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Happy editing! JarrahTree 11:20, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

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please note -WP:MOS requires external links/pdf/ to be included inside the reference framework. Bare open external links are not kosher in main space text... JarrahTree 11:25, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your edit in response to that - please also get a very good handle on WP:COI. JarrahTree 04:23, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

As for your deleted response - at times there are no indications either way and it is hard to ascertain from a few edits - always better to know than have problems later - it was meant in WP:AGF - your editing is much appreciated - and in the end, everything is always visible as to what we do on wikipedia - regardless if we self delete or not. The big problem with a range of edits in the Australian project at the moment, is that many new editors show signs of knowledge of wiki-markup and processes with very few edits, and there are so few active editors with the capacity to review new editors or their work, it is a rather a slap dash not very methodical process of discerning the balance between showing appreciation of excellent good new editors (such as yourself), and potentially paid/coi editors who do not self identify, and a range of other issues. Always better to be thicker skinned here on wikipedia, you never know what might happen. JarrahTree 09:21, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Well might I suggest that you failed in your attempts to find that "balance". Your tone was accusatory and disrespectful. While I appreciate your latest response and your kind compliments, I suggest that you adapt your tone in dealing with new contributors going forward, for the sake of Wikipedia and for inclusiveness. My initial reaction upon reading your comment was to throw it all in and just stop editing. I'm here to improve the quality of some pretty poor Wikipedia entries that cover matters of personal interest to me; I have no wish to be policed or harassed or subjected to petty power plays when there is *no evidence whatsoever* that I've broken any rules. I hope you are "thick skinned" enough to take this advice on board, and I hope our interactions moving forward will be more constructive, and more productive for the improvement of Australian wikipedia entries. Thank you for your conciliatory tone. CriticalWeightRange (talk) 03:10, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanation, most parts of a possible lengthy response could not be on wiki for a range of reasons - improvements and corrections to the Australian Biota project are encouraged, appreciated and hoped for, it is rather a vast work in progress from any corner requiring patience diligence and sheer persistence to get things right - thanks. JarrahTree 01:36, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

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