User talk:Jarentology

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Happy editing! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 00:47, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Citing sources
The most valuable thing you did was to identify and curate [choose between] sources because anybody who has been here a while can make them look pretty: the hard part is the research, especially on complex or controversial topics. But I thought you might like to know how I prettified your contribution – compare the 'raw' version at #1 v the 'cooked' version at #2, at References block below: If you see some more things that need fixing and you can do it, please go right ahead. If you want to do 'pretty' citations yourself, then take a look at template:cite web (the easiest one, as I've used above), template:cite news and template:cite magazine, up to template:cite book and template:cite journal (can be seriously complicated if it is book with many contributors). To be honest, most people don't need to go that far. For the really long version, see policy wp:citing sources.
 * 1) Copy writing and copy editing: Technical writers in press releases often use three number signs, ### directly above the boilerplate or underneath the body copy, indicating to media that there is no further copy to come.
 * 2) Copy writing and copy editing: Technical writers in press releases often use three number signs, ### directly above the boilerplate or underneath the body copy, indicating to media that there is no further copy to come.

Again, welcome. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 00:47, 18 November 2021 (UTC)