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i created the page "Sauquoit creek" but it should have been "Sauquoit Creek". how can i capitalize "creek" to that internal links to the page will work?

Mb66w (talk) 19:44, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Resolved; you seem to have found out on your own how to move the page. It's at Sauquoit Creek now. Huon (talk) 19:56, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for improving Mohawk Valley related articles. Take a look at Utica, New York for helpful references and information. Buffaboy talk 00:22, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

My edit.

Sorry, I didn't know that they were supposed to be one that one too. I saw another page with only the one, so I thought it was also supposed to be.--Old Time Music Fan (talk) 01:23, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

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I am working on resolving disambiguations. The article New York State Route 433 contains some kind of indirect internal link within a template to Bedford, New York. I am trying to change it to Bedford (town), New York.

the exact line is: |road= NY 22 – Armonk, Bedford

I can't just change Bedford to Bedford (town), New York|Bedford because of the operation of city=.

Mb66w (talk) 17:35, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Fixed. Huon (talk) 17:52, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

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Question about vandalism.

While reviewing recent changes I made, I noticed that user Drjamesbrandlin made an edit to James Fitzmaurice (pilot), replacing one occurrence of James Fitzmaurice with Dr. James Brandlin. This is the only edit this user has ever made. I reverted the change with an undo. Is this all that needs/should be done? Is there a mechanism to somehow block/report this questionable user?

Mb66w (talk) 02:42, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

  • Admins don't block people for a single instance of vandalism. That would leave Wikipedia with very few editors. You can put a warning on their user page (which is recommended). The total list of all warnings can be found here: WP:WARN. For vandalism there are four stages of warnings. If they continue after all four then you would report them to WP:AIV. Not before. If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Stabila711 (talk) 02:46, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

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I was trying to fix a disambiguation in Trophimus of Arles and found there is a Notes section that is interspersed with both notes and references.

This should be fixed, but I don't want to do this much work in this article myself. I feel like I should add something like Refimprove. What is the appropriate way to note this in the article.

Mb66w (talk) 05:52, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

The article seems acceptable currently, no needs for concerns it seems. If you need assistance again, please ask. SwisterTwister talk 06:10, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

I don't follow. Notes 1, 3, & 6 are inline citations which should be in a References section. Notes 2, 4, & 5 are notes but were created with "ref /ref" even though they are NOT citations.

Mb66w (talk) 06:27, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Fixed. Huon (talk) 01:07, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

On dab pages

Hello, I'll give you a tip regarding this edit. If you're faced with a "which county?" question on biographies and the likes, always check the categories at the bottom of the page. Sometimes there's a category "People from county x or y", which can help you to fix the ambiguity. And on another note, I have the impression you're working on dab fixes manually. If you're really interested in doing this a bit more, I would suggest you have a look into some of the tools which can help you with it. It will save you a lot of time and make it more enjoyable. All the best, --Midas02 (talk) 03:37, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

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Our work on the PVGH question sure was fun. I am glad that, between everyone, we found all the info needed to correct the article. I think this is the way WikiP is supposed to work :-) Cheers and happy editing whenever possible. MarnetteD|Talk 20:28, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

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March 2016

Information icon Thank you for your edit to the disambiguation page Patrick Buckley. However, please note that disambiguation pages are not articles; rather, they are meant to help readers find a specific article quickly and easily. From the disambiguation dos and don'ts, you should:

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DYK nomination of Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1903

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DYK for Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940

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Use of thumbnails in Infoboxes

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Sasha Grey

Hello, could you please tell why you undid my edit on Sasha Grey's page? It was sourced. Thank you. Mollisia23 (talk) 05:40, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

I agree and have fixed it. Mb66w 05:50, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Username change

So you wrote a script to change all your talk entries.

Have you considered that this was completely unnecessary - clicking on your old username redirects to your new one? Not to mention how uneasy one gets when people mess about in old talk pages? Not to mention how easily this can be interpreted as a self-aggrandizing way of broadcasting your username change to many MANY wikipedians!

Please consider the possibility that just because you can do something like this, it doesn't mean it's a good idea. CapnZapp (talk) 08:15, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

User:CapnZapp I didn't mean to cause any trouble. The info at [[1]] says Signatures in talk pages can be changed manually if desired. I consider the fact that the rename process is unable to change signatures as a limitation, not something that is desirable. I thought that updating my old signature, even on closed discussions, (in conjunction with a global user rename) was a minor bit of housekeeping that would be innocuous. My primary motivation was that the Afd Stats tool [[2]] relies on the signature; most of my prior AFD participation record was gone (unless someone knew to run it on my old and current username). MB

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Continental Army

Hi MB,

I saw your edit on my edit. You're absolutely right that full integration into the U.S. Army didn't occur until the mid-20th Century. However, I think it is important to make clear that there were African-Americans involved in the military and they weren't completely isolated from people of other races. Is there a way we can note this while making clear that full integration didn't occur until the mid-20th century? South Nashua (talk) 16:05, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

User:South Nashua, the article you edited was on the Continental Army. It states that it was racially integrated. I don't think it is appropriate to go into much more about the US military post-Continental Army in this article. There is an article on desegregation (Executive Order 9981), although it looks like it could be greatly improved. Other articles on the military in general are Military history of the United States,United States Armed Forces, United States Army, and others. I would suggest researching these articles for the best place to add info about African-American military service.

That sounds like a good solution. I don't know if there's an article on it already, but if not, it might be worth creating an article comparing the Continental Army to its successor or the transition between the two entities. South Nashua (talk) 20:36, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Annoying notification

Hi

For some reason, I am getting notification that MB "mentioned you" on 10 August:

MB‬ mentioned you on his talk page in "‪Username change‬".
You may take the discussion to my user page, that's fine; or you may keep it elsewhere and post a talkback, that's fine too. I answer your messages...
MB‬
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What is going on?

Did your script break something?

I can find no record of you mentioning me from the page history.
Did you mention me under a different name somewhere else?

Well, over to you now - maybe you can tell me why this happened :¬)

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Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lauren Southern

I only !voted or commented once. I am not the same person as Bearcat. Bearian (talk) 19:31, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Danhai Light Rail Transit

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DYK for Queen Creek Tunnel

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— Maile (talk) 01:12, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Producing some great articles! Can I interest you in contributing to the new Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge? Will start a 1000 Challenge for Arizona if there is the interest. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:06, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

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