Randomdudewithinternet

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Thanks

I'll be making long edits on tech related articles and short grammar corrections on anything that I'm not familiar with.

Randomdudewithinternet (talk) 07:13, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

It's

I goofed. I read the sentence as "A satellite image of Taiwan, showing its mostly mountainous east ...", but your sentence was "A satellite image of Taiwan, showing it's mostly mountainous in the east ..." Regardless, avoid contractions (e.g. don't, can't, it's) in your writing; they are not used on Wikipedia and generally avoided in academic/formal writing. All the best, CentreLeftRight ✉ 20:19, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm new. Anyways I feel like the economy section of the Taiwan article is too vague. I've added a section on TSMC but there must be more on the high tech exports of taiwan, like Foxconn, UMC, TSMC, etc. Randomdudewithinternet (talk) 21:15, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

I forgot to sign lol Randomdudewithinternet (talk) 21:16, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

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Just a quick note: Do not write dates the same way you would say them (MOS:DATE for more details). Use whatever format the article already uses (either mdy or dmy, e.g. May 25, 2022, or 25 May 2022). All the best, CentreLeftRight ✉ 01:07, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Cool thank you. Randomdudewithinternet (talk) 02:07, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Also btw i was editing on my school ipad during school so.... Randomdudewithinternet (talk) 02:09, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

MOS:CURLY and the use of "an"

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All the best, CentreLeftRight ✉ 01:04, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Imma blame autocorrect... Good day Randomdudewithinternet (talk) 01:52, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

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Bro literally I messed up I know that Randomdudewithinternet (talk) 19:34, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

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