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{{helpme}} I have placed three footnotes on the Special-Purpose Districts page. Footnotes 1 and 3 don't work properly, they have an extraneous number down below in the References section; only footnote 2 appears properly down below in the References section. I can't see what I did inconsistently. I have made the same formatting error on another page (I'll find which one) and I want to understand what I'm doing wrong. Thanks very much. 1958publius (talk) 18:08, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You need to do the footnotes like this: <Ref> [http://whateverthelinkis.com Name of link]</ref> Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 18:12, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting Guidance

Hello. I'm new to the wiki community and would like to start working on editing the property insurance page with the help and collaboration of more experienced contributors from Project Finance Participants. For example, there is a recommendation that the Chartis article be merged with AIG's page. I think the Property Insurance page could be strengthened with parts of AIG's page since it shows how current events and emerging trends effect it's regulation by the government. Hurricane Sandy and updated payouts of the WTC are not on the Property Insurance page either - which to me seem to be relevant. Do you think adding more information would be beneficial to the Property Insurance page? If so would you be interested in collaborating what facts should be included? Any response would be kindly appreciated. Thank you.Lgkkitkat (talk) 03:20, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm wondering… what happened with this edit? I had to revert your changes. I'll re-add the fix you seem to have intended, but I figure I should let you know about the issue. {{Nihiltres|talk|edits}} 15:21, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Improving Assurant

Hello there! I noticed you were one of the few active members of the seemingly defucnt WP:Finance. Would you be interested in collaborating to improve the article for Assurant? I have a paid COI, and I've been working with some volunteers here and there with the aim of improving the article and removing the advertising banner. If you've got the time, could you take a look at the page? Any suggestions you might have would be appreciated. Thanks!--FacultiesIntact (talk) 17:45, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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In the Palestine, Texas article, I believe that the History subsection entitled "2015 campsite shooting" doesn't meet notability requirements. It's news, but no more notable than probably several other news occurrences. Further, not yet resolved as to the suspect, etc. How do I propose deletion of the section, or how do I move to the talk page? Delete from the article and copy to the article's talk page? 1958publius (talk) 22:46, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is definitely a question/discussion to be held on the talk page of the article, which is at Talk:Palestine, Texas (for future reference, every article has a "Talk" tab near the top of the page on the left). Primefac (talk) 23:10, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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So are you going to revert the hundreds of edits to California and Texas and other states' city articles as well? These are elected representatives. Each city's form of government is notable and many cities don't have it and/or cant' figure out how to deal with mayors, council members and city managers. Once set up properly, locals seem eager to keep current and update after every local election. In the Mayor-Council form of government the mayor is the top executive, in the Council-Manager form of government the mayor is one of the council and the City Manager is the top executive. In the body of the article, State and Federal representative are usually notable enough to have their own pages, and I'll make my way through Washington Cities and get that accomplished.

(Continuing on from the reply on my talk page) Fixing up the remaining thousands of city articles in the United States is definitely on the to do list, but hopefully other editors get to it first. It is not a given that every city will have timely updates when elections, resignations, appointments, and other replacements happen, as the number of active editors have been in decline for years and activity is concentrated in some cities with more enthusiasm. State and federal representatives can easily be found through the state-provided resources (like maps) or secondary sources from Washington's newspapers and other media, so it's not all that difficult. Just please keep our content standards in mind. Sounder Bruce 06:21, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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