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Hi all. Very inexperienced user here: I usually just make edits to correct factual inaccuracies in military hardware articles. I try hard to stick to Wiki standards, mostly by copying other peoples' examples of formatting and style, but I'll be amazed if I havn't got something wrong. Please feel free to tell me if I have - I don't bite and I hate internet drama, so just talk to me like we're both humans sat in the pub.

Cheers

Harold Smith

February 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. - wolf 09:28, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Source is on the same page

Hi Wolf. My source for the dates for the transfer of ships to the Egyptian and Turkish navies was the data table lower down on the same Wiki page, which gives the dates and has source links for every line. I'd be happy to put the dates back in with the sources duplicated after them if you wish, but I'd point out that I did it the way I did because I was looking at other examples in the 'Operators' list' namely Bahrain and Poland, which also give dates but aren't flagged "Source?" Surely all four entries should list the source for the dates or none of them? Regards, Harold.

EDIT: Okay, by analogy with other ship pages, I've referenced the dates with a link to the SIPRI database. I hope this is okay.

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