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Russell family

I apologize for the mistake for the image for "Irma Johnson" on the Russell family page. I copied and pasted the image fro another page without thoroughly checking to see if everything was done properly or not. Thank you for resizing all the images as I was having trouble with doing it (I know it is really easy, but I am very new to Wikipedia). Thank you for all your help. The page looks so much better already! Aoba47 (talk) 03:26, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

No problems, are you talking about the edit summary of my final edit? That was a self-deprecating poke at myself for forgetting the wikicode; I apologise for any misuderstanding. :-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 03:33, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks very much for your excellent copyediting of President's Guest House, it's much appreciated! LavaBaron (talk) 05:07, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

No worries, Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk)

New Editor, Ramona and Beezus

Hey Baffle, new editor here trying to jump in and help, still learning WP protocol for everything. I grabbed this article from the requests and I wanted to know whether it is generally acceptable to remove information that repeats, like the long description of this film that recurs in the article twice ("American live action family and children's adventure fantasy comedy film adaptation"). Can this appear just once? And can the release date appear just once? Thanks! 1984&co (talk) 18:59, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi 1984&co, thanks for your work and welcome to the Guild. :-) Yes it's fine to remove redundant text, particularly that mouthful—a few commas wouldn't go amiss there. The film's genre should appear in the lead/header, which should summarise the text of the article's main body (see WP:MOSLEAD), and only once in the body text unless it's relevant to the local text. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 19:52, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the info! I finished the article, maybe one of you gurus could sign off on it? Thanks again! 1984&co (talk) 17:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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Baffle gab1978 - What happened to your user page?  – Corinne (talk) 02:27, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Corinne, I had it speedily deleted under CSD {{U1}} so its history is no longer publicly visible. I've never been one for vanity pages and I no longer have any use for its former contents, though I might redirect it here again if/when the mood strikes me. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:56, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Well, at least I know you'll still be editing. ;)  – Corinne (talk) 03:56, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Please do redirect it to your talk page. It's disconcerting to type an editor's name (in a ping template, or on the GOCE drive page, for example) and have it come up red, as if it is a typo. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Jonesey, I'm not the only editor with a redlinked userpage, and there's no point pinging me because I won't receive the notification—this ain't facebook—but point taken and  Done. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:55, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello. You have a new message at Paparazzzi's talk page. Paparazzzi (talk) 00:21, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Déjà vu all over again

Don't beat yourself up; it is hard to tell one from another :-). All the best, Miniapolis 15:15, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Miniapolis, I somehow landed on the 2007-8 article. I must have mis-clicked somehing... it happens. ;-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 20:26, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you (II)

I knew that you had done your best, the first time I filed a request for Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists at GOCE. As you saw, another editor claimed that it needed further copy edit. So, I had to make another request. Thank you so much. Mhhossein (talk) 03:00, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for posting. I was surprised to see it back on the page so soon, and I probably should have investigated further, but at least it got some more c/e attention. :-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 03:07, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

I had to make some changes, as some parts of the lead were not in accordance with the sources. Could I ask you take another look at the article? Mhhossein (talk) 12:56, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Another thank you

I appreciate greatly that you decided to do the c/e for Lech Wałęsa yourself, after nobody else volunteered to do it. This article is huge and I see that you work very thoroughly, so thank you very much indeed for facing such a challenging task. Daniel (talk) 08:29, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

No problems Daniel, I'll probably take a few days to complete the c/e. Please correct my work if I misinterpret any text, though i've had no problems so far. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 04:13, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

I'd like to give you a barnstar for your thorough and fine c/e of this 5600+ words long article, but you don't like them. So thank you very-very much! - Daniel (talk) 05:15, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

No worries; I think it's an interestng article about an important person; I lived through those times so I remember hearing of the events in Eastern Europe in the late '80s to early '90s. I'll accept an honorary, invisible barnstar; thanks and good luck wih the article. :-) cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:12, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Peruchazhi

Hai, can you work on Peruchazhi, which is submitted for GOCE/Request. --Charles Turing (talk) 12:44, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Charles, I might do it if your request reaches the top before someone takes it, but I don't take direct c/e requests and I'm already working on another request atm (see above). Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 04:13, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Charles Turing (talk) 12:47, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive3

I am taking one last run at getting Emily Ratajkowski promoted to WP:FA in time for a 25th birthday WP:TFA on June 7th. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive3 needs discussants. Since you were the WP:GOCE reviewer, I am hoping you might give some comments.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:34, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification @TonyTheTiger:, but I don't comment on GA / ACN / FA reviews of articles I've copy-edited or have otherwise been involved with. Good luck with your nomination though, I hope it goes well for you. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Would you be willing to copyedit the vastly changed article. I really need some expert eyes on this article before the clock runs out here.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 13:02, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

No. As you see from my talk page header, I don't accept drect requests for copy-editing; if I accept one, I'll have to accept them all. I'm also less active now than I previously was, so it wouldn't be fair of me to say 'yes' and not have the time to complete a full c/e. I suggest you list the article at the GOCE Requests Page, where a variety of skilled copy-editors can be found. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 21:22, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Going to Tehran

Thanks for taking on Going to Tehran. I did very little actual work on it, apart from trying to make sense of it, so I will not claim it either. I notice there are two more articles on the Request List from the same contributor that, at a quick glance, look equally daunting! Kind regardsTwofingered Typist (talk) 19:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

No worries; thanks for your reply. Thanks for the info about the requester's other requests; I'll review them and see what we're being asked to do. Sometimes I can guess the meaning of confused text by its context, sometimes it takes a bit more than guessing. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:24, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

GOCE Drive and Astrotrain

With the GOCE drive, could you give me more guidance on what to do with the Astrotrain article (assuming someone hasn't gotten on to it already)? I'm new to copy-editing (at least here), and since you're apparently a hall of fame member, you seem to be the best person to go to for this.

A Sentient Sock 22:58, 28 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by A Sentient Sock (talk • contribs)

Hi A Sentient Sock; welcome tio the Guild and thanks for your reply. Taking part in drives and blitzes is a great way to learn the craft of copy-editing. You did a good job of fixing some errors, but copy-editing is usually more involved, for instance fixing poorly-written text, making it conform to the Manual of Style (MOS), removing waffle (over-worded text), etc. I found this article has some quite waffly text, for instance, the section "Transformers: Timelines (Unicron Trilogy)" has:

This Astrotrain is similar to the canceled Transformers: Universe toy Spacewarp although Astrotrain had a different paint job and a new head sculpt. The new head is based on a design by artist Dan Khanna and resembles the head of the original Generation 1 Astrotrain. The character is not related to the original Astrotrain and is based in the Transformers: Cybertron series. Astrotrain's Mini-Con is a repaint of the Mini-Con Comettor named Starcatcher.

This can be condensed to:

This Astrotrain is similar to the canceled Transformers: Universe toy Spacewarp, although Astrotrain had different livery and a new head designed by artist Dan Khanna that resembles the head of the original Generation 1 Astrotrain. The character is not related to the original Astrotrain and is based in the Transformers: Cybertron series. Astrotrain's Mini-Con is a repaint of the Mini-Con Comettor named Starcatcher.

I'm going through the article at the moment; feel free to check the diffs in the article's history. Feel free to ask about copy-editing; I may not be hugely active this week but I'll answer as well as I can. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:57, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Nu metal article

First of all, thank you for improving the nu metal article. I added some more info and improvements to the article but there's a few things I need to check before I finish the article. Many of the article's citations don't have the date, accessdate and author fields typed the right way. For example, dates are typed as February 3rd, 2011 instead of February 3, 2011 or access dates are typed as December 15th, 2015 instead of December 15, 2015. I also noticed that I typed in authors' names in citations as something like "Aaron Greenberg" instead of "Greenberg, Aaron" or "Andrew Campbell" instead of "Campbell, Andrew". (It goes like this: "|author=Andrew Campbell" instead of going like this "|last=Campbell |first=Andrew". Some sources (pretty much most are AllMusic sources) have an error where I added <nowiki>|</nowiki> in the title instead of {{!}} (Template:!). Some book sources/magazine sources/Template:Sfn sources might have a long dash (—) in the pages field instead of the correct dash (–). I also found out that when it comes to music bands, "is" and "was" get used in American English but "are" and "were" get used in British English. (American: Korn is/was a band. British: Bring Me the Horizon are/were a band. On Wikipedia, in American English, bands are considered single entities (its instead of theirs, is instead of are, was instead of were). On Wikipedia, in British English, it is the other way around. However, with American bands that uses plural names (eg: Deftones) Wikipedia uses their instead of its and probably even are/were instead of is/was. I found out that these things need to be changed after reading Wikipedia's Manual of Style article. I don't know if you edit citations but are you able to do another improvement on the Nu metal article? Thanks. Statik N (talk) 02:25, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi Statik N, and thanks for your post. As far as I'm aware, "author=" and "first= | last=" are equally acceptable in citations; I prefer the former as it's shorter, and it's acceptable to use the style "author=Smith, Joe" if you wish. I'd recommend standardising on one citation style if you're pushing towards an A-Class or FA rating. it's proably easiest to convert to Style 1 using {{cite}}.

As far as I know it's acceptable to alter dash lengh in citations and quotations; in fact I often do that when doing a c/e.

I'm aware of the distinction between UK and US styles but I wasn't aware that pulralised US band names should use plural pronouns. It's the first I've heard of that one!

Short answer: No. I don't generally do citation-fixing work, and my time and patience are limited atm. Have you looked to see whether any tools are available? I think WikEd might suit your purpose. Good luck with the article. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 15:56, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

2016

This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Winterysteppe (talk) 13 April 2016 (UTC)