 5 while Judge Lane was sworn on January 18. I will make the edits and link sources promptly. 15amoryblaine (talk) 02:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)