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Sorry![edit]

Hey there, I need to apologize: When I reverted you on the Apple Inc. article, I accidentally linked to Computing WikiProject (WP:COMPUTING), but I actually wanted to link the gudeline that is located at MOS:COMPUTING (I mix up WP and MOS all the time, ugh!). Specifically, the corresponding section of that gudeline that includes the www. omittance is located at MOS:WEBADDR. Hope this clears things up. Cheers! Lordtobi (✉) 16:12, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Does that really need an apology? Accidental links to unrelated articles happen every day here. Plus I learned from you that I violated an article guideline the second I saw that someone reverted my edit. That rarely happens. Anyways I'm the one who should be sorry for making the bigger mistake here, not you. GN-z11 ^☎^★ 20:04, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Re 2019–20 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories being an orphan page[edit]

Hi, thanks for your review of 2019–20 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories. The reason this is currently an orphan is that CASSIOPEIA (talk · contribs) has moved the linking page 2019–20 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds to Draft due to lack of secondary sources. I think it's only fair to mention this, as it probably means you want to move 2019–20 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories to draft as well, for the same reason. Cheers Gricehead (talk) 10:31, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GN-z11, Just to note the page was moved to draft as only one source provided is considered independent reliable source and the other two are primary which could not contribute to notability requirement for it is WP:TOOSOON. - see conversation here for your reference. Thank you. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 10:37, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Gricehead: and @CASSIOPEIA: I tagged the article as orphan and uncategorized using AWB, which usually doesn't show me any info about article's origin/linking page. However, since the linking page has been draftified by CASSIOPEIA, the 2019–20 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds, Overseas departments and territories article should be draftified as well, as Gricehead mentioned. GN-z11 ^☎ ^★ 10:48, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

About [edit]

Hi, thanks for cleaning up several articles that I created recently!
However, may I try to convince you to stop adding the " " between numbers and units of measure?
The only advantage of that " " is to avoid a few occasional "bad" breaks. However, it has a number of disadvantages:
1. It is a markup for purely visual effect. Since its creation, one of the pillars of Wikipedia has been that contents is infinitely more important than form. Editors should be encouraged to make articles informative, rather than pretty. For example, that is why it decided for simple straight quotes (") instead of paired open-close quotes, and straight apostrophes (') instead of various curved and tilted ones. That is also why editors cannot change font styles and sizes. In that spirit, editors should not worry about occasional bad line breaks.
2. Editors who are not computer experts will not know what the " " means. And that includes many editors who are experts in other fields, whose input Wikipedia desperately needs.
3. The " " does not eliminate line breaks; it only shifts them elsewhere. In general, the result of line breaking becomes less satisfactory when the available break positions are reduced. Thus, eliminating a "bad" line break that way may make the text uglier.
4. Optimum line breaking is a task that must be performed by the reader's browser, not by Wikipedia's editors or servers. Ideally the browser should automatically increase the penalty for breaking between a digit and what looks like a unit of measurement. If a browser does not do that, that is a flaw of the browser -- not of Wikipedia and its editors.
5. The " " make the measurements in the wikisource much harder to read and edit.
All the best, --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 23:58, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your help desk question[edit]

Did you ever get a response to this question?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:11, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I see you did. Somehow I missed that the first time I looked at the archive.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:14, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your access to AWB may be temporarily removed[edit]

Hello GN-z11! This message is to inform you that due to editing inactivity, your access to AutoWikiBrowser may be temporarily removed. If you do not resume editing within the next week, your username will be removed from the CheckPage. This is purely for routine maintenance and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You may regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! — MusikBot II ^talk 17:16, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]