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Hey! I've noticed you've been using quotation marks around character names during every use, such as with Junior Soprano. While quotation marks are good for introducing the characters, in line with most articles it's not necessary for you to use the quotes every time, or else it just looks messy and hard to read. This especially applies when the nickname is the overwhelming common name, as it is with Junior (you wouldn't expect an article on President Carter to use quotes every time "Jimmy Carter" was used, would you?

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Alright, I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I just thought, since they are nicknames, they were supposed to always be in quotation marks. --TheBearPaw (talk) 09:33, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, it can depend, but usually when it's the most common name for someone, like Junior (Corrado), Bobby (Robert), or Tony (Anthony) it's safe to use it without quotations in most contexts. Happy holidays!--Yaksar (let's chat) 21:16, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I re-edited the sentence again, this time to make more sense. The way it was made it seem as if two separate actions, one by Janice, and the other by Meadow, were being put into one sentence, which didn't read correctly (Sort of like the sentence "Stella, throw the baby out the windows some candy"). I edited it in the proper way this time and I'm sure the new edit will make more sense now. It clarifies what happened. Gabe1972 (talk) 04:28, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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