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| :::The original reads better to me...even if we didn't want commas, we'd want m-dashes, surely, not hyphens? ] (]) 11:04, 19 June 2018 (UTC) | :::The original reads better to me...even if we didn't want commas, we'd want m-dashes, surely, not hyphens? ] (]) 11:04, 19 June 2018 (UTC) | ||
| ::::Yes, I'm just too lazy to type em dashes instead of hyphens. <u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em">]+]</u> 11:30, 19 June 2018 (UTC) | ::::Yes, I'm just too lazy to type em dashes instead of hyphens. <u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em">]+]</u> 11:30, 19 June 2018 (UTC) | ||
| :::::En-dashes would be fine too. ] (]) 11:42, 19 June 2018 (UTC) | |||
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The Shinnecock Hills Golf Club picture probably needs contextualization, as currently it's relevance to the story is unclear. Brandmeister 06:34, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- That would need a re-write of "In golf, Brooks Koepka wins the U.S. Open for the second consecutive year (Shinnecock Hills Golf Club pictured)" probably dropping the "second consecutive year" because something like "In golf, Brooks Koepka wins the U.S. Open at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (pictured).", right? The Rambling Man (talk) 06:38, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Modified as suggested. Vanamonde (talk) 06:46, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Do we know that all those who died in the stampede were Venezuelan? Stephen 07:26, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- No, plus the article seems to cast some doubt on 17 being the precise number as well. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:38, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Tweaked blurb. Further discussion is welcome: I'm not terribly happy about "at least seventeen" myself. Vanamonde (talk) 07:42, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Several RS use identical terminology. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:18, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Tweaked blurb. Further discussion is welcome: I'm not terribly happy about "at least seventeen" myself. Vanamonde (talk) 07:42, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- No, plus the article seems to cast some doubt on 17 being the precise number as well. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:38, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
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That Oregon rancher Bill Brown, known as the "Horse King of the West", often wrote checks on newspaper margins and soup can labels—which bankers would cash without question?
Checks should be spelt "cheques". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.241.170.190 (talk) 09:07, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Banks worked differently in the old days. And 'checks' is correct in the United States. It's spelled 'cheques' in the UK. See cheque. Fish+Karate 10:19, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- I noticed this, obviously it's strongly ENGVAR so it may be worth linking check here just to alleviate the obvious confusion for those of us who definitely (used to) issue cheques. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:33, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- I've added a link for checkbook in the article. But what exactly is "tablet paper"?? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:42, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Linked in the hook. Vanamonde (talk) 10:45, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Re:tablet paper. Who knows? But it's not in the hook thankfully. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:46, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Is it me or are the hyphens and commas back to front on this hook:
- Linked in the hook. Vanamonde (talk) 10:45, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- ... That Oregon rancher Bill Brown - known as the "Horse King of the West" - often wrote checks on newspaper margins and soup can labels, which bankers would cash without question?
- To me that looks better. Not bothered particularly though. Fish+Karate 11:00, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Not 100% certain, but pretty sure "tablet paper" is referring to a pad of blank paper. --Khajidha (talk) 11:07, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- The original reads better to me...even if we didn't want commas, we'd want m-dashes, surely, not hyphens? Vanamonde (talk) 11:04, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm just too lazy to type em dashes instead of hyphens. Fish+Karate 11:30, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- En-dashes would be fine too. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:42, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm just too lazy to type em dashes instead of hyphens. Fish+Karate 11:30, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
- To me that looks better. Not bothered particularly though. Fish+Karate 11:00, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
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