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editHello, I'm Tarl N.. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Mexican free-tailed bat, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Your description may be accurate, although it does not sound like something one would find in a biological description of the animal. But I can't tell, you provided no citation where I could compare what was said against the source. Tarl N. (discuss) 00:33, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
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Regarding the part of your edit that didn't make sense: "The mall was constructed amidst an economic slump, however the local business economy was doing quite well". I hope this helps. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:09, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
Oh, okay. Yes, the nation as a whole was in a slump at the time but the economy of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area was bringing in many businesses- something mentioned in the video source. However, I realized that was probably the sentence you were talking about. thank you Simmy27star (talk) 22:18, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
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editHey Simmy, I appreciate the work you're doing at mammals of Texas. I recently overhauled List of amphibians of Texas and it's about to become a Featured List. I hope to do the same with mammals of Texas. From now on, when you add books sources for the distributions could you also add page numbers? I look forward to possibly working with you. Thanks! ~ HAL333([1]) 20:51, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
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- Please also note that the page move could be potentially controversial, so would need to be proposed first at WP:PCM. For what it's worth, at this point I would support your proposed move, unless someone can show me compelling evidence of why "moggy" is the better title. Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 14:35, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. The moggy page should have never been resurrected for this purpose anyway.
- Since it says "Redirects cannot be used as current titles in requested moves." I hope that the fact that I made the page in a much more appropriate name, that it can be moved. If not, please delete the page so it can be moved properly. Not really sure how this works. Thanks! Simmy27star (talk) 11:18, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
- I see that you've already listed it at Proposed controversial moves, thanks. If there's consensus for the move you're proposing, administrators will take care of the move, so no worries there. Wikishovel (talk) 14:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
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