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fyi

I have worked on Draft:Anthony D. Sayre. Pyrusca (talk) 22:12, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

  • Thanks, moved to mainspace. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:20, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Smallpipes, SIA vs DABCONCEPT

Sorry for not catching that the Smallpipes page had been turned into an SIA. I've run into this sort of resolution once before, but I'm still unsure how to apply WP:DABCONCEPT or when something can be appropriately turned into an SIA. For instance, sometimes you get geographical name dab pages that list a whole bunch of places that have the same name. I suspect this is not a suitable SIA, but how is that different from two different, but related, musical instruments? This seems to be a big hole in my understanding, this is not just some esoteric detail that I've missed. Is there anything I can read to learn more, or is it just a matter of watching long enough to grok it?  —jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 19:20, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

WP:DABCONCEPT basically asks if you can discuss all the topics under the umbrella of a single broader idea. If you clearly can not (see, e.g., Mercury, Battery, Seal), then the solution is disambiguation. If the topics are closely enough related that you can, then the solution is either a broad concept article or an SIA. bd2412 T 19:36, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, helps a little.  —jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 19:39, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Hillary Rodham Clinton

I see you have made multiple edits changing Hillary Rodham Clinton to Hillary Clinton. These articles were on my watchlist:

I have reverted your edits to the first two articles as they mention Hillary Rodham Clinton in the '90s context and "Hillary Rodham Clinton". With the last one we could go either way. I will refrain from making more reverts, but I will ask you to reconsider how your edits fit into the context of each article. Also WP:NOTBROKEN. Or if there is a centralized discussion about this topic somewhere and you think I made a mistake, please let me know. Politrukki (talk) 12:11, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

  • I am not aware of any "context" wherein we refer to historical figures by any variation of their common name based on the decade in which they are being discussed, outside of their own biography. Perhaps we do so with popes and kings if they adopt a completely different names, but this is not that situation. In this case, in particular, the subject has always been referred to in at least some sources as "Hillary Clinton". bd2412 T 12:29, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Save NPP some time

I think it would be reasonable for you request (or give to yourself) autopatrolled. After having created thousands of articles you've met the requirement. Chris Troutman (talk) 08:15, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

BD2412 is an admin.. That should be part of the userrights. unlsess the software doesn't automatically do it. Pyrusca (talk) 15:01, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Second opinion requested

Please review https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rocket_ship&oldid=prev&diff=734901437 if you have a chance. I don't want to get into an edit war unnecessarily, but it seems to me that the other user misses the point entirely. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 13:06, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

An other CfR discussion for US city categories

There's a new Categories for Renaming discussion going on about categories of US cities listed in the AP Stylebook. As you have participated in at least one of the more recent discussions in the subject, you may want to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 August 17#Seattle. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 20:32, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Fashion (film)

Thank you for using AWB to fix the links to Fashion (film), which I have redirected to Fashion (disambiguation) per WP:INCDAB, to point to Fashion (2008 film) instead. The first edit was Special:Diff/734796603 to 10th IIFA Awards and the last one was Special:Diff/734798275 to Wendell Rodricks. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 18:58, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Requested move

HI, I recently moved Achene to Achene (fruit). I did that because I was writing a draft that became Achene, Belgium. On second thought, I should have kept the accent mark above the E at "Achêne". So I was wondering if you can move Achene (fruit) back to Achene. Thank you. Pyrusca (talk) 21:00, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Court Listener

Hi-Court Listener is connected with the non-profit Free Law Project. The link is: Court Listener Please take a look and see what you think-thanks-RFD (talk) 18:49, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

"We work diligently with volunteers to expand our efforts at building an open source, open access, legal research ecosystem" - that sounds an awful lot like a wiki. bd2412 T 19:02, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of James Mallinson for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article James Mallinson is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Mallinson until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. VictoriaGraysonTalk 22:37, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Reference errors on 30 August

Hello, I'm ReferenceBot. I have automatically detected that an edit performed by you may have introduced errors in referencing. It is as follows:

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, ReferenceBot (talk) 00:23, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

  • Fixed, thanks. bd2412 T 01:19, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Not getting the context of this bot edit...

This change seems to have simply added a level of redirect to the pointer that wasn't there before. In short "New York" and "New York (state)" both point to "New York", and I don't see why this change was made. MSJapan (talk) 17:02, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

  • The reason for the change is described in the discussion linked in the edit summary. The short version is that there are too many incorrect links pointing to "New York" (i.e. links intending the city pointing to the article on the state), and too many links overall to peck through without first moving the correct links out of the search. bd2412 T 17:26, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your herculean ongoing effort at cleaning up the incoming New York links. Don't give up, and keep up the good spirit! Diego (talk) 23:16, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Although, given the sheer number of edits you've accumulated, maybe it's time for you to take a rest for today? ;-) Diego (talk) 23:20, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

I actually just finished taking a break. I'll have an initial report tomorrow afternoon of some of my more interesting findings during this process. Cheers! bd2412 T 23:22, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
I just want to +1 this barnstar, and say "What a fascinating project" per Talk:New_York#Proposed_action_to_resolve_incorrect_incoming_links. Keep up the good work!Sadads (talk) 23:12, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Bot gone bad

Your bot is adding brackets within pipes and stuff... Abductive (reasoning) 05:02, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

  • Can you give me an example? bd2412 T 05:04, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
    • Never mind, I see it - should be all fixed now. Cheers! bd2412 T 05:12, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi:

Could you stop changing links to New York with this reasons "Per consensus in discussion at Talk:New York#Proposed action to resolve incorrect incoming links, replaced: thern New York → thern New York (2) using AWB" as you are changing a direct link by a redirection!


Pierre cb (talk) 14:38, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Linking to NYS, when NYC was intended

If you're going to make changes, make them accurately. This edit is just one more where New York City was intended, not New York State. 01:52, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

  • I know, which is why my next edit a few seconds later made exactly that fix. You're welcome. bd2412 T 01:57, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
    • This edit is also wrong; air mail service was between cities, not states. If you're not far more careful making these edits -- I've spotted at least a dozen errors already -- you are at risk of losing your AWB privileges. Alansohn (talk) 02:16, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
      • It is not incorrect; there is no doubt that air mail service proceeding from New York City is also coming from the state of New York. Bear in mind, of course, that the link is already pointing to the state of New York, so if the target was wrong, it is no more wrong than it already was. bd2412 T 02:19, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
        • Bear in mind that the reason why the links are being changed is because of the ambiguity of a link to "New York" meaning "New York City" or "New York State". The most superficial review of the article shows that the air mail service operated between Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York, all of which are cities. There is no doubt that New York City is the correct link. Further irresponsible edits of this type will result in the loss of your ability to use AWB. Alansohn (talk) 04:17, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
          • Perhaps we have gotten off on the wrong foot here. I am making every effort to perform this task accurately, but there are some situations that are not as clear as others. It would be great if you could help out with this - there are some 75,000 links that need to be addressed here. bd2412 T 04:19, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Hillary Clinton Supreme Court candidates for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Hillary Clinton Supreme Court candidates is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hillary Clinton Supreme Court candidates until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Edge3 (talk) 01:06, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Apology

Apologies, this edit was unhelpful and made your difficult job even more so, perhaps only by 0.001% but still unhelpful. I was going to revert but was too late. Andrewa (talk) 01:06, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

Hello there! I checked out your user page and noticed that you're quite a prolific editor! I know the AfD was probably an unwelcome development today. (Though with your contribution levels, you're probably used to it.) Just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your contributions, and cheer you on as you disambiguate those NY links! Here's a cup of coffee to keep you going! Cheers, and have a good night. Edge3 (talk) 01:42, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

A discussion you may be interested in

I have just made a new nomination for renaming categories for those U.S cities where the article doesn't include the state name. Since you participated in a recent discussion about this, you may want to express your opinion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 September 6#Major US cities. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 16:15, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

If you can remember...

...the reasons you marked Contracts of Employment (Indigenous Workers) Convention as an incomplete dab (twice), using AWB, it would probably clarify discussion at its RFD. Thanks. — Gorthian (talk) 07:06, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Sorry about this

Hi there, I really don't like making more work for other editors, so I'm sorry you had to go back and fix my edits. [1] [2] I wasn't aware until now about the changes being made, just thought an editor added a disambiguation link by mistake so I honestly thought I was fixing it. Cmr08 (talk) 07:40, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Question on NY

Will New York be moved to New York (state) soon? I'm confused as to why edits such as this one is being made if the article has been moved... Thanks, Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 00:11, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

This is explained in the discussion at Talk:New York#Proposed action to resolve incorrect incoming links; the purpose is to uncover the thousands of links incorrectly pointing to New York when they are intended to point to New York City. bd2412 T 00:31, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, this makes sense now! I was too lazy to read all of the discussion. Plus, I knew I'd get a quicker summary by asking you! lol Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 00:47, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Copying within Wikipedia requires proper attribution

Information icon Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from United States presidential election, 1824 into United States presidential election in Missouri, 1824. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content. It is good practice, especially if copying is extensive, to also place a properly formatted {{copied}} template on the talk pages of the source and destination. The attribution has been provided for this situation, but if you have copied material between pages before, even if it was a long time ago, please provide attribution for that duplication. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thank you. If you are the sole author of the prose that was moved, attribution is not required. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:54, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. bd2412 T 14:07, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

New post

Hi i dont knownhow to private message someone in this forum. My email is <redacted> and this is in regards to Amadeus the American Record Producer — Preceding unsigned comment added by ENKWMS (talk • contribs) 20:19, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

  • Addressed. bd2412 T 04:14, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Re: "IP Hoax" on Kek

The adding of Pepe the Frog under Kek is by no means a hoax. I am rather disappointed you disagree with the addition, but being bold is a good principle to have. Finally, I must ask you to refrain from protecting pages on first instinct if the people that disagree with you reaches two or greater, as you did in this instance. IPs aren't necessarily vandals, and I trust you will take this truth into consideration. 69.47.172.189 (talk) 22:10, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

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