User talk:Cowboygilbert

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sortable table

Can you provide information on sortable table? Is there a reason you would not recommend it apart from having to presumably alter reference formatting? ThanksFourLights (talk) 09:30, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

@FourLights, It breaks up the citation and breaks the shortened footnotes that you use for inline citations. You put the important information in specific parts of the table, it doesn’t work with {{cite book}}: Empty citation (help) or {{cite journal}}: Empty citation (help) at all. I only see it used on sole bibliography pages. If you use it, it’ll be a mess for people who work on citation cleanup and citation fixes. Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 15:11, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

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Reardon Building and why I didn't revert

Hi @Cowboygilbert, the reason is that there has been a huge number of problems with the blocked editor's sources, which is the main reason why they are blocked. There has been a team of editors working with them to mentor them on proper sourcing; this has been going on for many years (check their user talk and its archives.) If we keep fixing things for them, rather than allowing the editor to learn how to properly source, the problem may never be resolved. There have also been issues with Edit Requests being fulfilled that simply duplicates the original source problems. Please understand that there is a long history here. Thanks and best, Netherzone (talk) 17:57, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

@Netherzone, It’s good to redirect the editor to a solution and show them instead of keeping them in the dark. I didn’t see any mention from you to ask the other editor look in the source and make sure that their citation page numbers are correct. I do see that there is a long history with the editor but there can be other teaching methods by showing and explaining the issue to them and not leaving them without help to the issue that keeps getting reverted. Thank you, Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 19:23, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your quick response; to shed some more light on the matter, I did not redirect the editor to a solution, because they are not in the dark. They have been told time and again by multiple editors (including myself) and administrators about these issues that have been going on for years. Sources have been misrepresented and many errors made that have caused a huge time sink for multiple editors. There is a team of us who have been teaching and mentoring them for years. If you like you can look deeper into their talk page archives, the blocks and ANIs, their individual article talk pages, COI/UPE, etc. Thanks for your concern though, and happy editing. Netherzone (talk) 20:56, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

@Netherzone; Ah, I see now. Thank you for bringing this up to speed for me. I could tell it was an issue but did not know it has been a long time of trying to redirect the editor and teach them. If you need any help from me to try to help the editor, you can reach out to me through my talk page. Thank you, Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 22:59, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fra Københavns Børs

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Fra Københavns Børs.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 13:49, 2 May 2024 (UTC)