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If you are doing a big workover, if you put the or  tag at the top of the article or section, other editors will stay out of your way and you avoid the dreaded edit conflict. See here for an example. Jytdog (talk) 00:19, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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Hello. Please be aware that punctuation precedes references. For example, when a sentence ends with a reference, the full stop or period is placed at the end of the sentence, not after the reference. Similarly with the comma. I have fixed these at Rena oil spill for you. Akld guy (talk) 20:30, 18 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks. That's very kind of you, I am still very much a novice and much appreciate this information and your correction. I thought it looked tidier to enclose the reference within the sentence but I will now try to remember your advice Andrew ranfurly (talk) 20:39, 18 September 2019 (UTC)


 * OK, it's not advice, it's policy. Also, when replying to someone, use the colon character to indent your reply. This makes it easier to see who is being replied to. I've done it for you on this page. Do you see how I indented myself twice so that replies indent further and further across the page? If someone else replied to your first post, they would indent only once, so it would be obvious that they are replying to your first post. If they replied to your second post, they would indent twice, as I did. It's crude but it works. Akld guy (talk) 21:09, 18 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks, once more! I realised it must have been policy but was grateful for your guidance, as I am again in your help with the indentations. I am not very conversant with wikitext and appreciate any tips. Andrew ranfurly (talk) 00:24, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you. I will be more careful to use my own prose in future. Kind regards, Andrew Andrew ranfurly (talk) 00:37, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

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