Pintodog
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Citing in the lead edit
Hello there and welcome. Thank you for this edit. If you have a quick look at the quite useful MOS:LEADCITE you will see that in a case like this a citation in the lead is probably not needed as it is cited below and isn't too radical or controversial and will probably not frighten the horses. It does kind of say it is debatable in some cases and essential in others, but I think that the viaduct probably isn't one of those cases. I really hope this helps, and wish you happy editing, cheers, DBaK (talk) 19:34, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- Many thanks for this, as I haven't seen that part of the MOS yet. I'll remove the tag if you haven't already. Cheers, Pintodog (talk) 19:41, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
- You're very very welcome, and thank you for the nice reply. There are so many things to note when you are getting started! It's impossible to follow it all and I am still getting told off for blunders, after 20 years ... I remember being confused for quite a long time, indeed I still quite frequently am! :) Have a good day, cheers, DBaK (talk) 07:26, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
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