User talk:Skennedyslq

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A few little things (Jan 2023)
Hi, and welcome. I see you are doing a wealth of changes, but just a few pointers:


 * Do not leave citations on their own. They should follow a sentence.
 * Try and use straight quotes, not curly quotes (per MOS:APOSTROPHE and MOS:STRAIGHT).
 * Remember articles have to make sense from Tasmania to Finland:
 * 'Sharehousing with mates in the old Queenslanders' – what is a Queenslander? So a mate is a spouse?  So sharing with their spouse with old persons from Queensland?
 * Perhaps instead, 'Sharehousing with friends in old Queenslander-style housing'.


 * Expand abbreviations and contractions unless defined earlier: 'Gen-X'.
 * No need to provide an abbreviation where not used after that, e.g. 'Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council (YASC)'.
 * Consider linking words that a reader may not understand, e.g. Queenslander, with.
 * Read allowed what has been added, e.g. 'support from State Library to assist', to 'support from the State Library to assist'.
 * Read the entire article and correct any noticeable errors, e.g. 'The Empire Hotel, Black Bear Lodge,nand The Press Club'.
 * This also checks that material has not been duplicated, e.g. two references to the start of Livid (festival).
 * And 'The Pormpuraaw Shire Council operates an Indigenous Knowledge Centre at Pormpuraaw. ...  The Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council (PASC) owns and operates'.

Refer also to the links from Diannaa above. Happy editing!–Q8682 (talk) 11:41, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Please consider reviewing the changes made to each of your contributions, just to see how it has been revised; and whether you concur and that I have not lost the meaning. Each article should have a descriptive change summary line.–Q8682 (talk) 11:26, 23 January 2023 (UTC)