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If you make a straight copy of this script, instead of "importing" it, you may not benefit from the enhancements and bug-fixes that are made from time to time. In the latter case, you may choose to watchlist this page so you will know when to update your copy for modifications to this
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I use and make experimental changes to another version, and update this production version regularly to a suitably stable prior version of the test script. However, like all software, bugs are unavoidable. Use at your own risk, and make sure you
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depending on the conversion used. This tagging allows for WM software engine to render date formats automatically in conformity with tagged format). It also facilitates future maintenance by bot by script
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templates, allowing dates and access dates within citation templates to be automatically formatted, errors there and elsewhere may still require correction. The script takes care of that.
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