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Edited by Eric Person, Petlover7934, Hi ya 11, BR and 2 others

Sometimes, people tend to use personal references in wikiHow articles. If you've stumbled upon an article that does and don't have the time to correct it's issues, you'll need to know how to tell others that it contains these issues. This article teaches you how to place this special template.

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    Visit the article that contains the personal references.
    • Make sure the article you are going to tag is the right one and does have personal references that need to be removed. You don't want to add a template to an article that doesn't have personal references in the first place!
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    Open the page for editing. Click the "Edit" link from the top left of the page on the article.
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    Click and type {{personal}} into the article's edit box, at the very beginning of the article's intro.
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    Verify if there are any other things in the article that can be improved upon.
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    Preview your edit, to ensure the tag will be embedded correctly. Click the "Preview" button at the bottom of the page. You should see a tag showing how the article contains personal references.
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    Publish your edit, once you see the template on the article. Click the "Publish" button.
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  • wikiHow will automatically add a date section when you publish your edit.
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Categories: WikiHow User's Manual

Recent edits by: Hailey Girges, BR, Hi ya 11

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