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Proper citations

Hello, next time you make edits like this ↗, can you add the required information with a source? Do you need help figuring out how to do that? --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 13:40, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

:Hello, thank you for your feedback. If you could help, that would be great, as that was my first time doing a reference edit. Thank you! PoliticsGeek14 (talk) 18:48, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

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25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hi PoliticsGeek14! I noticed that you've made several edits in order to restore a version of :Alex Cole-Hamilton ↗. The impulse to repeatedly undo an edit you disagree with is understandable, but I wanted to make sure that you're aware of Wikipedia's edit warring policy ↗. Repeatedly undoing the changes made by other users in a back-and-forth fashion like this is disallowed, even if you feel what you're doing is justifiable.

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