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Australian English (Nov 2020)

Just be aware that we use Australian English in articles about Australian topics, so there is no need to convert things into American spelling. Also, when adding/changing information, you need to include a citation to support the the new info. Thanks Kerry (talk) 07:43, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Convert template (Dec 2020)

I see you are adding the distances from one place to another. There is an better way to do this than doing it manually as you are. When in the Visual Editor, click on Insert then Template

then type in "convert" (without the quotes) and then click Add Template

A pop-up should appear and you really only need to fill in the first two fields. The first one is the number (e.g. 150) and the second is the units (e.g. km).

Then click Insert.

It will automatically convert and display in both km and miles. It is fairly smart about working out what is the best unit to convert to. You only need to tell the units to be converted to if that would not be the "obvious" choice, e.g. if you wanted to convert 150 km to feet.

Once you have added one of these templates, when in the Visual Editor, click on it, a pop-up will appear telling you it's a convert template with an Edit button, which you click and you get the same pop-up, and then you can change whatever you want to change. and then click "Apply Changes". Using these is much quicker and more accurate. Note the convert template can convert temperatures, weights, speeds and many other things (the full list of all the units is here). Kerry (talk) 01:35, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

External links in article body (Jan 2022)

As per Wikipedia:External links we don't normally add external links in the body of an article (e.g. as you did with the schools in Charleville. We do use external links in citations in the body of the article and it would be normal to put in a citation to a school's URL as it usually has information used in the Wikipedia article such as its address for example. So if you are feeling the urge to add a URL, ask yourself, "could I use it as a citation?". I hope this helps. I don't want you to waste your time doing something that will be deleted later by someone else because you didn't know. If I can be of any help, just ask me. There is a bit of a learning curve with Wikipedia's many policies. Kerry (talk) 08:56, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding external links into the body text of articles. For the school URLs it would be appropriate to add them as a citation for the school. 04:06, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

About your edit on The Westlander (Jan 2021)

Thank you for your contributions. I have removed part of your edit on the consist because it is unsourced. If you can find a reliable source for this, you can certainly add it back. Thanks mate! Train of Knowledge (Talk) 08:43, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Inlander (Queensland Rail) (Jan 2021)

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Dulacca (July 2021)

Hello, I'm Kerry Raymond. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Dulacca, Queensland have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Kerry (talk) 23:38, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Stop adding external links to the body text of articles?

This is the third time I have drawn your attention to the Wikipedia:External links policy. Please stop adding external links to the article body text except in citations. Kerry (talk) 08:31, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If it offends you, I will desist! Worland270 (talk) 03:06, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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