User talk:Olli J.

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Please use English style for numbers in English-language Wikipedia
Thanks for the contributions you've been making to the demographic sections of many articles. It's good to have updated information. However, please use the language-appropriate system of numeration in each Wikipedia. In English Wikipedia, the space between the integer and the decimal is marked with a period (.) not with a comma. In French, and several other continental languages, the style is the reverse and that convention, of course, should be followed on those Wikipedias.

For example, the number "6 3/4" in decimal form in French is "6,75" but in English it is "6.75". Please use the latter form. I would like to refer you to the Wikipedia Manual of Style (dates and numbers) where it says, "A period (".") must be used as the decimal separator, separating the integer part from the fractional part. (While the SI/ISO notation style calls for a comma as the preferred decimal separator, the comma is conventionally used to divide up large numbers in English, so to use it as a decimal separator will confuse readers)." Interlingua 17:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Citing sources
Hi, thank you for updating population figures for various countries. Would you also please cite the source you've based each edit on, e.g. as I've done here? Thanks again, Avenue (talk) 23:35, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

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