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USCongressOrdinal
editGreat work on the congressional districts! By the way, {{USCongressOrdinal}}
does not need a third parameter if it is empty.
So:
{{ USCongressOrdinal | 56 | 59 | }}
can better be written:
{{ USCongressOrdinal | 56 | 59 }}
Of course, if you want a third parameter you can use it. Keep up the good work! —GoldRingChip 18:02, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Days of the Year
editAs the edit summary explained, every new entry must have an inline citation to support the date of birth, death or event. See WP:DOYCITE Deb (talk) 19:33, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources, which lists some reliable and some unreliable sources. Deb (talk) 19:38, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
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Stub tags
editYou seem to be adding a lot of stub tags to a lot of articles that are pretty clearly substantial enough to exceed being stubs. bd2412 T 04:47, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
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