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:Conventionally, "p." is short for "page" and "pp." is short for "pages". So if you want to cite a single page whose number is hyphenated, use "p. 300-305." If you want to cite multiple pages, use "pp. 300–305" (note also the en-dash in place of the hyphen). —[[User:David Eppstein|David Eppstein]] ([[User talk:David Eppstein|talk]]) 04:27, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

::{{mention|Daask}} A real-world example of {{u|David Eppstein}}'s hyphenated-"''p.''" example would be the [[Olean Times Herald]] newspaper, which like many print dailies is divided into several letter-designated sections. So, a page number from the paper would be e.g. "p. A-1" or "p. D-4", whereas a range of pages might be "pp. A-2–A-4". (Or would that be "pp. A-2–4"? Come to think of it I don't really know the convention on that myself.) -- [[User:FeRD NYC|FeRD_NYC]] ([[User talk:FeRD NYC|talk]]) 07:16, 5 July 2018 (UTC)

:::{{reply to|David Eppstein}} I guess I'm familiar with the convention, but didn't realize it was used on Wikipedia. I figured page numbers could be parsed to present ranges as ''pp.'' if they really wanted to, but you remind me that parsing isn't always easy. [[User:Daask|Daask]] ([[User talk:Daask|talk]]) 07:20, 5 July 2018 (UTC)