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Happy editing! Tarheel95 (Talk) 22:10, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Sotho–Tswana languages (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)

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Sotho-Tswana peoples (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)

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Wikipedia and copyright

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Yes EuKoketsolion (talk) 15:55, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Starting a lead sentence with "The"

That's not a rule. In the case of Sotho people it could probably go either way. Wikiacc (¶) 16:24, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed but for standardisation purposes. Isnt best to remove articles in the begining of introductions EuKoketsolion (talk) 16:27, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Um, no. Unnecessary standardization is generally frowned upon here. If the Manual of Style says it's OK to start a lead sentence with "the", then it's OK to start a lead sentence with "the". Wikiacc (¶) 04:16, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up EuKoketsolion (talk) 08:14, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]