User talk:Cybors

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- Ratnahastin (talk) 03:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

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- Ratnahastin (talk) 03:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Post nominals

Please do NOT add post-nominal letters to the lead sentence of an article, as this contravenes MOS:POSTNOM. Thank you - Arjayay (talk) 10:54, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

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Best, voorts (talk/contributions) 23:47, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Also, it would be helpful if you would use edit summaries more regularly. There's an option in your preferences to remind you to enter an edit summary before an edit is published. voorts (talk/contributions) 23:48, 28 December 2024 (UTC)