User talk:Miketoddnet

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August 2013[edit]

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'' David Dippie Dixon''' ([[Whittingham, Northumberland|Whittingham]], 1 September 1842-[[Rothbury]], 28 November 1929<ref
28 November 1929<ref name=probate>Dixon, David Dippie - England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1966 (ancestry.co.uk)</ref> was an English local historian

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 14:11, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

David Dippie Dixon[edit]

Don't blindly revert an edit while leaving no edit summary. You must leave an edit summary for all your edits. If you don't know why an edit was made, ask the person and not blindly revert. Bgwhite (talk) 19:49, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your blanking of the David Dippie Dixon article[edit]

I noticed that you blanked the David Dippie Dixon article due to an error from a bot. Blanking the article was not the proper thing to do here - you should leave it up and correct the things that are wrong. You could also add an "under construction" tag to the article if you plan on rewriting it. Lugia2453 (talk) 20:21, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am normally meticulous with references/citations, and false attributions are as bad as incorrect facts. I'm not sure how I can avoid a bot sticking references outside bracketed facts where the reference only covers part of the facts, so I've now removed all the references that I had inserted and will try to re-work them.