User talk:JamesLongship

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 * Thank you for the kind New Year's message, and happy New Year to you too, from Linköping, Sweden. JamesLongship (talk) 17:38, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Maryland State Bar Association
Hello JamesLongship:

The citations look fine to me. The infobox (the box of data on the right side) is the first part of the article. That is where the citation numbering starts. It is OK, and quite normal when a reference is cited several times, for numbers to be out of order in the body of the article. They always end up in the correct order in the References section reflecting the order in which they were added to the article.

I removed the "Multiple Issues" tag at the top of the article as your copy edit has taken care of any grammar problems. The issue of the sources in this case seems an unnecessary quibble. What bar association is going to publish biased, incorrect etc... information? I've left the tag on the off chance an editor thinks there is another reliable source (other than the horse's mouth, so to speak) where this information can be found.

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Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:03, 1 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the explanation, Twofingered Typist. I agree with your perspective that the bar association's self-published information is very likely reliable. And what other reputable source would be motivated to discuss such matters?JamesLongship (talk) 17:49, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

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