diff --git a/pylot/core/pick/__init__.py b/pylot/core/pick/__init__.py
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+#
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diff --git a/pylot/core/pick/automatic.py b/pylot/core/pick/automatic.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Created on Thu Oct  2 18:41:18 2014
+
+@author: sebastianw
+"""
+
diff --git a/pylot/core/pick/conventional.py b/pylot/core/pick/conventional.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Created on Thu Oct  2 18:41:08 2014
+
+@author: sebastianw
+"""
+
diff --git a/pylot/core/pick/reference.py b/pylot/core/pick/reference.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Created on Thu Oct  2 18:40:55 2014
+
+@author: sebastianw
+"""
+
+from obspy.core.event import Pick
+
+
+class ReferencePick(Pick):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        Pick.__init__()