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Happy editing! HiLo48 (talk) 02:54, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks

Thanks for your hard work on the Australians article. Just as an aside, however, I had to change back the in text % you'd put in to the written word 'percentage' per the Wikipedia guideline WP:PERCENT. The symbol '%' is retained for the tables as, in that context, it is considered to be scientific data. Hope this helps! Iryna Harpy (talk) 06:20, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

@Iryna Harpy: Thanks for the thanks. But I think you are mistaking a statement of fact that "percent" is commonly used with a recommendation that it should be preferred over "%", which is not what the guideline says or implies. In any case, when there are lists of figures in the body text, abstracted from statistical sources, I'd consider them scientific or technical data. I think it makes the data harder to comprehend when "percent" is used instead of the sign "%". There's a good case for presenting the data as tables, anyway. 84.236.27.55 (talk) 07:01, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm just a stickler for MOS and didn't really think it through. I agree with you in this instance as it doesn't fit the spirit of the guideline. If you wish, I'm happy to self-revert. It's an impoverished excuse, but chemo brain is a real thing, which is why I'm sticking to ogreing. Thank you for the understanding... and a Happy New Year to you and yours!Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:50, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

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