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ReferenceBot – JayJ47
Page: Novak Djokovic career statistics
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Comment/question: Errors in referencing only appear when your bot makes its corrections to the specified page. If I have made any errors in referencing, please help me correct them. Thank you.
JayJ47 (talk) 03:21, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
- Unlike other bots, ReferenceBot never edits articles, it only notifies users of problems. That said, this indeed seems to be one of ReferenceBot's exceptionally rare false positives, one A930913 may want to look at. AnomieBOT indeed made matters worse by fixing only one of two names without quotation marks, but that's unrelated to the edit ReferenceBot notified you about. Huon (talk) 20:54, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – 187.234.236.214
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187.234.236.214 (talk) 15:31, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I am Tony Marcín, Francisco Icaza´s wife. He has left this world in may-2014, and have just discovered you are now talking about him. I´ve lived with him for 24 years, and there are some informations a little bit wrong and considered important to correct them. I will finish what I am doing today, and next time I will be logged in as Naranjadulce. Thank you, Tony Marcín
- I have fixed the broken references. You should be aware, however, that Wikipedia content should be based on reliable published sources; your personal knowledge is not enough because there's no way for our readers to verify it. Huon (talk) 12:40, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – 24.138.23.43
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{{Page: 21st Century Fox
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Comment/question: I Need incasse Logos On The Page All Companys Need 24.138.23.43 (talk) 02:14, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
- That makes no sense whatsoever, and I have to wonder whether your command of English is good enough to meaningfully contribute to the English Wikipedia. Your changes have been reverted. Huon (talk) 12:40, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Mugzyandmax
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{{Page: Paraguay
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Comment/question:Sorry I edited it wrong but some troll added strange links all over the page. Please fix it.
Mugzyandmax (talk) 03:12, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
- That was repaired by Materialscientist. See WP:UNDO on how to undo a vandal's edits. Huon (talk) 12:40, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Goldenstate707
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Comment/question: Hey I have trouble uploading images to a page and I don't have a computer to do it which I know is easier.. I use a samsung tablet and I wad wondering if you knew how to upload images from ine and to tell me how? Thank youGoldenstate707 (talk) 21:20, 6 August 2014 (UTC) Niekko
P.s. sorry if I filled any of this wrong because I am new to here
- @Goldenstate707: You're in the wrong place. This is completely unrelated to the bracket issue BracketBot notified you about. I'd expect uploading images from a tablet would basically work in the same way as uploading from a computer, but you may want to ask at WP:Village pump (technical) which deals with the more "technical" aspects of Wikipedia. Huon (talk) 22:19, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Glr9763
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Glr9763 (talk) 18:56, 9 August 2014 (UTC) I amediting page I noticed the issue I will take care of it later.
- I have reverted quite a bit of your changes because your references either were broken or did not mention Rose. Huon (talk) 22:24, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Raffaiel
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Comment/question: please I don't know how to edit so I will tell u news and u edit I Assassin's Creed Unity 28 October FARCRY4 18 NOVEMBER BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT 31 December Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 31 December
Raffaiel (talk) 20:45, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
- You're in the wrong year: Severral of those were 2014 releases, but you were editing 2015 in video gaming. The remainder were 2015 releases for which no release date has been given yet. Thus I have removed the broken table. Huon (talk) 22:24, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Mo Money, Mo Things Happening
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{{Page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Grohl
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Comment/question: I didn't do that particular edit, the edit i did was that the infobox was messed up, so i fixed it. Someone else did it.
Mo Money, Mo Things Happening (talk) 16:43, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
- BracketBot only counts brackets without much of a true understanding. When you fixed the infobox, another bracket problem remained, and since they had "canceled out" each other before your edit, BracketBot mistakenly believed you had caused the remaining issue. Fixed by Sfan00 IMG by now. Huon (talk) 20:32, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Macrakis
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{{Page: Schadenfreude
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Comment/question: Bracketbot apparently doesn't understand that a paren as part of an href isn't part of the text (it represents an Ancient Greek accent).
Macrakis (talk) 20:47, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
- True, but what's more likely: That a bracket mismatch in an URL is deliberate, or that it's an accident? Without having done a thorough statistical analysis, I'd assume the latter is more likely, and BracketBot looking at brackets in URLs probably is more of a benefit than a problem. Huon (talk) 21:19, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – IqraG
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{{Page: Marketing Channel
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Comment/question: It was however a misunderstanding that I broke a syntax rule. I simply added the ">" to make an arrow like this: "-->". I did not use it in any form of language, I just needed to depict an arrow to show by point more clearly.
IqraG (talk) 01:18, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- @IqraG: Using that kind of arrow usually is not a good idea; I'm pretty sure the Manual of Style does not endorse such arrows. It would probably be better to avoid such arrows, particularly since "-->" also is a HTML tag used at the end of comments - while not a problem right now, there might be unexpected side effects, for example if at some point in the future someone tries to comment out those arrows. Huon (talk) 15:14, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Worldwinner2013
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Worldwinner2013 12:43, 12 August 2014 (UTC) Thank you.
I rectified it.
- You're welcome; thank you for fixing it. Huon (talk) 15:14, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – 184.58.87.80
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{{Page: webmail
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Comment/question: I apologize. My friend Jake decided it would be funny to randomly edit pages. He changed a name on the Love Arcade page and deleted some text from the Webmail page. I was able to fix Love Arcade, but the Webmail page, I have no idea what the deleted text said. I'm not really big into editing Wikipedia and am pretty much a noobie to it. Again, I apologize and promise to be more wise which friends I allow to use my computer. Thanks. 184.58.87.80 (talk) 21:56, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
- Reverted. Thanks for telling us. Huon (talk) 00:18, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Pooface
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{{Page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Huntingdon_Animal_Cruelty
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Comment/question:The 2 less than signs are in the title of the website. I'm not sure if I should remove them because it'll ruin the wiki page or keep them for proper record keeping. I have very little experience editing.
BlakeM (talk) 21:58, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Paularyan1
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Comment/question: I am not sure which line I messed up please let me know so I can correct it Thank you Paularyan1 (talk) 14:37, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Paularyan1: You added parentheses to the ends of external links where they did not belong, thereby breaking the links. I've tidied up the references, fixing that problem. See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily cite sources. Huon (talk) 17:50, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Talgalili
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This is the massage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Talgalili#August_2014
Since I edited a math environment, I don't think this massage was correct.
Tal Galili (talk) 16:56, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- You're right, that's a false positive, and a known bug in the bot which is supposed to ignore changes within a math environment. Huon (talk) 17:50, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Kimcbarrett
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{{Bob Costas
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I'm a bit confused. I was contacted regarding an edit I made to the page. If you would like to help me with editing that would be great as I am new to the experience but I have several edits I will be making. Kimcbarrett (talk) 20:31, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Kimcbarrett: You did not cite any reliable sources for your changes and at times broke the grammar, for example when you removed the latter half of a parenthetical remark, including the closing parenthesis. I'll take care of the parenthesis, but I can't really help with the main issue: Please make sure to cite your sources so our readers can verify that your changes are indeed correct. Huon (talk) 03:13, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – VickiZ
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{{Page: Anne Carson
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Comment/question: One of Anne Carson's works includes in its title a right angle bracket (the title is Red Doc followed by a right angle bracket). Is there a way to signify this symbol without running afoul of other page coding?
VickiZ (talk) 20:43, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, this is something of a false positive, though one BracketBot didn't really have much of a chance to avoid. The > can be problematic because it's also used in HTML and HTML-like tags (such as the <ref> tag used for references), but in this instance it's not a problem. Huon (talk) 03:13, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – FM520
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FM520 (talk) 09:33, 14 August 2014 (UTC) Hello, I just want to guide people how to find the post, I can not edit the reference page
- @FM520: I have no idea what you mean. What reference page would you want to edit? I also have no idea about the purpose of most of your changes here. For example, why did you give the 2012 revenues instead of the 2013 revenues? Why the wrong 2012 revenues? Why did you remove sourced content? I have reverted much of your changes. Huon (talk) 12:02, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – 70.29.60.86
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70.29.60.86 (talk) 21:56, 15 August 2014 (UTC) Sorry I dont know how to re-edit the tiferes bais yaakov page. Could you fix it for me? Thanx I love u.
- Thanks for pointing that out. I have reverted your unsourced changes, repairing the bracket in the process. Huon (talk) 03:13, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Ninatung
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Ninatung (talk) 09:37, 16 August 2014 (UTC) I HAVE NO IDEA FOR YOUR TALK...WHAT'S GOING ON THE PART?
- You seem to have fixed the mismatched brackets yourself. That said, YouTube is not a reliable source and should not be used as a reference. I have similar doubts about quite a few of your other sources as well. Huon (talk) 13:44, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Hardenheart
--Hardenheart (talk) 15:35, 16 August 2014 (UTC) HELLO! i'm fixing the chart cause i see that a lot of european singles missing! i just want to redirect the single to the italian page. {{User:A930913/BBresolved|yes}}
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Hardenheart (talk) 15:35, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
- I have reverted your changes for a couple of reasons. Most importantly, the given sources did not say what they were cited for, and the article on one of the songs explicitly said that the sales figure of 22 million was for all versions of the song, not just for the specific single. Also, different-language Wikipedias use different citation templates. On the English Wikipedia, it's {{cite web}}. Huon (talk) 17:35, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Robinh
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I think this was a false positive because the edit was as intended. But I love the bot!
Robinh (talk) 01:50, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
- This is indeed a false positive, and one the bot should have ignored: It's supposed to recognize the <math> environment and to ignore mismatched brackets (or at least mismatched <>) within that environment. A930913 will want to check that out. Huon (talk) 18:59, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Sqaykashmir
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Sqaykashmir (talk) 07:06, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
- Not a current issue, nothing to see here. Huon (talk) 10:48, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – SheamusPatt
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{{Page: Zuma (album)
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Comment/question:It's nice you check these things, but could your bot maybe check the state it was left in, rather than just whether an edit added or dropped a bracket? In fact, I edited the page to add a missing ]. (BracketBot will likely catch that one there). I believe I left what was broken fixed, so it was a bit of a surprise to be warned I might in fact have broken it!
SheamusPatt (talk) 21:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
- BracketBot gives these kinds of warning if there are two bracket errors on a page that appear to "cancel out" each other and only one of them is fixed - the bot then wrongly assumes the user caused the remaining problem (which was listed among the "mismatched brackets". I've fixed that second problem now. Huon (talk) 00:33, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – SteinwayO
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SteinwayO (talk) 04:39, 18 August 2014 (UTC) Hi BracketBot. My sincere apologies. I thought I was creating this document in Sandbox, and then realized my mistake. Article will be complete shortly with all citations etc. Please let me know what improvements can be made, and I will ensure to get all documentation.
- I have some doubts about severylof your sources. Take for example the second: I do not think the Saratov Conservatory's website so much as mentions Drozdoff. The sources cited for the review section seem much better, but they're only cited for promotional soundbites, not for any hard biographical facts. And even there one of the soundbites doesn't even mention Drozdoff. I've done some copyediting, but the article should do a better job at summarizing what reliable independent sources report about Drozdoff. Huon (talk) 19:33, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Coskar
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Coskar (talk) 12:37, 18 August 2014 (UTC) Hi,
I am trying to update the page about Prosafe, and have done something wrong, since the page doesn't show as before. Can you fix any errors in missing brackets etc? Thanks!
- I think you fixed the bracket problem yourself, but I've removed some of the most blatant unsourced spam. Huon (talk) 19:33, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Acosens
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{{Page: Telepsychiatry
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Comment/question: Hello BracketBot! I wanted to see what it was that I did wrong? I had several edits and they were all removed. I did notice where the brakets were missing on one of my edits. Sorry about that. Amanda
Acosens (talk) 19:54, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
- MER-C reverted your edits because you added multiple links to a commercial website selling services related to the topic of the article as if it were a reliable source - that looked like linkspam. Huon (talk) 20:39, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Colonies Chris
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{{It would be helpful if BracketBot could be linked in to the Save process - so that I'd receive a warning when I was about to save something with unmatched brackets, rather than after the deed is done. Colonies Chris (talk) 15:26, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
- That would turn it from a bot - basically a user who makes automated edits - into an extension of the MediaWiki software. That's beyond a bot operator's capabilities; you'd have to make that suggestion to the Wikimedia Foundation, which maintains the MediaWiki code. WP:Village pump (technical) may be a better place for such suggestions, or MediaWiki.org. Huon (talk) 16:12, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
ReferenceBot – Dirsmith2
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{{Page: Container Corporation of America
Diff: The reference has ben cited as The Chicago Film Archives Collection
Comment/question: There does not seem to be any error in citing on the site. Thanks for asking. Dirsmith2
Dirsmith2 (talk) 01:49, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
- There was, but your edits were reverted. See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily cite your sources with nicely-formatted footnotes. That said, the Container Corporation of America article definitely is not the right place to write about a film project that's at best tangetially related to the Container Corporation of America. Huon (talk) 19:35, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – WWELEAGUE84
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Comment/question: Fixed it! WWELEAGUE84 (talk) 03:19, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Thanks!
- You're welcome. Huon (talk) 19:35, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Kandi1978
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Kandi1978 (talk) 02:57, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
- There were some mismatched brackets on the page which broke the link syntax. Since the article has by now been deleted, there's nothing to be done about that. Huon (talk) 19:11, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Tornadowatchsa
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{{code error in southern hemisphere tornado edit:
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Tornadowatchsa (talk) 04:43, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
- I've fixed that for you and added a reliable source, too. You had omitted one of the closing square brackets in "[[Eastern Cape]". Huon (talk) 19:11, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Ajcoop1207
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Ajcoop1207 (talk) 05:22, 21 August 2014 (UTC) Thank You. I have edited the error
- You're welcome, thank you for fixing it. Huon (talk) 19:11, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – 76.25.206.3
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{{Page:Groveland,_Massachusetts
Comment/question: BracketBot claims my IP made an edit to this page with erroneous brackets, but I have never edited or even visited said page.
76.25.206.3 (talk) 11:51, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- Then your IP address must have been assigned to someone else back in February when that edit was made. If you want to avoid getting messages intended for other people, you may want to create an account. Anyway, the bracket issue is fixed now. Huon (talk) 19:57, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – JennyA12988
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Diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royalty_Exchange&action=edit Comment/question: Hi. I am not sure why you are removing all of my double brackets. Please let me know so I can work on resolving the issue. JennyA12988 (talk) 12:20, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- @JennyA12988: See WP:Overlinking. But I think that may just have been collateral damage; see WP:SPAM. Huon (talk) 19:57, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – 70.39.231.179
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{{Page: BracketBot told me "your edit to Shutterfly may have broken the syntax by modifying 2 "[]"s and 2 "{}"s likely mistaking one for another."
Diff: I don't have a diff, since BracketBot's edit of my IP's user talk page is the only edit. Here's the URL for the edit, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:70.39.231.179&oldid=622337923
Comment/question: I am not the person who made the edit. I use a dynamic IP address, which gets assigned to different people. I just thought you should know that BracketBot's message likely never reached the intended recipient.
70.39.231.179 (talk) 14:59, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- Well, what else should BracketBot have done? It can't really guess what IP address the editor may be assigned next. Of course, you could have fixed the issue instead. I've now done so. Huon (talk) 19:57, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Lutzv
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{{Page: Thaddäus Troll
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Comment/question: Thank you for catching this typo – I have fixed it now!
Lutzv (talk) 19:09, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- You're welcome, thank you for fixing it! Huon (talk) 19:57, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – D'Ranged 1
Page: Ocey Snead
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Comment/question:
The bot is in error; there are no unpaired brackets in the article. The character "(
" is used in the {{Chart}} template to draw specific lines. One possible solution to avoid this bot error in the future is that the character is enclosed by pipes; however, not all editors will type the sequence the same. (It could be "|(|
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" or possibly some other use of space(s).) Is there a way to have the bot not "see" the "(" if it is within {{chart|...
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Thanks for all the corrections you make that are accurate; I know how hard it is to code for exceptions like this!—D'Ranged 1 VTalk 11:40, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – 41.213.39.246
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Dear BracketBot,
I have corrected the syntax error.
Regards,41.213.39.246 (talk) 11:45, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
41.213.39.246 (talk) 11:45, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks. Huon (talk) 12:34, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
ReferenceBot – De728631
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{{Page: List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Germany
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Comment/question: I don't see any wikilink errors in the citation templates I used. Neither is {{cite rowlett}} listed in Category:Pages with citations having wikilinks embedded in URL titles.
De728631 (talk) 12:46, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
- Apparently the "deu1d" parameter you used was added to the template hours after your edit. I would expect the template doesn't work quite as well if you feed it parameters that don't exist. Huon (talk) 21:07, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
- Wow, and there I thought the list of parameters had been completed long ago. On the other hand it is a quick url citation template like {{allmusic}} so probably the target website has been changed. Anyhow, thank you for pointing out the error. Now I'm going to check if the Rowlett template needs any more updates. De728631 (talk) 23:45, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Bobi987 Ivanov
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Comment/question: Thanks for the suggestion. I'll fix the slip.
Bobi987 Ivanov (talk) 14:15, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
- You're welcome, thank you for fixing it. Huon (talk) 21:07, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Tropylium
Page: Moksha language
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Comment/question: BracketBot appears to parse the historical linguistic notation A > B (read: "A develops to B") as broken bracketing. May I suggest that a greater-than immediately preceded, or a less-than immediately followed by material wrapped in a linguistic technical transcription template be ignored? (The big ones are Template:IPA and Template:PIE; there is also Template:UPA.) --Trɔpʏliʊm • blah 13:46, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Mazurk.zoe17
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Mazurk.zoe17 (talk) 02:15, 24 August 2014 (UTC) I hate BracketBot!
- Why, for pointing out your mistakes so you can fix them? That seems the least of your troubles on Wikipedia. Huon (talk) 12:51, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Shaah2003
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Shaah2003 (talk) 09:54, 24 August 2014 (UTC)Sir, i edited the page as it was just an abuse to the great leader. Thank you
- Thanks for reverting that. I reverted another similar edit and left a stern warning on that editor's talk page. Huon (talk) 12:51, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Banda.krishna
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Banda.krishna (talk) 12:14, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
Dear Bracket Bot, Thank you very much for pointing out the syntactical mistakes and the mistakes regarding the use " Oh" and the brackets. I will rectify these mistakes in a day or two. I am 74 years old and had worked very hard to compose these edits. I am trying to write more edits or articles as invited by the Wikipedia. I welcome your suggestions and will certainly take care of the mistakes as and when you point out them to me. I am not a professional user of the laptop and have tried to learn the same only because I was interested in contributing to the Wikipedia. Banda.krishna
- @Banda.krishna: Unfortunately I'll have to revert your edits. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and your lengthy retellings of semi-mythological events go beyond the scope of this project. They put undue weight on comparatively insignificant events, there was no critical analysis of those stories, and your sources at least in part did not meet Wikipedia's standards of reliability. Huon (talk) 12:51, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
ReferenceBot – Australia1788
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{{Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_Maslany
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Comment/question: Cannot see a problem with the reference. Can you let me know what the problem is (if there is actually a problem)? Thanks.
I replaced a 404 ref. with a current ref. i.e. Luaine Lee, Eight expectations, Yahoo!7News, The West Australian, 7 January 2014
Australia1788 (talk) 13:56, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Australia1788: After your edit, the references section shoewd a big red "Cite error" because you removed all instances where that reference was used, but not the reference itself. Fixed now. Huon (talk) 15:15, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – Chrisbovee
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{{Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_words_for_love
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Comment/question: I didn't break the brackets, it was part of the URL string for a reference.
ChrisBovee (talk) 14:09, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
- That's the kind of false positive that's very hard to avoid unless we want to assume that deliberately mismatched brackets in URLs are more common than bracket mismatches in URLs due to typos. Huon (talk) 15:15, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
ReferenceBot – Atefrat
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{{Page:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highway_60_(Israel)&diff=prev&oldid=622379045
Comment:Yes, I forgot to put in "url=" in one of the refs. Someone else subsequently fixed it:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Highway_60_(Israel)&diff=next&oldid=622379045
Thanks, bot!
@Efrat (talk) 16:43, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Huon (talk) 18:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
BracketBot – 99.200.102.78
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Comment/question: Comment: Quite often, it ruins the effect of a smiley face to close one's brackets. 99.200.102.78 (talk) 00:11, 25 August 2014 (UTC) Pssst, those aren't brackets, they are parentheses. Brackets have l shaped tops and bottoms or scallops in the middle. So, is bracketbot a misnomer? I mean if we're into nonhuman semantics here, should we change your personal nomenclature? 99.200.102.78 (talk) 00:16, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
- The occasions for smileys in Wikipedia articles (except smiley) are extremely rare, and this isn't one of them. I have removed the entire unsourced section. As an aside, while technically the bot could be named "Bracket-, Brace- and ParenthesisBot", that would be an unnecessarily unwieldy name. To quote our bracket article, which covers all three types: "Used unqualified, brackets refer to different types of brackets in different parts of the world and in different contexts." Huon (talk) 18:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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I have removed a picture that was put in by an unknown person. I would like to add a new picture but I am unclear on how to do this. Can you please give me some directions.
Rebeccaanderson1 (talk) 02:20, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
- I'll reply on your talk page. Huon (talk) 18:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for catching the missing bracket. I fixed it on the Eastern Federal Union Insurance Company page. Comment/question:
Morahim (talk) 03:50, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Morahim: You're welcome, thank you for fixing it. However, you should take a look at the references. Two different works by Karnowski are listed in the references, and I can't tell which footnotes are supposed to refer to which of them. The usual solution is to give the dates as "2001a" and "2001b"; the {{sfn}} template can then be given a parameter for the year, like this:
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. The references will also need to be slightly modified to take full advantage of {{sfn}}; I'll take care of that. Huon (talk) 18:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: A.o.A Thank You for Showig me my mistake I will edit it, My question is this brother How can I Create new articles directly? I want to publish this article
Waqar Ali Mumtaz Mohammad (talk) 04:49, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
- You're welcome; the bracket issue has already been resolved by others. I'd strongly suggest you use the WP:Articles for creation process. If that sandbox were turned into a live article in its current state, it would immediately be tagged for deletion because it cites no reliable sources. For now I'll add a sandbox template that has instructions on how to submit the page for a review by an experienced editors - but again, without references it will not be accepted. Huon (talk) 18:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: The asymmetric brackets, (a, b], in one of the examples is intentional, and necessary for the resulting family of sets to be a ring.
Daren Cline (talk) 14:36, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
- That's indeed a false positive, but one BracketBot can't really avoid. It's supposed to ignore brackets within the <math> environment, but it appears that doesn't work either right now. Huon (talk) 18:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: I don't understand about the brackets.. where do I learn wikipedia style for references?
Bertrambic (talk) 21:02, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Bertrambic: See WP:Referencing for beginners; that page explains how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes without bothering with the code. That said, Wikipedia content should be based on sources that are independent of the subject - the daughter's writings, even if published in a newspaper, do not meet that criterion. Huon (talk) 22:44, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
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Rebeccaanderson1 (talk) 02:10, 26 August 2014 (UTC) Hi thanks for getting back to me. Please do not put the old picture back up. Nelson Woss hates the picture and does not want it used.
- Not a BracketBot-related issue. I have replied at your talk page. Huon (talk) 23:07, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
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The Whole Truth Now (talk) 10:30, 26 August 2014 (UTC)Someone keeps deleting the biliography of thi well known author. As well as his acting in majpot films. But that is the point of the piece easeas he is famous as being an actor/author. Can you help please?
- No. This should be discussed at Talk:Geoffrey Giuliano. Also, Wikipedia content should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject. If the only source for his bibliography is Amazon, he probably isn't all that well-known. In general, sources discussing his books in some detail would be preferred to sources merely listing them. The same goes for his film roles. Huon (talk) 23:07, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
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- @Charles Matthews: So it's okay to break them and make the subsequent entry disappear? I rather doubt that's helpful. Fixed now. Huon (talk) 22:41, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
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Lacour ferdinand octave (talk) 15:55, 27 August 2014 (UTC) I do not know how to make, Thank you in advance!
Repair if you can, thank you.
- Unfortunately I had to revert a large part of your edits. You did not provide any reliable sources, the plot summary was rather unclear, and the "Around the movie" section was unduly promotional. I've also fixed the issue BracketBot notified you about in the process. Huon (talk) 22:41, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
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- Indeed. When you update content, please also update the references so our readers can verify that your changes are correct. Huon (talk) 22:41, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: The BracketBot message is being triggered by my restoring the missing brackets needed by a columns-list template in the section Writers/commentators. I have no idea what the problem is, but the list is long and expanding, and the three-column format works. FriendlyFred (talk) 03:31, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
- There were two bracket issues on that page that "canceled out" each other in BracketBot's view. When you fixed one, the bot noticed the other and wrongly thought your edit had caused it. (In fact the issue you fixed was the result of a botched attempt to repair the other, if I read the page history correctly.) I have now fixed the other issue as well. Huon (talk) 18:08, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
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- Thanks. The WP:Cheatsheet may be of interest. Huon (talk) 18:08, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
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2BondedForLIfe (talk) 19:19, 28 August 2014 (UTC) Did we fix the brackets OK?
- @2BondedForLIfe: You did. However, the article needs massive amounts of cleanup work. Wikipedia content should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Very few of the current sources satisfy that standard, and I suspect quite a bit of the content isn't based on those references at all. I have started by removing the most obviously promotional and off-topic parts, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Huon (talk) 00:00, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
Dear Huon: Many thanks for your comments. This my first article for Wikipedia and it is quite a challenge learning all of the very well written and logical regulations. PLease bear with me. Much of the content is in fact derived from those links that were used as reference. You may access them to see how they were judged to be appropriate. I am still learning. Not quite certain how to properly cite references in all of the detail that might be required. Would appreciate any SIMPLE suggestions to guide me. Again, thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2BondedForLIfe (talk • contribs) 02:02, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
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Wikirictor (talk) 23:11, 28 August 2014 (UTC) Thanks a lot mate...time for me to go sleepWikirictor (talk) 23:11, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
- I've fixed those brackets. Huon (talk) 00:18, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
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211.28.44.84 (talk) 11:56, 29 August 2014 (UTC) hi Mardaani budget is 14 c and box office collection till today is 23 c
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/rani-mukerji-hits-back-with-mardaani-box-office/
- That source doesn't mention the budget. Huon (talk) 00:20, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: Hello BracketBot: Thank you so much for your kind explanations! We have felt extremely compelled and so clearly motivated by them! However there's no war over Domiziano Arcangeli;s page we feel rather it is a troll, often deleting material! All main citations were taken by a mainstream article who had 1 million point two views and published by The Advocate. If you were to read you'd certainly find already a good half of the information contained in there! We don't feel there's any promotion, any embellishments, or anything preached or sugar coated material furnished! Mr. Arcangeli, Horror aside, has made some very important European films, and in fact, he has long pages in most World Wikipedia's, starting with Italy of course, but, some written in even other alphabets! We feel the American version is the only one truly not giving appropriate space to this actor, film producer and director! We have mentioned only a few basic pictures the actors had worked on in order to create an appropriate story and bio as he has in major International publications who were almost all cited but all disregarded! We were almost tempted to bring you citations from European or Middle Eastern Wikipedia's, but we gave up! We are truly sad however that such great cult actor with serious credits that have a spawn over 3 decades gets a 2 lines bio without even a picture, when he's been published all over the World since he was 12. Furthermore we noticed how much more space much minor actors, but even porn actors have in the US Wikipedia, also with a large use of of very (and sometime truly way too) kind definitions, making Arcangeli look like a nobody, by comparison! Now, again, we appreciate so much all of your support, and, we would like to let you know in extremely good faith that we would never post something untrue or would have a litigation with anyone at all! But, the facts remain evident, and, despite we again this time felt furnishing links from some of the most important International articles available at this time on the web, maybe because written in different languages - we were wondering - have been disregarded? In any case, also to immediately respond to the lack of the name of Domiziano Arcangeli in a film we had add, we are sending for your consideration, and, at your extremely kind attention, a few other links where it is clear that mr. Arcangeli is the male lead of the movie "Wrath of the Crows", and has received top billing (but again and not wanting to appear ungrateful or disrespectful of your time, we would like to point out that beside that particular link, of which we apologize, and are supplying immediately others, all the other links we had sent were truly testifying almost every word, if not actually taking away, from what we had written so truthfully and in good faith about this very unique cult actor, who's truly not treated appropriately by the US Wikipedia, and only by this one! Again, all other links were absolutely validating, if not even saying even more greater things, and, that almost every word, we had used in our little, but necessary bio was cited in such legit links. I wouldn't furthermore call Mr Arcangeli just an actor in Horror films, also, since he has worked with masters, among others, such as Fellini, Jacques Deray, Claude Chabrol, Eloy de La Yglesias, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Mauro Bolognini, Frankenheimer, Jess Franco, Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Brusati (Academy Award for "To Forget Venice" in 1980, Liliana Cavani (who has directed among others huge films such as "The Night Porter" in 1974), Tinto Brass ("Caligula" "Dropout'), Lucio Fulci, Zalman King, Sasha Baron Cohen, and, acted opposite many great stars, aside, of course, from the clearly extremely very substantial amount of Horror or Genre films, he had acted in and produced). Here, are a few links again regarding the movie you had mentioned, "Wrath of the Crows" showing clearly why we feel you may add to the very main cast, mr. Arcangeli: http://www.fangoria.com/new/excl-comments-world-premiere-info-wrath-of-the-crows/ , http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3227674/check-out-this-batsht-crazy-trailer-for-wrath-of-the-crows/ , http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wrath_of_the_crows/ , http://www.moviefone.com/movie/wrath-of-the-crows/10139195/main We would so much appreciate your further participation in the future, if possible,in helping us creating a more comprehensive page for this great, again not only cult actor,but, ex fashion model, and, today also busy independent films producer and first time feature film director! Thank you so very much for your time and attention to our specific!
Alessio-Rossini (talk) 14:27, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
- @Alessio-Rossini: First of all, who is "we"? Wikipedia does not allow shared use of accounts. If there's several people who want to edit, each of them should create an account of their own.
- Secondly, I just checked several of your references , and all of them were problematic. Some they were not reliable, such as, say, a forum post by someone called "Thor76". We have a higher standard of verifiability than "a random person said so on the internet". Many others are mere cast listings that, while arguably showing that Arcangeli acted in this movie or that, write not even a single sentence about him and provide no useful information. The reprint of the Canberra Times article on Eileen Ford's death didn't even mention Arcangeli at all; it certainly did not back up the claim that he became a fashion model "in demand". Those are not the kinds of sources the biography of a living person should be based on. Thirdly, the tone of the article was unduly promotional; for that reason alone reverting your edit would have been justified. Finally, WP:TLDR may be of interest to you. Huon (talk) 00:20, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
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The book was broken up into two parts (book 1 and book 2). I felt it best if BOTH parts were linked to separately. 208.120.47.79 (talk) 02:27, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
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- I've removed the extra swuare bracket that had become mismatched in the process.
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Wykked1 (talk) 07:37, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
- The missing bracket was added by Courseiam. Huon (talk) 01:06, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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Please let me know your opinion in dealing with two issn numbers. It happens often and thus may need to handle them more intelligently.
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- @Hanteng: The {{cite journal}} template is not equipped to handle two ISSN numbers. There's no need to use two since one will suffice to uniquely identify a journal. Huon (talk) 01:06, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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58.97.142.43 (talk) 17:26, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
Sir/Madam,
I had visited the page about MAC OS X and suddenly a 'BracketBot' msg came to me saying that I had edited a page which I didn't even viewed. As a HTML writer, I know that sometimes brackets misplaced can cause a great disaster and as such, even though I didn't did that, I will fix the bracket myself.
Regards, D. Das diptodas202+html@gmail.com
- Maybe it wasn't you, but certainly someone from your IP address edited that article. If you want to avoid getting messages that are meant for somoene else, you may want to check out WP:Why create an account?. Huon (talk) 01:06, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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Emmarah557 (talk) 04:54, 2 September 2014 (UTC)bhar m jao..:/ huhhhh
- Your edit not only broke the syntax but added unsourced content. It has been reverted. Huon (talk) 21:27, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: i want to leave that line alone. i did not mean to edit her pain. i thought it was my own... never mind. it's not important. i'm learning.
Scheming despina (talk) 05:55, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- I have no idea what you're talking about, but the bracket issue seems fixed. Huon (talk) 21:27, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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Bschandrasgr (talk) 16:34, 2 September 2014 (UTC) Sir I inadvertently posted the political positions as I thought it was left out. I am working for Kannada Wikipedia and contributed more than 500 pages . I only take/borrow Photos and Matters from English wiki. But I am a new comer for Wiki-world and even for Computer work. I am aged (80+) and it may not be possible for me to work for English Wikipedia. If I am wrong please fix it . Thank you;Yours, Bschandrasgr (talk) 16:28, 2 September 2014 (UTC) B.s.chandrashekhara ಬಿ.ಎಸ್ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ2-9-2014 1Sagar
- We have more specialized articles, such as that on the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009, that should hold such information. The overview article on all of Andhra Pradesh should probably not be burdened with this level of detail, or it would become excessively long. Huon (talk) 21:27, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: Rejection of valid major journal titla (Nature) and doi number for same as 'text ignored' although format exactly copied from other references.
Persephone19 (talk) 16:59, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Persephone19: Firstly, the citation template parameter requires an equality sign, not a colon: "doi=...". Secondly. the DOI itself was incorrect, as was the title. Fixed. Huon (talk) 21:27, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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Ilmarinens (talk) 20:51, 2 September 2014 (UTC) It's OK! My English it's not very good. I make mistaks same times.
- There was no indication that the "Kingdom of Callaway" was indeed a micronation. I have removed that entry. Huon (talk) 21:27, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: I got the message, and I just want to say that the reason I edited it was that there was something not showing the RT rating on the page, so as I put the rating in on my edit, it got rid of most of the section so I removed it to make sure the whole section was still there. Hopefully the rating isn't edited out again like it was. -
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- I'm not quite sure what the problem with the template was, but when you removed the template, you missed the pair of closing curly brackets at the end. Fixed by Sfan00 IMG. Huon (talk) 21:34, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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Nmwalsh (talk) 12:09, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I've just corrected the Dunmore East page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmore_East. I hope its okay now. Nmwalsh (talk) 12:09, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
- It is, thank you for fixing that. Huon (talk) 21:34, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: I'm editing the above mentioned page but I'm not able to add images. Additionally I'm not able to make the bullet points (each line separately) for Awards & Honors. Please help me Shende.tejas7 (talk) 08:17, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
- I'll reply at your talk page. Huon (talk) 20:20, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
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172.4.53.191 (talk) 20:56, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for fixing it. Huon (talk) 21:34, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
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Can you sent me image of copy link fix sally field all I did was updated she had 4 grand children but would not think page needed it— Preceding unsigned comment added by Elvisfan86 (talk • contribs) 07:11, August 13, 2014 (UTC)
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Jennerbrian (talk) 23:40, 7 September 2014 (UTC) Hi BracketBot, I must say, editing seemed to be a bit too easy. But that being said, what more can I offer as a reference, beyond the fact that I am the victim of the highjacking that I was adding to the list. I do have news paper clippings, but since it was 1981 the articles are not available on the internet.
Also, if there is an acceptable reference, where do I fond the original text of editing I was trying to make?
Brian Jenner
- @Jennerbrian: Print sources are entirely acceptable; you should provide enough bibliographical details to allow our readers can look up the newspaper in a library archive. See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily cite newspaper articles. Your personal reminiscences, however, are not an appropriate source - surely you'll agree that an encyclopedia should have higher standards than "some perrson on the internet said so". Please also keep in mind that the article is about helicopter prison escapes - that should be the focus of the entry, not your personal exploits. The text you added is still available in the page history; see the version as of your last edit. Huon (talk) 23:03, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
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Tmasonmi5 (talk) 02:37, 8 September 2014 (UTC) I am lost at what we have done wrong We are so sorry if we did not follow the rules but none of us at Mi5 Recordings quite understand the complex nature of posting on Wikipedia. You can email us at tmasonmi5@aol.com or call as in New York City 917 544 5425. We are very concerned if we have done anything wrong and would certainly like to rectify this problem. Thank Ted Mason and everyone at Mi5 Recordings (Dave Carlson, Scott Brockway, Tafari Brown, India Thompson, Jennifer Brunetti, Monty Mason, Frank Coleman, Mike Esterson, Solana Payne).
- @Tmasonmi5: You should take a look at our guideline on conflicts of interest. Writing about yourself is strongly discouraged because it's very difficult to maintain a neutral point of view when doing so. Of the sources you added, the The Record article looks like a reliable, independent source. YouTube, Reverbnation, iTunes and the rest, not so much - those are not subject to editorial oversight; some are written by yourself or by people acting on your behalf; others have a commercial agenda (ie they're out to sell your work). Claims of grandeur should not be backed up merely on your self-representation, but by third-party coverage. I'll remove the content you added since it was not backed up by any such sources and read like an advertisement for your latest release.
- On an unrelated note, I'm also concerned by your use of "we" - Wikipedia accounts may not be shared by multiple people. If several persons at Mi5 Recordings want to edit Wikipedia, each of them should create an account of their own. Huon (talk) 23:03, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
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- Your edit has been reverted (and the bracket problem thus fixed) by 5 albert square. Huon (talk) 23:03, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
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AK63 (talk) 07:07, 8 September 2014 (UTC) Thank you for your punctuation comment with res[ect to parenthesis (one bracket missing its pair...). As you can see, I've fixed the problem :)
- Thanks for fixing it. But is that meaning really also given in the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, the cited source? Huon (talk) 23:03, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: I'm not sure what problems the bot is notifying me about. I don't see anything wrong with the page.
CodeCat (talk) 20:34, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
- BracketBot keeps an eye on mismatched "less than" and "greater than" signs because they're used in HTML tags and Wikipedia's pseudo-HTML, where a mismatch can cause severe problems (for example, a broken </ref> tag can make half an article disappear from view). On the Proto-Greek language article, those signs are used in a linguistic context, but BracketBot isn's smart enough to realize the context - it thinks they're mismatched and notifies users of the potential issue. So this is a false positive that can be ignored. There are also some truly mismatched parentheses, but those are part of a quote, and the quoted book apparently already contains those errors. Huon (talk) 23:03, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
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I got this: "Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Shturmovshchina may have broken the syntax by modifying 3 "()"s." I do not know what it means.
Vlad Patryshev (talk) 14:05, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
- It means you added three opening parentheses without correspondig closing parentheses. That has by now been fixed, with commas used instead of the parentheses. Huon (talk) 17:59, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
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what is the command for right the edit section in word press?
- I have no idea what you mean, but if you're looking for help on WordPress, you should check out their documentation. Huon (talk) 20:02, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
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Myrecords (talk) 16:52, 10 September 2014 (UTC) I was advised to edit the article "Autumn Breeze" accordingly by JMHamo concerning the discussion that has occurred. I apologize if the Wikipedia syntax was corrupted in any way.
- @Myrecords: You should not remove tags for active deletion discussions. If you want to, you can join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Autumn Breeze where a consensus on whether or not to delete the page will be established. Your edit to the deletion template on the article has been reverted. Huon (talk) 20:02, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
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- Despite your claim I see no indication that Kovacs is notable. I have removed him (and quite a few other non-notable entries) from that list. Regarding the references, see WP:Referencing for beginners. Huon (talk) 18:25, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
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- You're welcome. Huon (talk) 00:12, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
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2601:8:9100:318:1DD3:F6A4:5A62:FEF7 (talk) 23:58, 11 September 2014 (UTC) I didn't understand how to update the page, because it was all code, so i copied and changed the information to include Xolie Morra Cogley in the list of famous people with Autism. I sited the website www.thestrangekind.com and a video for Celebrities that give in which Xolie talks openly about being diagnosed with Autism. Xolie has also spoken on multiple youtube videos about having Asperger's. If I did it wrong, can you please correct it so that the information is listed, as I am not a skilled Wikipedia updater.
- Cogley may well have autism, but we don't have an article about her, and she does not seem to meet our notability criteria. Huon (talk) 00:12, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
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Dyiypii (talk) 03:03, 12 September 2014 (UTC) Thank you!
- That was a massive copyright violation. I reverted it. Huon (talk) 22:26, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
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85.233.202.40 (talk) 19:33, 12 September 2014 (UTC) Thanks for the corrections. ;-)
- The bot doesn't make corrections, it only notifies editors. I've made some fixes now. Huon (talk) 22:26, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: The picture of General Campbell is not up to date. I made a mistake trying to update his updated picture depicting him as the ISAF Commanding General. Could you assist me with it please. Csh745 (talk) 23:21, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
- I don't think we have a current photo of Campbell. Until one becomes available, we're better off with a photo that shows Campbell in 2013 than without any photo; thus your removal of the old image was reverted. Some photos that might be usable are here, but none of them shows Campbell quite as well as the 2013 image. Huon (talk) 00:14, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
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Finnbarre (talk) 01:58, 13 September 2014 (UTC) Im sorry about that it must have ben a mistake
- Don't worry, it's fixed already by DocYako. Huon (talk) 11:42, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
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Abbas Harfouche (talk) 18:11, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Abbas Harfouche: Your draft has never been submitted for a review. I have added a draft template that has a "Submit your draft when you are ready" button. However, your draft currently is not ready to be put into the mainspace. You have a single reference, and it contradicts the draft's content. Huon (talk) 21:56, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
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180.149.12.211 (talk) 08:10, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
- Your IP's contributions show edits to that article a week ago. So it's not a mistake on the bot's part. Huon (talk) 21:43, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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Billumian47 (talk) 09:46, 14 September 2014 (UTC) I have followed the instructions and corrected the place of birth given for Krishan Chander. I have done it after talking personally to his nephew Pawan Chopra. On October 3, 2014 we are celebrating Krishan Chander's 100th anniversary at Nehru Centre, London. You can safely rely on the accuracy of the correction done.
- Unfortunately we cannot. Wikipedia requires reliable published sources. There's no way our readers can verify what his nephew told you. This requirement becomes doubly important when there might be nationalist interests at work and when there are multiple competing claims. Luckily, such a reliable published source that's above suspicions of pro-Indian nationalism exists; I'll add it to the article. Huon (talk) 21:43, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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I am unsure how to resolve this. Please could you help? ImranAmiKhan (talk) 20:43, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
- Fixed. However, I'd say the current article's ratio of "short" plot summaries to content discussing real-world relevance is excessive, and some shortening of those summaries is in order. Huon (talk) 21:43, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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- Thanks for fixing that. If there are two bracket issues in an article that appear to "cancel out" each other, and you fix one, the bot notices that after your edit the brackets are mismatched and notifies you as if you had caused the remaining issue. Huon (talk) 21:43, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: Don't understand any of the protocols. Don't understand the error BracketBot pointed out. Don't understand how to link text to other wikipedia pages. What does "label" mean? Mslaurie (talk) 01:27, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Mslaurie: BracketBot, as the name implies, points out mismatched brackets; in this case the issue has already been fixed by Rothorpe. Regarding links, Help:Links may be of interest. I don't know the context in which you encountered the word "label", but usually it's a description of some kind - it doesn't have a Wikipedia-specific meaning. Huon (talk) 00:25, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
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116.73.100.58 (talk) 10:28, 15 September 2014 (UTC) Hi .. I just wan to know that how I can put my picture on my wiki account??
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Prakash pandey07 (talk) 07:06, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
- That page has been speedily deleted multiple times. The most recent version was blatant spam and cited no reliable sources. If that was your third attempt to write an article on that subject, you should better stop trying until you have a better understanding of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, particularly on notability, verifiability and a neutral point of view. If you simply re-create the article again, it seems likely that the page will be deleted again and protected against creation, or you may even be blocked from editing. Huon (talk) 23:03, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
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False report; no brackets or wikilinks broken. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:04, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
- The bot is correct; the link
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Miramaribelle (talk) 17:23, 19 September 2014 (UTC)I'm working on the article for Gloria Stuart. I've tried to place a link to a trailer on TCM (actually, I have three of them) but I can't seem to do it. I put it in the link box with the address above and what I want it to read below, but it won't work. And then where do I place the "Accessed XX XXXX" on an internet link--do I place it as a ref after the link has been set? Warmest thanks! This is quite an adventure. Oh, and I'm still not sure where I my posts--is it in the box that says why I'm making the edit? I find that it's best to SAVE after every few paragraphs...I've lost some work because I neglected to save. Thanks again, BracketBot! Sylvia
- @Miramaribelle: You may want to check out WP:Referencing for beginners; the video at that page explains how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes. There's also a somewhat trickier template, {{sfn}}, that's useful when multiple pages of the same book are cited throughout the same article; I've added that for Stuart's autobiography. On an entirely unrelated note, you may want to check out our guideline on conflicts of interest. I take it you are Sylvia Vaughn Thompson, Gloria Stuart's daughter; you should be careful that your edits are supported by reliable published sources instead of personal reminiscences and don't unduly promote your mother's memory. Huon (talk) 14:21, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
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Tech editor007 (talk) 19:19, 19 September 2014 (UTC) I have fixed most of the bracket errors on Datamatics Global Services except for one with text - CIGNEX Datamatics. It's a related new entry on a subsidiary of Datamatics Global Services.--Tech editor007 (talk) 19:19, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for fixing that. Sourcing for both articles is weak, though; for example, the entire "overview" section on Datamatics is unreferenced and seems rather spammy. Huon (talk) 14:21, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
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- You're welcome; thanks for improving the book entries. I've fixed the bracket issue; you had a mismatched opening square bracket. Huon (talk) 17:44, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
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Mathias karl estress (talk) 20:33, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Dear Sir, help me, I have worked harder and done everything in my power to edit the page of Marcelo Monte (racing driver) and then edit by other riders too, please watch this last edition and please fix my faults of markings, teach me too how to edit pictures, I've been trying but the Sir Ubiquity want to delete my page, grateful
- @Mathias karl estress: Wikipedia content must be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article, such as newspapers, sports magazines or books on racing history that discuss Monte in some detail. Your article currently cites no such sources; that's why it's tagged for deletion. See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes for references. You may also want to check out the tutorial for a more general introduction to Wikipedia, or the cheatsheet for a short overview of the most common wikicode. Huon (talk) 23:49, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
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{{Hello, the bot notified me here. It complained about four bracket matching problems, but only the fourth was valid. The others were normal uses of the "<" symbol in math text. Cheers, AxelBoldt (talk) 00:10, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
- The bot isn't that good at determining what causes a bracket mismatch, ie what brackets don't belong. Therefore, when it thinks an edit was problematic, it will list all mismatched brackets and leave it to a human to figure out which of them are problematic and which aren't. Huon (talk) 01:43, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: Gosh, I just found this again--the way to reach you! Yesterday I hit the pink heart and left you a thank you, but I've no idea if it got to you. Thank you so very much, BracketBot, for your excellent guidance. I see you didn't work on my article yesterday--or at least, I don't think you did. But I'm most grateful for the editing you did--now I do think I've got the gist of it, what sorts of things to omit--and for your comments about my being Stuart's (not "Gloria's"!) daughter. It's a big big help. Also I hope I understand better about what goes into the footnotes. What I really would appreciate--although I'm hoping to finish today (it's noon in California as I write this)--is where the shortcut is for {{sfn|||page=}} . I looked in "Named references" but the only pertinent reference in a weird list is "Hello." The autobiography isn't listed. And I've tried to search all over the place for the way to it. One last thing: am I right in noting that Wiki's style is not to have the comma after "and" in a list? I understand about it in "cats, rats, and mice..." being "cats, rats and mice." But what about when the "and" connects phrases, such as "Stuart went out to play hopscotch, then she stood on her head, then she did a little jig, AND now she's in the shower singing a song." ??? Warmest best. And my husband asks me to ask where you are--and are you employed by Wiki to do this fine work or simply a generous good-hearted soul? Btw, I have contributed cash money to Wiki for several years...I so believe in and applaud it. Hugs! Miramaribelle (talk) 19:07, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: Found and deleted the two errant brackets. Thanks!!! Boy, you're fast! Now would you be able to tell me where the shortcut is for this: {{sfn|Stuart|1999|page=}} I have a few pages to go and it would be very helpful. I keep having to copy and paste it. Also: Stuart's death certificate says what I wrote at the top of her article. I see it's in red, which I imagine means Wiki thinks it's suspect. How do I cite the death certificate? I worked on Arthur Sheekman's article today. It was appalling--outrageous. Someone had him graduating from U Minn. when he only took one class and had to quit. But for cause of death I put in what his certificate says--it was not Alzheimer's, as has been said all over the place. How do I verify this for Wiki? I am SO GRATEFUL for your help, Mr. Brit...keep those cards and letters coming! SVT Miramaribelle (talk) 00:06, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: Hi, BracketBot. I'm finished (with Gloria Stuart). I do have to check out the external links and stuff at the bottom, but I've entered all that I prepared for the article. I also want to add more photographs--and I have a good one for Arthur Sheekman. This has taken me one month. But what a ride! I hope I can hear some critiques from your end. thanks again, so much. WHO ARE YOU? :) SVT Miramaribelle (talk) 07:52, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
- I'll reply on your talk page. Huon (talk) 19:10, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: Thanks for your comments regarding unpaired brackets on this page caused by my most recent edit. My apologies for these 2 unpaired brackets - I shall fix. Apologies also for the delay - I've only just checked my Wikipedia messages for the first time since setting up my account. Although I use Wikipedia a fair bit, the Complete Mozart Philips Edition entry is the ONLY addition or modification I have ever made and I didn't expect any correspondence on it. I hope you found the addition of all the artists for the various boxes to be useful to your needs.
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Comment/question: Hello Again. I have found the offending unpaired brackets and corrected them on the Wikipedia page.
Thanks again for this and for your incredible eye for detail!
John O'Grady, Melbourne, Australia, Jogmel (talk) 13:36, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
- You're welcome, thank you for fixing it! Huon (talk) 19:10, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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Murrayaronson (talk) 01:30, 23 September 2014 (UTC)I just want to make sure that I want to add to Centenarians (actors, filmmakers, and entertainers) the German-born stage director MARTIN MAGNER who died at 101 in around 2001-2. MARTIN MAGNER directed plays by George Bernard Shaw and Gerhart Hauptmann in pre-Nazi Germany, was dramaturg of the German Opera House, Prague in the late 30's until the Nazi takeover. In the USA Magner directed early television, including such series as The Goldbergs. Magner directed theater plays in Los Angeles throughout the 70's and into the 90's. His last play was Friedrich Duerrenmatt's PLAY STRINDBERG starring Salome Jens. Magner was probably the oldest practicing stage director at that time.
- As Yngvadottir explained on your talk page, you should use the Article Wizard to write a draft on Magner. Find several reliable sources that discuss him in some detail, and summarize in your own words what those sources say about him. Once the draft has been accepted as a new article, we can add a link to the centenarians list. Huon (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
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69.230.176.246 (talk) 05:37, 23 September 2014 (UTC) Please just enter Martin Magner on the Centenarians.
- See above. Huon (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hello
Thanks for helping hand, Actually I want to add reference link, but the same link is already exist in ref list. So please tell me how to use same link for another paragraph.
- @Blackstallion55: See WP:Referencing for beginners#Same reference used more than once. Huon (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
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Lakelady2282 (talk) 11:57, 23 September 2014 (UTC) Thank you so much. I was wondering where I lost the bracket. Will put back now.
- You're welcome, thank you for fixing it. Huon (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
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We have made required changes to Samata Angel page but still have banner citing lack of neutrality - how can this be amended?
Thanks! 7login7 (talk) 12:00, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
- @7logi7: Who is "we"? The article seems rather promotional throughout; several of the references I checked didn't come close to supporting the statement they were cited for. There's also an attempt aat fame-by-association, with clearly notable organizations or people listed even if those people don't have any connection to Samata Angel. Huon (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
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Heidivolpe (talk) 21:31, 23 September 2014 (UTC) Hi I am trying to edit the erik voake page. I see he needs citations. I have links where the films that were mentioned are commented on, will that suffice?
- As I explained on IRC, that will not suffice. We need reliable sources that are independent of Erik Voake and that discuss him in some detail. Huon (talk) 01:18, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hi I am wondering where I broke the syntax... Can't I add refs in parenthesis?
CarlosGean (talk) 05:47, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
- Firstly, references are supposed to come after punctuation, not before. Secondly, you had a surplus "H)." that didn't belong. I've fixed it. Huon (talk) 22:05, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing. My bad, I left an 'H' on the text. I guess I was sleepy. CarlosGean (talk) 23:14, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
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Bot appears to be complaining about an unclosed left parenthesis, in open text, nowhere near my edit. Far from creating a syntax problem, my edit corrected one. Bot is very confused. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 06:57, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
- When a page has two bracket errors that "cancel out" each other and you fix one, the bot will notice that afterwards there is a mismatched bracket, and it will (incorrectly) believe your edit caused the remaining issue, notifying you of it. That's not something that could easily be resolved. Huon (talk) 22:05, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
- Ok, but what is the remaining issue? The bot's message on my talk page highlights an unclosed left paren in open text (outside of any markup). Does the bot see an unclosed left paren in open text as a "bracket error"? ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 01:32, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Huon: Pinging to get your attention in this "Resolved" section. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 01:35, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
- Yes. The bot checks for mismatched brackets, braces, parentheses and so on. Mismatched parentheses may not break the syntax, but they're very likely to be an error that should be fixed. Done now. Huon (talk) 01:53, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
- @Huon: Pinging to get your attention in this "Resolved" section. ‑‑Mandruss (talk) 01:35, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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- There was an error because you didn't begin the URL with "http://". It was fixed by another bot. Huon (talk) 22:05, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
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- You already resolved it with this edit. Huon (talk) 22:05, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
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- The offer of help was meant for BracketBot-related issues, which this isn't. I'll reply on your talk page. Huon (talk) 22:05, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
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Provt (talk) 20:49, 25 September 2014 (UTC) Hi you have juts told me I have violated the bracket rules on Phil Pringle's page - can you tell me exactly what i have done ? Sorry for not understanding, thank you. Provt.
- There were some opening parentheses that did not have corresponding closing parentheses. However, what you wrote seemed pretty promotional and did not cite any reliable third-party sources. Such sources are required to provide neutral coverage, not just an author's self-assessment. Thus I have reverted your changes. If newspapers or literary journals have reviewed Pringle's books, those reviews may serve as sources for encyclopedic coverage. Huon (talk) 22:05, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
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Edprevost (talk) 00:29, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
- OK, but I don't think this false positive could easily be avoided. Huon (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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Mansoureh Sharifzadeh (talk) 02:01, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
- You have not provided enough information to allow others to pinpoint the issue. ReferenceBot doesn't seem to have ever notified you, so this probably is not a ReferenceBot issue. Huon (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Bracketbot, Im Walterlan Papetti, sorry about the mistake on Jourdans Dunn page . Im still trying to get my head around this system .. not easy .. Im good with photography not programming LOL . I will try to post the picture again . Thanks Walter .
- You may want to check out the picture tutorial. Huon (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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4ever historygirl (talk) 16:39, 26 September 2014 (UTC) i dont understan what happende i was just trying to help
- You added a vast amount of what appears to be largely unrelated content copy-pasted from elsewhere without reliable sources to back it up. I have reverted your edit. When you add content to Wikipedia, please make sure that firstly, the content is relevant to the article you add it to, and secondly, your changes are supported by reliable published sources. Huon (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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Comment/question: You reported that I eliminated a bracket. That is true, but it was an extraneous, unneeded bracket that I had typed by mistake in an earlier edit. The line in question is this: discogs.com image. Retrieved 26 September 2014.</ref> I had typed a bracket after 2014, and it did not belong. So I deleted it on my next edit. There is now just a pair of brackets, as there should be, enclosing the external link to discogs.com. I hope this clarifies the situation.
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- The bot notified you about the edit where you added that bracket, not when you removed it, so this is all fixed. Thanks. See Help:Diff on what a "diff" is in Wikipedia parlance. Huon (talk) 01:07, 27 September 2014 (UTC)