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Paragraphs[edit]

Hi Unhappy, I noticed that you recently went through several articles and split up the paragraphs into much smaller ones. This really isn't necessary, as the paragraphs were not overly long to begin with, and many of the resulting ones were too short (some only a sentence or two long). These are all featured articles, that have been reviewed, so I'd just caution article-wide changes without talk page discussion. If like, I can point you to some of Wikipedia's policies on article format and style (e.g. WP:MOS). Ergo Sum 18:59, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! Ergo Sum 19:21, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bad girl movies[edit]

I left you a message on Talk:Bad girl movies last week, and I've now proposed that the page be redirected to Film noir. You are welcome to contribute to the discussion. pburka (talk) 20:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you look closely?[edit]

Your edit to Theodore Maiman split a sentence into two parts, across two paragraphs, leaving a very strange result:

In a July 7, 1960 press conference in Manhattan,

Maiman and his employer, Hughes Aircraft Company, announced the laser to the world.

Check your work with care. Shenme (talk) 03:20, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Angry edit reason[edit]

Hi there, I can see you're new to Wikipedia, but you should know that this edit reason was unnecessarily combative, which is generally not a good way to get on with other editors. I can encourage you to read WP:AGF, as well. If you want to discuss the year further, you can start a new section at the article talk page. Kingsif (talk) 04:25, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Paragraphs part 2[edit]

Re: these changes, I have to echo the comments that Ergo Sum left on your talk page in May 2020. The paragraph breaks you added to the Christopher Dorner article seem totally arbitrary, as if you're breaking them because the page markup is too dense, rather than because the content in each paragraph is too dense. Your changes seem really excessive and in some cases, the content reads like a middle-school essay, with one statement, paragraph break, two statements, paragraph break, etc. Though some of your contributions to this page were constructive, I've reverted these paragraph breaks, because I don't feel they meet normal English writing standards. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:08, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It is not helpful to split paragraphs into stubby little paragraphs. Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Encyclopedia readers can read a reasonable-length paragraph, as long as the paragraphs present the material in a logical way. -- Ssilvers (talk) 06:42, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Linda Cristal[edit]

Her article and all refs still say 89, not 86. Please post a firm reliable reference for your claim if re-entering it at Deaths in 2020. Until then we go with the article and current source. Thanks. Ref ^(chew)(do) 00:38, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I only saw 1934 but I see now that some sources are citing 1931 as her year of birth. Thanks UnhappyCanuck (talk) 00:57, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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