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The Bugle: Issue 215, March 2024
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Third Battle of Winchester
You have totally messed up the references in Third Battle of Winchester. It is a big mess. The problem is not just two or three things, it is 20 or 30 things. What were you thinking? You need to fix it ASAP or I will have start reverting all of your edits! It is hard to believe someone with your experience could mess this up so badly! TwoScars (talk) 16:13, 8 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I am right in the middle of it. I should be done in 1 hour. I know I should have used my sandbox, but I thought I could get it done quicker. Sorry.
 * Boo Boo (talk) 16:52, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Is this different referencing system better than Harvard? Remember that the MOS says "Editors should not attempt to change an article's established citation style, merely on the grounds of personal preference or to make it match other articles, without first seeking consensus for the change." TwoScars (talk) 17:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * MOS and Civil War group give sfnp (which actually works/is derived from Harvard) as a means to shorten articles as it moves refs (and deletes the "; 2) after citation 48 where it says "{{NoteTag|"; 3) Union infantry attacks from east, after citation 59 where it again says ""{{NoteTag|"; 4) at the end of Note 6 where it says in red "Template:Sfmnp"???? TwoScars (talk) 21:57, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * It seems to me it would have been a lot more productive to upgrade First Battle of Winchester or Second Battle of Winchester to GA instead of messing with something that is already GA. TwoScars (talk) 14:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Those were typos and are now corrected. It woud have been more productive to do it all in Sandbox. Boo Boo (talk) 15:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Where can I read about this citation style in the MOS? TwoScars (talk) 16:42, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Help:Shortened footnotes is the page on the format. I thought I was following these guidelines, from the To be avoided section of Wikipedia:Citing sources
 * Reviewing the article, I thought it was inconsistent. and was moving away from deprecated styles, such as parenthetical referencing. I may be wrong. I thought I was following the guidelines. Having gone back to the umbrella MOS, I cannot find a specific directive to make articles "cleaner." I may have misunderstood. I apologize. I should have left it alone. Boo Boo (talk) 17:17, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 216, April 2024
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