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I notice in Special:Diff/1287737112/1289892526 that for example |author=Rukmini Callimachi is changed to |author=Callimachi + |first=Rukmini. This is confusing. If there is a "first" there should be a matching "last". I fear it will become a source of future errors made by other scripts and users. -- GreenC 14:37, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, that was a mistake on my part. i am not trying to confuse people--CitationAuditor (talk) 14:45, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are doing good work. My only other comment would be to place the work/website fields prior to URLs, keeping the URL technical information at the end and the author date title work information near the start, mirroring how it displays thus logically oriented. Ordering is not required but if you are reordering anyway, it's best practice. You can see recommended (though not required) ordering at TM:Cite web, in the usage section which was based on a best practice discussion at Help_talk:Citation_Style_1. -- GreenC 18:48, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(oops, I see now those examples have the URL-like parameters spread throughout the template, which I don't agree with, could be open to future discussion - in reality most people do whatever they want, those examples are good for those who copy-paste an empty template) -- GreenC 18:55, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote a quick script to switch author --> last. It checked your edits since January 1, 2025, and made changes like this Special:Diff/1289027173/1289931780. If you think I should check further back from January let me know. It edited 35 pages. Thanks. -- GreenC 19:30, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I'll try to be more careful now.--CitationAuditor (talk) 00:17, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thank you for your edits improving citations on Wikipedia! I know this is tedious work sometimes, keep up the good work! GnocchiFan (talk) 18:50, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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