User talk:A930913/Archives/2016/Jan

Happy New Year, A930913!


Happy New Year! A930913, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 00:12, 1 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to send this message


 * ''By the way, did you know that this edit was the last edit made in 2015, and this is the first edit of 2016? (Times in UTC, of course). — k6ka  🍁 ([[User talk:K6ka|Talk ]] · Contributions ) 00:12, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:213.147.158.115


A tag has been placed on User talk:213.147.158.115 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here.  General Ization  Talk   15:44, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

BracketBot - Emmerdale
Hello bracketBot.(I have trouble editing it back on the Emmerdale template as you asked me to. can you please help me edit the template and most especailly the episode count that it says that there have been aired 7,388 episodes of Emmerdale as of 1 January 2016? I would really appreciate your help. 79.138.133.26 (talk) 01:59, 2 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Denisarona has repaired the comment whose latter half you removed. I'd strongly advise you to use the preview to make sure your edit has the effect you intend. Huon (talk) 16:53, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:213.147.158.115


A tag has been placed on User talk:213.147.158.115 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here.  General Ization  Talk   15:50, 2 January 2016 (UTC)


 * User talk pages generally are not speedied, particularly not if there's useful content. The talk page has been reverted to a previous version instead. Huon (talk) 16:53, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Lord Mayors of London
Hi A930913

Thank you for your observation re "broken link": this is to do with my updating the list of Lord Mayors of London and I should like your input before continuing. What is for certain not be correct is for example Merchant Taylors, whereas Merchant Taylors' would be correct. So I have simplified matters, hopefully, by stating (in such instances) Merchant Taylor, which is also correct. I can go into a fuller explanation if need be. Please advise before continuing. Many thanks. M Mabelina (talk) 00:38, 24 December 2015 (UTC) PS. qv. www.liverycompanies.info PPS. this was stated before my involvement: Cite error: The named reference Grocers was invoked but never defined (see the help page). (Paraphrased, but how to rectify?) PPPS. I was endeavouring to make the Wiki article about the Lord Mayors of London much better, but now what do I do? PPPPS. Why doesn't somebody just correct the technical glitches? ( & for ease of reference, please see, under aforementioned list: 1658 Sir John Ireton Clothworker  1660 Sir Richard Browne, Bt Merchant Taylors which clearly is inconsistent - plse adv.)


 * Firstly, shortening the name of, say, the Worshipful Company of Drapers to "Drapers" doesn't seem incorrect to me, definitely not worse than shortening the name to "Draper". The table column gives a short form of the name of the Livery Companies, not a job description of the Lord Mayors.
 * Secondly, your multiple lists of notes for the various centuries had some inconsistencies that led to an error for the 14th century Grocers; I fixed that.
 * Thirdly, ReferenceBot is an automated program that notifies editors of possibe problems; it's not smart enough to fix those problems itself. BracketBot similarly is an automated program; you are of course welcome to follow up its messages and fix the mismatched brackets.
 * Fourthly, are you seriously complaining that people may have other things to do on Christmas Eve than editing Wikipedia? Please be a little more patient. Huon (talk) 03:55, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi hi thanks for your comments & NO! I was not seriously complaining at all. In fact I am pleased to hear fellow Wikipedians were enjoying Christmas and I trust you all had a good time. I have commented on Talk:List of Lord Mayors of London under the section Pluralisation in the Mother Livery Company column about Draper vs. Drapers (but used Mercer by way of example - apologies), and I have no opinion strong enough to enter into protracted debate about this, but the one thing for sure is that Drapers' would be correct in written form if it includes a plural possessive apostrophe (but somehow I don't see that happening)? Anyway I agree this matter ought to be attended to because Wiki should, in my opinion, provide the correct info. Many thanks for correcting the glitch & looking forward to hearing. Season's Greetings M Mabelina (talk) 15:57, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * PS. no criticism directed at any particular individual, but whilst ploughing through the List of Lord Mayors of London I can't help but notice numerous historical inaccuracies (corrections ongoing) but also some attempts to redefine history as if it were in the present day. Very simple examples comprise those of redesignating people's correct titles, qv. many of the 17th-century Lord Mayors of London - it's like saying "all right Lord Mayor mate" - it just didn't happen back then, so for Wiki readers to understand the context, better to stick to the script I should suggest...
 * just to come up for a breath of fresh air - hopefully these updates are what you are looking for? Qv. List of Lord Mayors of London... M Mabelina (talk) 02:05, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * this is quite hard work insofar as I receive little feedback except of a critical nature. So, given how things are, please amend "The Drapers were formally associated in 1361, but did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1438" to "The Drapers were incorporated in 1361, and received a Royal Charter in 1438". I hope you understand. M Mabelina (talk) 03:31, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * PS. most of the issues I can see simply emanate from the way the articles were set up - but worth correcting, surely?
 * Of course fixing the issues with that list is worth it, but I'm not really an expert on the Lord Mayors of London, or their historical titles, or on the Worshipful Companies. Similarly, this user talk page is not a good place to discuss that article. Talk:List of Lord Mayors of London is a much better place to propose and discuss improvements of the list. Huon (talk) 16:53, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Cheers to you & a very productive healthy and prosperous New Year. Thanks your help to date & trust be of equal help to you? M Mabelina (talk) 17:09, 2 January 2016 (UTC) PS. who is the go-to Admin in Wiki ref Titles whether honorary (ie. courtesy) or substantive titles in usage? Just don't want to embark on a huge waste of time on this if it can be helped... ¡Muy Feliz 2016! Hasta pronto..
 * I don't think there's a go-to admin; admins don't have any special powers over content. There is, however, the Manual of Style on biographies which has something to say on the use of titles in the section on honorifics. Huon (talk) 17:18, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Gotcha & thanks again. Please don't hesitate to contact if you think I can help. Best M Mabelina (talk) 17:39, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Defcon Bot
Someone's advising the [|Defcon Bot] isn't working. Can you advise/give it a nudge as nessecary. Amortias (T)(C) 18:58, 30 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately A930913 wasn't active for almost a year; it seems unlikely they will become active again. Some other workaround may have to be found. Huon (talk) 16:53, 2 January 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm still here, (and if not, on IRC) trying to keep the bots running through the labs' borks. I think a recent break took out some of ClueBotNG which DefconBot reads from, so I'll have to poke a ClueBot maintainer. 930913 &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; 00:17, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Great to hear that. Happy new year! Huon (talk) 18:21, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

False positive
Just got a false positive in Civil defense because of this tool's automatic addition of parenthesis to make a ref name not a "simple integer". Best, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  22:12, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Not sure I'd call that a false positive. Whatever the reason, I do not think ")2009" is a reasonable name for a reference. Maybe the tool should be changed. Huon (talk) 01:26, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Unmatched comment markup
Hi, please could you extend the good work of BracketBot to pick up unmatched comment markup, e.g. which was missing the closing "-->"? – Fayenatic  L ondon 15:05, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
 * BracketBot should already pick up such issues because they involve a mismatched pair of "<>". Not sure why it didn't in this example. Huon (talk) 01:26, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * These errors should be catched by WP:CHECKWIKI guys. -- Edgars2007  (talk/contribs) 12:04, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Other Wikipedias?
Hi! Currently just in question level (yes or no) - would it be possible, that some of the bots (currently I'm thining about BracketBot) could be run in other Wikipedias, too? -- Edgars2007  (talk/contribs) 12:08, 18 January 2016 (UTC)