User talk:Bruce1ee/Archive 16

regarding removal for link

hello , bruce1ee You had just removed my one of external links i had added to Joint Entrance Examination because you thought that it is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. can you please explain me what is inappropriate in it ? and why you removed that ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Examflame (talk • contribs) 09:49, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Your edits are promotional, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. Have a look at WP:LINKSPAM. —Bruce1ee 11:42, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

Regarding my edits to 1744 today, there's a German wiki article though: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Traugott_von_Gersdorff Mars Wawrzyn (talk) 13:38, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Referring to this edit: Yes, there is a German Wikipedia article for Adolph Traugott von Gersdorf, but the entry in March 20 needs to contain a link to an article on the English Wikipedia. —Bruce1ee 14:51, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

I Need Help

I'm trying to add more genres to the Hispanic music template, but I don't know how to get it right. I left the mistakes for anyone who did know how to get it right to fix, but instead of fixing the mistakes, you just reverted the template back to its previous appearance. Why? 47.36.25.163 (talk) 19:54, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

You broke the template. This is what it looked like after you had finished editing it. Your edits had to be reverted as the template is currently used in 144 articles. You should preview your edits before saving them, and if they haven't worked, don't save them. Rather ask for help at the Teahouse or the Help desk. —Bruce1ee 22:20, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

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Regarding Removal of the link

Hello! Just now you have removed my link on the page Tata Nexon by saying that it is inappropriate. Can you please tell me how it is inappropriate? I was just updating the sales figures which were not available there and it will only help users to get the latest sales figures. And if you will say that I am self-promoting then please tell me what I am self-promoting and why other external links are still present there? And now also tell me how can I edit sales figures without giving external links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CJ CARS INDIA (talk • contribs) 07:17, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Your edits are promotional, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. Have a look at WP:LINKSPAM. —Bruce1ee 07:25, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Unnecessary spaces

Hi, why did you add several {{sp}} in this edit? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 16:41, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

@Redrose64: Image captions ending in "px" generate false positive linter errors. The suggested work-around is to append {{sp}} to the caption. See Help:Lint errors/bogus-image-options, task T276675. —Bruce1ee 17:08, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

I've added an inline comment here to explain the reason for the {{sp}}'s – which I should have done in the first edit!. —Bruce1ee 21:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:16, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

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Please fix afghanistan ethinic groups list

Hello, dear bruce, some one has added a wrong and old map and (ethnics groups of Afghanistan) page, please fix it and changed it to Previous image. It's wrong and made by cia because of their political stratigies, to show uzbeks as mahority please do it if you can 5644Khorasani (talk) 05:32, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

My map was based on Al-Jazeera report, but the cia map seems to be have political Issues 5644Khorasani (talk) 07:22, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Which article are you referring to? —Bruce1ee 08:53, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Ethnics in afghanistan Page 5644Khorasani (talk) 10:03, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

I see. The only edit I did on Ethnic groups in Afghanistan was to repair a lint error here. I have no knowledge of the subject of this article, so I'm afraid I can't help you. Sorry. —Bruce1ee 10:13, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

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Happy First Edit Day!

@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you! Seventeen years – it feels like a lifetime. —Bruce1ee 06:56, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

@Axisroi Thanks for that. —Bruce1ee 16:54, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Can you help me please?

You deleted a more up-to-date photograph that I added and removed two sentences relating to users of Plaxton-bodied Royal Tigers and Doyen-bodied Royal Tigers. I wonder why you did it? 24 Barnsley Road (talk) 21:26, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Which article are you referring to? A link and when I edited it would be helpful. —Bruce1ee 21:49, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

About a serial killer that’s their full name

So I saw that you reverted my edits about serial killer, Carol M. Bundy. I found out that her full name is Carol Mary Bundy, and you reverted my edits. Why did you do that? Cause when I looked up her name, her full name is Carol Mary Bundy on Murderpedia AndersonDJ9999 (talk) 02:15, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Murderpedia is not a reliable source. You need to provide a reliable source. —Bruce1ee 02:22, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

I typed in Carol Mary Bundy, and it showed up as her full name. Not off of Murderpedia AndersonDJ9999 (talk) 04:14, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Interjecting here another citation already shows the middle of Mary 184.8.89.35 (talk) 09:57, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

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Hi

I created a draft two actually called Relayball and also List of outdoor Games I’m new to Wikipedia Bombers23 (talk) 02:16, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Courtesy note: For what it's worth, I've responded at User talk:Bsoyka#Relayball. Bruce, feel free to add on either there or here if you'd like. Bsoyka (talk) 03:36, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

@Bsoyka: Thanks for dealing with this. —Bruce1ee 07:26, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

A sockpuppet investigation has been submitted on Bombers23 as sock of User:Zaner25. David notMD (talk) 14:54, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

COI Request The Serpent

Hello User:Bruce1ee: I work for Living Films and am therefore in a COI situation regarding edits to related articles. I see that you have made some edits to the article about The Serpent (TV series) in the past. I requested a couple of edits on the talk page back in February, and I was wondering if you might find it a good use of your time to take a look and see if they could be posted? I understand that as a COI I am unable to do this myself. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best Livingfilms23 (talk) 01:33, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done. See Talk:The Serpent (TV series)#COI request edit. —Bruce1ee 09:08, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

January 13 - Luis Díaz inclusion in Births

@Bruce1ee: Hello there! I see you reverted my edit on the January 13 article, as new entries require citations. I understand this, but how am I supposed to cite a person? If it was a news event, I would understand completely. But I do not know what am I supposed to cite when Im adding a person that was born on that day.

I will inmediately delete this section when this is resolved. Thank you for your help! Mjeims (talk) 00:19, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

@Mjeims: I've restored your addition and added a source citing his DoB, which I found at Luis Díaz. —Bruce1ee 06:26, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

viewers

actually I want to view that how many people view my articles. Deshna dilipkumar (talk) 15:20, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

@Deshna dilipkumar: Display the article, then click on "Page views" under "Tools" on the left-hand-side of the page. Just keep in mind that no one owns a Wikipedia article. It belongs to the Wikipedia community and anyone can edit it. See Wikipedia:Ownership of content. —Bruce1ee 15:33, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

how to create our own article

how-to create Aur article Deshna dilipkumar (talk) 15:42, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Have a look at Help:Your first article. —Bruce1ee 15:52, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

hello I'm sorry and I want help!

I understand the problem and I apologise I'm 9 and I need some help my local church is it not on Wikipedia and I wanna make a page on it but can you give the link to page where i can request an page! JelloMello24 (talk) 15:48, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Have a look at Wikipedia:Requested articles. It explains how to request a new article. —Bruce1ee 16:01, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

A goat for you!

Thanks for the link to Good Faith. This a message I want to spread to the world, not just for Wikipedia, but for life in general. I love your profile. Seems like we are brothers from different mothers. Cheers, bro.

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Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:47, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Gerda. —Bruce1ee 07:05, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Reliable_sources

Hello bruce, in afghanistan ethno-lingustic page there is a map made by CIA wich is Completely wrong and inaccurate for example according to wikipedia itself balkh and badakhshan provinces have tajik majority but according to cia map wich is Completely made because of political strategies uzbeks are the majority, i posted a map wich is based on Al-Jazeera report that according WP:RSN Al-Jazeera is an independent and reliable source, but some one deleted my map saying my source is not reliable!!??? Cia map is because of us political strategies in afghanistan to uzbeksize northern afghanistan. 5644Khorasani (talk) 06:40, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Please link the article you are referring to, but keep in mind that I am not knowledgeable in the field of Afghan ethno-lingustics. —Bruce1ee 07:09, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your paid attention https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Afghanistan#

Also please look at Naval postgraduate school statistics https://nps.edu/web/ccs/balkh Says every ethnic living in balkh but according to cia all districts are uzbeks

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkh_Province Balkh province ethnics wikipedia page 5644Khorasani (talk) 12:13, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I can't help you with this. As I said above, I am not knowledgeable in the field of Afghan ethnic groups". —Bruce1ee 12:21, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

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FYI

Boom. I haven't blocked the IP yet because I'm curious to see if they try to spam any more domains after they discover dealshunt is blacklisted.OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 13:59, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, that should silence them for a while, until, as you said, they move on to other domains. —Bruce1ee 14:17, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

My link was Removed

Hello Bruce1ee,

I posted a external links on Stitch marker (crochet) that was removed immediately, i think it is a mistake kindly restore it or provide me with the reason for the removal of the link.

I think the link was genuine and not a promotional act.

Lanternmoon (talk) Lanternmoon (talk) 12:43, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not permit links to blogs in its articles. They are generally not regarded as reliable sources. Have a look at user-generated content and external links to avoid. —Bruce1ee 12:53, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

but if you check the link it was regarding the topic itself and provide more info on that particular word 115.113.185.122 (talk) 12:23, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

That doesn't change the fact that it's a blog, which, as I said above, is not regarded as a reliable source. —Bruce1ee 13:36, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

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Why did you remove my edit

Edit on April 29 page Owencraftisanerd (talk) 23:36, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Because your edit was not constructive. —Bruce1ee 07:15, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Template:Structural evolution of the European Union

Thanks for fixing that. I guess I'm too slow on the uptake to get the footnotes right for this template ... I was trying to turn them into note refs with working backlinks (with the usual blue highlighting), but I'm afraid that is seriously beyond my skills. Same with Template:European Union command and control structure by the way: I just can't get those backlinks going for the explanatory footnotes. Aargh ... Hildeoc (talk) 13:37, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

PS: In case you know how to deal with that (which I assume from your comment), and you can afford the time – would you mind giving me a hand here, perhaps? (I've been struggling with that mess in vain for hours now 😢) Greetings--Hildeoc (talk) 13:48, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

@Hildeoc: Sure, I'll have a look at them and get back to you. —Bruce1ee 15:02, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

@Hildeoc: I've created two versions of {{Structural evolution of the European Union}} in my user space: User:Bruce1ee/Structural evolution of the European Union (test1) and User:Bruce1ee/Structural evolution of the European Union (test2). The first one uses numeric reference numbers, while the second uses alphabetic note ids. You'll notice that the order of the notes have changed a bit, and that's because they are listed in the sequence that they are used. The methods I've used are not the only way to do it. Have a look at Help:Footnotes for other methods. I hope this helps you. —Bruce1ee 17:25, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for taking the trouble to fix that (and sorry for keeping you waiting)! This is very, very kind of you. I shall have a closer look at both versions and then get back to you soon, alright? Best--Hildeoc (talk) 14:36, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

No problem. Take your time. —Bruce1ee 14:57, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

First of all, once again a huge thank you for your quick support (and patience). I do really appreciate that. Since I've now finally got around to taking a closer look at both versions, I chose the one with alphabetic notes for reasons of distinction from regular references, which use numeric indicators. Just FYI. Gratefully, Hildeoc (talk) 23:41, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Children of Marx and Coca-Cola book review

Hi! Can you send me this too, please? Kind regards, – Doc Taxon • Talk • 14:27, 3. Sep 2022 (UTC)

@Doc Taxon: Sure, I've sent it to you. —Bruce1ee 14:33, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

thanks a lot, – Doc Taxon • Talk • 22:18, 4. Sep 2022 (UTC)

24 february article edit for "soviet inasion 1979"

why is it removed? what the hell is an "incline citation"? PreserveOurHistory (talk) 09:59, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

When editing days-of-the-year pages as you did on February 24, please read the edit notice above the edit window entitled "Please read before editing". It states, amongst other things, "Each addition now requires a direct citation from a reliable source on this page supporting it. Simply providing a wikilink is not sufficient and additions without direct sources will be removed." Your addition did not provide a citation. For help on inline citaions, have a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Inline citation. —Bruce1ee 10:16, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Please can you revert this page"

I'm having problems reverting the page Tina Arena, Please can you revert my page? (talk) 12:15, 10 September 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.124.151 (talk) 12:15, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

What do you want to be reverted and why? —Bruce1ee 12:38, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

I made a mistake by adding the wrong imformation on this page this page of Tina Arena https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tina_Arena&oldid=1109509830, and I'm trying to undo it and revert back to this page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tina_Arena&oldid=1105498392 but it's having problems and it's not working, Please can you undo my page? 82.19.124.151 (talk) 13:03, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

I've restored the version of Tina Arena at 20 August 2022. I removed a reference containing a banned website here, which I think was what was preventing you from doing it yourself. —Bruce1ee 14:31, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Template:Dukes of Kent family tree

How did you find/notice my error so quickly? —GoldRingChip 15:29, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

It popped up as a lint error under "Missing end tag" in the template namespace. —Bruce1ee 15:38, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. That's something that, as an Admin, I think perhaps I should consider patrolling more often. —GoldRingChip 15:41, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Issues with Photos Added

Hello, I'm seeing you're making edits to the photos I have added to various Catholic bishops. It seems as though I've made some sort of error - what exactly is it so I can avoid it in the future? Thank you! Maximilian775 (talk) 20:39, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Thumbnails shouldn't be used when adding images to infoboxes. So, for example, [[File:Thomas Grace (bishop of St. Paul).jpg|thumb|]] should be Thomas Grace (bishop of St. Paul).jpg. Have a look at WP:INFOBOXIMAGE for more information. —Bruce1ee 20:49, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Thank you very much! Maximilian775 (talk) 21:15, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Some stroopwafels for you!

Thanks for clearing up after me this afternoon - here's a little reward for you! Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 16:36, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I like syrup waffles (stroopwafels!) —Bruce1ee 16:43, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

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Columbus Day

Hello. Seems you removed my noting that today is Columbus Day which really should have at least been noted in the On This Day on the landing page (next to Canada's Thanksgiving). The reason being that it's not a 'set' date from year-to-year. Very well. Please let me know if you will need assistance scrubbing mention of other such observances. In a couple days, there is Día de la Resistencia Indígena which also floats from year to year. I'm sure you'll make sure it's removed from the Home landing page, yes? Please advise. Thanks!2603:6011:C003:1256:57B:F365:ACFD:AC6E (talk) 23:15, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Please raise this at Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries. —Bruce1ee 06:29, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Ah - that's certainly not necessary. When those other non-set observances occur, I will simply quote you and direct them here. It's the same reasoning, yes? And should anyone object, well then, you can explain the rationale. So no worries. Best! 2603:6011:C003:1256:7559:19A6:350C:7669 (talk) 09:35, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Link Removal

Hello Bruce. I've had a message saying that you've removed an external link that I added to the '2021-present United Kingdom cost of living crisis. When I look at the page, it's not just the link you've removed, it's the whole sentence that I added. I'm a little confused as the sentence and link was 100% relevant to the article. Should I be adding the external link as a reference as opposed to a link in the text? Appreciate, if you could offer me some advice. SellCell (talk) 14:43, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not permit links to blogs in its articles. They are generally not regarded as reliable sources. Have a look at user-generated content and external links to avoid. In addition, the text you added gives the impression that you are promoting the SellCell website, which is also not permitted. See WP:Spam. —Bruce1ee 15:06, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Aaqib Javed

Hello Bruce1ee, this edit to Aaqib Javed reinstated a line break <br /> in lieu of an inline list ({{Ubl}}) with the explanation fixed lint errors. I have a few questions. Is that really a lint error (I'm curious to know which script/tool identifies it as lint)? Secondly, does MOS:NOBR not apply in this circumstance? Finally, is there any harm in using {{br separated entries}} in this circumstance? I'd appreciate your thoughts. Thanks. – Archer1234 (talk) 16:24, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

@Archer1234: Hi, you can find out about lint errors here. {{Ubl | Aaqib Javed | {{Lang|ur|عاقب جاوید}}}} in the infobox in Aaqib Javed generates a "div-span-flip" lint error under "Miscellaneous issues" in Special:LintErrors. (You can get help on this type of error here.) The problem is not the {{ubl}} template, but the inclusion of the {{lang}} template in one of {{ubl}}'s list items. I added <br /> to avoid this clash, but as you correctly pointed out, list items shouldn't be separated by line breaks. I tried your suggestion of {{br separated entries}} and it doesn't generate any lint errors. So that would probably be a better solution. —Bruce1ee 17:48, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks for the explanation. I learn something new every day. Cheers. – Archer1234 (talk) 17:54, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

The actual problem was that the infobox used span tags to wrap |name=, which then contained a div tag. I have fixed the infobox to avoid this problem. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: Thanks for that. I didn't realize the problem was in {{Infobox cricketer}}. (@Archer1234: FYI). —Bruce1ee 21:24, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Apologies for the misclicks

Terribly sorry about this[1] and this[2]. I had just got Huggle fired up and hit a couple wrong buttons. --DB1729^talk 07:00, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

@DB1729: Not a problem. It happens when dealing with a vandal like this. You should see some of my misclicks!. —Bruce1ee 07:12, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

alt text

Hi Bruce. Here, you just removed the image's alt text. Did you mean to do that? Would you prefer different alt text? - Dank (push to talk) 11:15, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

@Dank: I removed it because, IMO, alt="same" doesn't describe the picture (File:Maundia triglochinoides 158922966.jpg) as alt text requires. Or am I missing something? —Bruce1ee 11:32, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

I'm definitely not the expert on alt text. If I were blind, I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't appreciate hearing "Maundia triglochinoides, Maundia triglochinoides, Maundia triglochinoides, Maundia triglochinoides, Maundia triglochinoides" if there were five images of the plant in one cell of a table. There are just two images in the cell here, but the question is, at what point does repetition get annoying? I have no strong feeling about this at all, but this page is up at WP:FLC (and promotion is imminent) so I'll restore this alt text until we can come up with something better. What's your preference? - Dank (push to talk) 15:37, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

If the alt text of this image is read in conjunction with the alt texts of the other images in the table cell, then "same" makes sense, but not if read in isolation of the others. I personally would repeat "Maundia triglochinoides" each time, but I also don't feel too strongly about it; "same" isn't generating any errors. —Bruce1ee 17:16, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Happy to do that, I'll whip up some regex to handle it after lunch. - Dank (push to talk) 17:47, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

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Why you keep removing Stephen Hassenfeld in January 19 wiki page

Hello

I just added Stephen Hassenfeld in January 19 because he was born in January 19

But someone is removing it on the wikipedia page of January 19 158.62.10.242 (talk) 13:47, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

As I stated in my edit summary here, new entries require an inline citation (please read WP:DOYCITE). Also, please read the edit notice at the top of January 19 in edit mode. —Bruce1ee 13:55, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

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Quick clarification of revert

Hey, just to clarify, this revert was aimed at the edit before yours, not the fix you did. I picked the wrong option for rollback so I've repeated the revert to cover the intended edit. R Prazeres (talk) 17:49, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. —Bruce1ee 21:21, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

About August 29 and Geir-Inge Sivertsen

My mistake. I’ve added the source now, I hope it’s sufficient.

Best regards,

Embassy with old Volvo Amazons (talk) 22:46, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. —Bruce1ee 23:22, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Deleted articles

Hello Bruce1ee,

I wonder you can maybe help me with a problem with some corrections from Deb, she is 'cleaning' the year pages and without any reason of guidance. Her argument is that there are no citations added with some information on the year pages. I have explained to her that without any citations available you create 'blanco pages', because there are many year pages without citations. Can you help me to stop these actions, without ruining the year pages! Peters01 (talk) 22:20, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

@Peters01: Year pages fall under Wikipedia:WikiProject Years, and the best place to raise issues you may have is on the talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Years. I'm not involved in any way in this project. —Bruce1ee 22:40, 24 December 2022 (UTC)