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Hi I just wanted to put some things on the articles some things that were interesting lol. also can i change nyc to brooklyn in dwt bc the venue is in Brooklyn not nyc so can I change that 47.211.58.229 (talk) 15:07, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why is their no update in sports in Albania.

Hello Jonny , i am really worried about the article sports in Albania. Their is no updates recently and thats quite impossible given the fact Albania also is quite active in sports.

I would to know what we can do to change this problem in fact.

I am happy for your help we need this done as so many Albanians arent quite happy with the situation of this article.

Let's improve this situation

With Kind regards Mr Silvio. Silvio1269 (talk) 19:29, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Funny Mr. Silvio, you're a brand new account who somehow has an idea of John's involvement with these articles. JFP, I've taken care of the paperwork at the usual location. Star Mississippi 21:49, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

template

In case I leave Wikipedia, or die, I want no template on top of my user talk. And I wonder about User:RexxS. Look at his talk page history: nobody but me asked questions, and I knew that he left, I asked there because the page is well-watched, and others helped me. What's the intention of such a template, I wonder. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:13, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Gerda, because somebody (esp, those less experienced than you) coming to his page to ask for help/input/advice might be quite disappointed at receiving no response. RexxS was extremely knowledgeable and prolific (as you well know), and while much of his input has been archived, it hasn't been sooo long that somebody wouldn't think, "well, I'll just ask what he meant". I don't see that the template is unattractive or somehow demeaning; in fact, it seems a useful note.
I promise not to put a template on your page if, when I die, you promise not to bury me in a big expensive non-biodegradable casket that takes up space for the rest of eternity, with a gravestone suggesting my existence had more importance than it did. Deal? — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 10:30, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Contern

I'm N1TH Music, the guy who dited contern, in my description I stated I was unable to get sources for the moment due to devide constraints, thanks for notifying me I'll add themN1TH Music (talk) 10:37, 26 February 2022 (UTC) But Also you added way more than what I added, and also why'd the images go, they don't need to be sourced do they, I took those photos myselfN1TH Music (talk) 10:39, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Vintage Collection

Hi JohnFromPinckney Just wondering why you reveresed my amendments to The Vintage Collection page? I started to update the list of figures with their corresponding numbers. You only have up to 115 but the line is almost up to 250 now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tvccollector (talk • contribs) 15:40, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, not sure if you have seen this message but I updated the list with the new releases. (you dont have any since TVC came back) but you deleted them. Surely you want this page to be up to date? Tvccollector (talk) 12:28, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Singlechart usages for UKdownload has been nominated for renaming

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Precious anniversary

Precious
Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:22, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, Gerda! Besten Dank und einen schönen Tag! — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 13:44, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Multiple minor edits" – Reply

Thank you very much for the appreciation! Yes, I could make a single change per paragraph, but, operating from mobile (I'm more comfortable from mobile), several times when I make changes, I'm taken back to another part of the page and thus risk losing the point where I stopped. JackkBrown (talk) 15:01, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Talk to the minnow

Follow me to join the secret cabal!

Plip!

instead of yourself :-D Star Mississippi 14:48, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Might be a case of WP:CIR — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 19:26, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hamilton E James updates

Hi JohnFromPinckney, I have a disclosed COI as an employee of Hamilton E. James. Based on your recent activity on his page, I was hoping you would check out my edit request on his Talk page. Thank you! KWray (talk) 13:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you, sir, for your help with teaching me what I had done wrong and how to correct it. You are amazing, and I really appreciate you going out of your way to help someone without being asked. Cowan (talk) 16:15, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And the Oscar goes to...

Thank you so much for fixing and formatting that darn Academy Awards table! I spent months over a hot MacBook during lockdown doing it originally, I thought I was going mad. I'll try and do the last 20 years in time, although I see they no longer have award categories as such. No Swan So Fine (talk) 10:04, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I want to thank my agent and all the little people... Oh, wait; I dropped my notes.
Seriously, thanks, No Swan. That page really was a bit maddening, mostly because the Academy is so verbose and yet disorganized with these awards. I meant to go back on do some more on that page, but of course, I haven't (yet). I keep getting distracted by things on-wiki and IRL, and so I... oh, look! Shiney!— JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 15:35, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ecosia Edit

HI!

I saw that you undid the edit made by Secular Humanist 2022, the edit done by secular humanist 2022 was right. For source you can visit the official monthly financial reports published by Ecosia for the year 2022, you would have to sum up the revenue of individual months to get the total revenue of the year 2022.

Btw thankyou for the constant contribution on Wikipedia. Pranay0706 (talk) 08:50, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's not how WP:CITE works. More about the Ecosia article (and the reason for my revision) on its Talk page. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 11:51, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edit [List of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential candidates]

On that article for list of African American presidents article, if I find a reliable source then I will add that statement back. Cwater1 (talk) 22:36, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I added the link in the see also section. I did a similar thing in the article for List of female United States presidential and vice presidential candidates. Cwater1 (talk) 17:45, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hunh! Thanks, Cwater1; I didn't even know that list existed. Happy editing— JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 09:56, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template transclusion reversions in MoS (dates and numbers) talk page

Greetings. This topic is about the removal of templates from the heading of a topic I initiated. Your latest explanation in the edit summary states the following:

Sorry for my obstinance, but

(1) see MOS:SECTIONHEAD, where template transclusions are proscribed;
(2) looking at the rendered page, nobody can see the templates anyway (although the typeface differs slightly);
(3) the fact that other people have done things incorrectly in the past or elsewhere is no justification for introducing a technical problem (esp. for no useful purpose).

I am disagreeing with the latter two points. The first point relates to the Manual of Style, and although I would state that this shall be treated as an exception, the transclusion does go against it.

The differing typeface is sufficient to counter the inability of other users to notice the templates. If the templates were under a different color, they would become much clearer; however, a color could not be assigned.

The use of the templates serves a clear purpose, which is to quote and emphasize two examples of a syntax proposed to be reflected in the MoS. I do not have other options to ensure formatting consistency. If you have alternative solutions, please inform me, as the plaintext headings fail to point out that syntaxes inside removed templates should serve as examples for the MoS. DeeDeeEn (talk) 20:01, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, DeeDeeEn. You are welcome to disagree or argue with two out of three points, but it seems to me that the first point, with which you apparently have no argument, would make further arguments moot. But let's go on, nevertheless.
The difference between $x USD/£x GBP and $x USD/£x GBP (that is, between "{{xtn|$x USD}}/{{xtn|£x GBP}}" and "$x USD/£x GBP") is pretty subtle. Sure, comparing the two right here, we can see that the first uses a serif font, the second a non-serif. But I doubt that one person in a thousand would notice which is being used when just reading a heading (in a non-comparison situation), and fewer would know why there are serifs there, and what you it is supposed (by you) to indicate. What I mean is, the templates behind the heading are completely obscured to any visual reader (yourself being possibly the sole exception). I can hardly agree that the differing typeface is sufficient.
I believe you can safely use something like $x USD/£x GBP (that is, [[Template:xtn|$x USD]]/[[Template:xtn|£x GBP]]) in a heading and avoid the technical problems of the transcluded template (and I'm not sure what they all are). This also has the advantage of being clickable, but it goes to the template you're using, which, if I am finally understanding correctly, isn't even your goal. You were using {{xtn}} purely to affect the formatting in the heading, right? If that's the case, then I would completely skip it in this instance, as the only thing that wouldn't be "specially" formatted is the slash, which is hard (nay, impossible) to differentiate from the rest of your heading. You need to explain what your concerns are in the body anyway, and there you can do typefaces and colors (like $x USD / £x GBP) and whatever you'd like.
Again, though, it all seems unnecessary to me, at least in the case of that particular thread. Happy editing— JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 21:22, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

nbsp after ndash

I don't care about your sig, but this editor had added a whole bunch of distracting nbsps after en dashes, so I took those out. See User_talk:Wracking#What's_with_the_non-breaking_space_after_dash?. Dicklyon (talk) 04:51, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sure, I saw that, too (and I was bemused by their motivation). It's just that your fixes covered the whole page, including my sigs, where I prefer to keep the dash with the rest of the sig (if there needs to be a break). My theory is that it helps people parse my sig from my contribuion and the following comment, if any. No idea if it actually helps. Otherwise your work is fine (there and in general); I didn't mean to come across as aggressive or something. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 08:28, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
No, it was just weird, with Wracking not knowing he was doing that, and me not knowing it hit your sig. Thanks for your supportive comments. Dicklyon (talk) 05:53, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notification of move discussion in Talk:Trolleybuses in Rimini

Dear editor, as a previous contributor to the Metromare article, I thought you might be interested in a move discussion on the talk page of Trolleybuses in Rimini. The proposal seeks to distinguish Metromare from the route 11 trolleybus, which is the current focus of the article. Cordially, IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 20:43, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hamilton E. James citation correction

Hi JohnFromPinckney, I wanted to make sure that you saw my updated information on the Dillon Tribune article. I added the page number to the citation, as well as a citation from Newspapers.com. Thank you for your help with improving this reference! KWray (talk) 15:23, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I was aware of your updates to Talk:Hamilton E. James because it (and Hamilton E. James) is on my watchlist, and because you pinged my in your reply, as well, before your third notice here. I'm sorry if it's frustrating, but I get to things as I have/find/invent the time and interest; some things take longer I have responded on the HEJ Talk page. Regards, — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 08:48, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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FTR (and my own info): I changed the existing link to Bluebonnet (disambiguation) (which redirected to Bluebonnet) to the link Bluebonnet, all intentionally and after a certain amount of thought. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 07:35, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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What a useful bot you are! Fixed by changing link from Wallis to Valais, the actual name of the specific page I was aiming at. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 22:00, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

Precious
Three years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:27, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Gerda! — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 20:42, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Yes, silly me; I "corrected" a redlink to CARE International UK to be CARE UK (not sure what I was thinking), but that's a dab page pointing (among other places) to CARE, which was in turn a redirect to Care International, which I had just had changed to redirect to CARE International. Now backtracking to unravel this mess somewhat and fix some of the chained redirects. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 16:44, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree to Last Revert

i had deleted entry from one category and thought it was more appropriate in the other category and now realize neither category was correct (and you were correct to delete. Thanks for making me be a better Wikipedia editor OneMoreByte (talk) 05:14, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind reply. And you make yourself a better editor by paying attention to what you do and graciously responding to comments (and sometimes criticism) from colleagues. Happy editing! — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 16:16, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reversal of edit

Hello, I noticed you reversed my edit here, claiming it to be unsourced. I don't agree. The Bulgarian movie line links to the movie's page on Wikipedia, where you can read in the Plot section that backgammon does indeed feature in that film. For the Danish one, I linked to the IMDB page where you can read the information I provided right in the movie's summary blurb. And for Lost, how would you propose I provide a source for a minor scene in a random episode? Should I link to the Youtube video showcasing that scene I described?

As for being "not really needed", that is entirely your opinion. Lots of people enjoy consuming media content that's about their favorite activities, and such lists of "X in popular culture" do exist in plenty of other Wikipedia articles, so there is a precedent for it. Regards, Ericobnn (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback. The issue I have with your additions being unsourced is that you added three items where: the first one links only to one of our articles, but Wikipedia is not a reliable source; the second one indeed cites IMDb, but IMDb is not a reliable source, and the third one has absolutely nothing.
But your explanation leads me to the second issue, a lack of necessity (BWIM, maybe, usefulness). "In popular culture" sections are (currently) generally disdained on WP (even though, yes, they exist). The exception is where the subject has had an overwhelming effect on the culture. Sharks even have a separate page, sharks in popular culture, where, of course, Jaws is mentioned. But you yourself call your third entry a minor scene in a random episode, which makes me think, "then why add it?" If there are reliable, independent sources discussing the cultural impact of the scene in Lost, then maybe it's worth adding. A YouTube link wouldn't be helpful, though. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 11:47, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maglev

Hello
You deleted some stuff I added to this article a while ago; I’ve opened a discussion there should you wish to comment. Regards, Moonraker12 (talk) 23:26, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, there. I have a general question about archiving links in sources. We usually archive them as a precaution in case they become extinct in the future. However, there might be some limitations on certain web archival sites such as the Internet Archive (archive.org) where crawler bots can make any potential dead links permanent. Any ideas or suggestions on how to handle this? Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 03:02, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Sjones. Thanks for dropping by. This seems to be a hot (or at least warm) topic lately. Unfortunately, I don't understand the scenario you're presenting. (I'm tired; that's my story and I'm sticking with it.) Can you maybe rephrase what you mean by crawler bots can make any potential dead links permanent? Otherwise wait until I've had some sleep... — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 19:21, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tickets or not

Bios of US state governors & lieutenant governors. It doesn't matter if they're elected as a ticket or not. We still put them together in each others' infobox. GoodDay (talk) 23:28, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good day, GoodDay. A link to whatever article(s) you're talking about might be helpful in future, especially as I have been away. I guess you're talking about Denny Heck, where you added (incorrectly, in my view) Governor-elect Ferguson to the infobox field showing governors with whom Heck has served as lieutenant governor. I stand by my reversion; in no world and at no time has Heck ever served with Ferguson as governor. Presumably, they will begin serving together in January, but currently, they are not now and never have been serving together. Ferguson should be removed from the infobox. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 20:11, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you didn't notice the "(elect)" next to Ferguson's name. Which shows that Ferguson isn't governor yet. GoodDay (talk) 20:17, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, but I did notice. It doesn't matter; they have never served together. — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 20:31, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Trump & Vance haven't served together 'yet', either. Would you have them removed from each others' infobox, until they take office? GoodDay (talk) 20:45, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Before I looked at Donald Trump (other convenience link: JD Vance), I was expecting I would say, "yes, delete". But there's a difference: Donald Trump has an {{Infobox officeholder}} template with a section based on |office=President-elect of the United States. That section contains |vicepresident=JD Vance (elect)", which is appropriate for that office. So it's okay, for me, to have them as "(elect)" on each other's pages with the infoboxes as they are there.
The infobox usage on Denny Heck implies that, as the 17th lieutenant governor of Washington, the contemporaneous governors are Jay Inslee and Bob Ferguson (whom we say, too, isn't currently in office yet). It's wrong, as I see it (although I realize most people will figure it out, after they've studied it a bit, but they shouldn't have to study too much. Why waste readers' time?) — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 22:22, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We also include lieutenant governor-elects in infoboxes of re-elected governors. I'd recommend you bring your concerns to the talkpage of the Infobox officerholder template & get a consensus there, for the changes you want. GoodDay (talk) 00:13, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've mentioned your concerns at the talkpage of Infobox officeholder template. You're free to elaborate there. GoodDay (talk) 00:28, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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