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BracketBot – 210.49.201.40
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Page: Pat Hingle

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210.49.201.40 (talk) 12:02, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

hi, im sorry but i dont know how to fix the page. I just added MASH to the actors credits but the year is also wrong it should be 1980...apologies
 * It's great that you wanted to add his M*A*S*H credit, but overwriting his Gunsmoke TV movie wasn't the correct way to do it. Editing tables can be challenging.  If you need help editing a page, please use the associated talk page - in this case it's Talk:Pat Hingle.  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 02:24, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – JacquelineAnn
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Page: Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to George Jackson (songwriter) may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page. List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:sisters Elzina, Ruby, Emma Lee, and 3 brothers Willie, Montana, Douglas. [Indianola, Mississippi]], Jackson moved with his family to Greenville at the age of five.

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 14:30, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Diff: I am George Jackson's niece and I found it necessary to mention his parents and his siblings names.

Comment/question: If you need additional information please contact me at this email address 152976@park.edu
 * I have reverted your edits. Please read Plain and simple conflict of interest guide and post future suggestions on Talk:George Jackson (songwriter) along with reliable sources.  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 18:55, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Dunarc
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Page: Newport Railway, Scotland 

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Comment/question: URL is to blame

Thanks for spotting this. I have checked and on inspection it is not an error, but is just the way the URL is.

best wishes

Dunarc (talk) 10:27, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * That's indeed a false positive, but I don't see how we could avoid this kind. Sorry, and thank you for checking! Huon (talk) 23:13, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – 71.94.73.163
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Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Pythias_Lodge_Hall_(Weiser,_Idaho)

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Comment/question: this was a false positive, links are provided information is accurate. I previously worked in the Weiser Washington County Economic Department and have personal knowledge of the accuracy of the content and submitted links to related information.

71.94.73.163 (talk) 23:11, 28 January 2014 (UTC)kevinia frazer


 * See below. Huon (talk) 00:44, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – 71.94.73.163
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Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Pythias_Lodge_Hall_(Weiser,_Idaho)

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Comment/question: this was a false positive, links are provided information is accurate. I previously worked in the Weiser Washington County Economic Department and have personal knowledge of the accuracy of the content and submitted links to related information.

71.94.73.163 (talk) 23:12, 28 January 2014 (UTC)kevinia frazer


 * This was not a false positive. You added references below the reflist template, not above it within the article text itself; that did cause an error because the template can only display footnotes defined above it. Frze fixed that, but the footnotes should be moved out of the references section altogether and should instead be put immediately after the statements they're cited for. Huon (talk) 00:44, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Sunplant
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Sunplant (talk) 23:47, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

If a Wikipedia page does not allow me to display my hard earned accoplishments and someone else can delte my entries, then it's time for my whole page/entry to be deleted. This all started because there was a notice that my page needed links, which I tred to add. After years of having no problem, this is just too much trouble. These confusions is not worth it. Thank you


 * Wikipedia is not the place for self-promotion. You provided not a single third-party source for all your hard-earned accomplishments; thus they were removed. Also, you do not own that article; it seems that you do satisfy Wikipedia's guideline for notability; thus we will have an article about you even if it doesn't look the way you would like it to look. You should also take a look at our guideline on conflicts of interest. Writing about yourself is not a good idea. Huon (talk) 00:44, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – EdwardGoldobin
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Comment/question: mathematics like $n>1$ is interpreted like mistake. :-( (and the smiles too) :-( EdwardGoldobin (talk) 00:25, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * These are known issues. The bot keeps an eye on <> because they're used for HTML tags where a mismatch can easily make half an article vanish from sight. That's vastly more common on Wikipedia than the mathematical use. Smileys are much rarer still; I expect a "smiley detector" that wouldn't have false positives of its own would be exceedingly difficult to program and not worth the few smileys within articles. Huon (talk) 00:44, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – NewEngland89
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Page: Peyton Manning

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'''I was trying to fix the page of Peyton Manning when a bracket on the page broke. Manning has not won five MVP awards, but four. God Bless.'''

NewEngland89 (talk) 03:40, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Closing parentheses were inadvertently deleted. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:50, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Matrat103
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Page: Ricardo Lamas

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Comment/question: I was told I had possibly violated syntax in citing one of my sources, but upon looking at the page itself, nothing was out of the ordinary. I went back to edit as per BracketBot's request and the brackets I input were no different than any other on the page. Not quite sure what exactly BracketBot thought was up, just hoping to clear up any confusion. Thanks.

Matrat103 (talk) 03:43, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Closing } brackets were left off. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:46, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – MrCellular
yes Why don't you just fix the broken syntax instead leaving me a message? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrCellular (talk • contribs) 10:21, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Because that would require a very high level of AI. Also, it can't detect existing problems, only those which are caused by the edit. Also, there are a lot of false positives, so it is always better for a human to go through them. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  11:05, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Is this a joke? I mean are you serious with your last sentence? Are you like Siri? MrCellular (talk) 12:02, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I have no idea what Siri's stance on this issue is, but it's a fact that there are quite a few false positives, and having a human look at the issues pointed out by the bot is far better than the mayhem the bot would cause on its own. Huon (talk) 23:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, I got it. Please mark this section as resolved. Thanks in advance. MrCellular (talk) 10:46, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Weglinde
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Hi. In the last few days you have picked up several instances of missing brackets. I am most grateful. I am sure that I have fixed them all but wonder whether I can rerun the bot to make sure. If so how do I do this.

Weglinde (talk) 13:15, 29 January 2014 (UTC) Comment/question:

Weglinde (talk) 13:15, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * The bot checks only new edits, not articles, and it produces a notification only if a new edit adds mismatched brackets. So technically you could deliberately add a mismatched bracket to a page to have the bot point out all issues on that page, but I wouldn't recommend that. Instead I double-checked the old bot messages; all seems to be resolved now. Huon (talk) 23:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * A930913 just pointed out that there is a way to check a page for remaining mismatched brackets: Here. Huon (talk) 00:00, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – WikiDan61
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Page: Not applicable

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Comment/question: I've raised this issue before, apparently to no avail, but I'll try again. BracketBot notices appear in my talk page at a section with the title == ==. If that section does not exist, and BracketBot creates it at the end of my talk page, that's fine. But when BracketBot insists on leaving all further messages within this page section, even after the page has moved on with other discussions, it makes it VERY hard to find the later notices. Can you please update the BOT to place new notices at the bottom of a user's talk page? Perhaps with a new heading "Notes from BracketBot" or something like that? Thanks! WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * See User:BracketBot. However, the decision to have the messages bundled by month was deliberate, and I don't expect the default behavior will be changed. Huon (talk) 23:36, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 68.98.124.116
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Page:john Grabow 

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Divorded and want the public to know-please add DIVORCED 2013 to personal history :

68.98.124.116 (talk) 03:24, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Such a claim would require a reliable source. My cursory search failed to find any. Do you know of one? Huon (talk) 20:57, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Winelight
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David Morley (paediatrician)

Thanks - BracketBot - very helpful! Keep up the good work.

Winelight (talk) 08:26, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


 * You're welcome, happy editing! Huon (talk) 20:57, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 95.169.39.130
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95.169.39.130 (talk) 09:49, 30 January 2014 (UTC) Thanks, I am having problem to insert his picture on the profile picture. any help?


 * See Template:Infobox football biography. There's an "image=" parameter which should take the name of an image that has been uploaded to Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Commons, without the "File:" prefix; if the image were File:Example.jpg that line should say "image=Example.jpg" without the quotation marks. However, images of living persons must be freely licensed to be acceptable to Wikipedia. Do you know of such an image? Huon (talk) 20:57, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 195.166.150.142
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Page: Council House

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Comment/question: I believe the bracketing syntax is correct, although ]] [[could have been deleted after Hackenthorpe and before South Yorkshire

Vincibus

195.166.150.142 (talk) 12:46, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


 * The problems with the image were fixed by Bgwhite, who also restored a non-vandalized lead. Huon (talk) 20:57, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – A1Houseboy
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'''Page: The original reason for reviewing the issue in question was the article on The English Patient (1996; movie) that had a distinction from the British Oscar equivalent which The English Patient page was linked to the BFI top 100 films article which then used a url source that shows up as an error message--page not found. But the url on the BFI website had been updated and when that was used to update the reference that is when the error message came up with Wiki'''

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'''Comment/question: The way the current BFI article is set up is that it states what were at the time the list was established as the top 100 British films So when links are to that page it is to an older list that at some time may be reissued with the latest top 100 filmslist. So the article should probably be changed to the BFI's top 100 films list"s" and the table in it used to track the rank of each movie on each list. I believe I left a note on the talk page about this to get a consensus about it. But I am concerned that if there are other articles that link to that article then how is it possible to identify all the links so that as part of the project the links can be updated? I suggested this because there is an American Institute of Film top 100 lists article with a table that includes each succeeding list. So that article will have a continuing value whereas the BFI article stays at the issuance of the original list.'''

A1Houseboy (talk) 19:19, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


 * This reference error was resolved by subsequent edits. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:38, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Afrosty
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Page:Malcolm B. Frost

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Comment/question: Please check again. I believe I have fixed the syntax issues

Afrosty (talk) 06:16, 31 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Bgwhite fixed] all remaining bracket issues. Huon (talk) 13:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 119.30.45.130
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119.30.45.130 (talk) 13:44, 31 January 2014 (UTC) 01720000057


 * You didn't ask a question and left no indication of what issue this is about. Huon (talk) 13:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Thepool15
yes I'm very sorry :( I will never do this again

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Thepool15 (talk) 21:19, 31 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that. Huon (talk) 13:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Lacquerpainting
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'''Comment/question: Hi there and thanks for your message - I have tried to use the reflist template on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_V%C4%83n_C%E1%BA%A9n, but it keeps telling me 'error'...is there a step by step guide..I tried to use the directions on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Reflist#List-defined_references but for whatever reason, I seem to have done something wrong. I would like to do more pages on Vietnamese painters and other art subjects, so it would really help to understand the layout. Thanks'''

Lacquerpainting (talk) 10:47, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I'll tidy up the references in a moment and will reply in more detail at your talk page. Huon (talk) 13:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Frank Gosebruch
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You have automatically detected that my edit to Nikon F may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 ""s. Page:Nikon F

can't, don't know how Diff:can't, don't know how

It was my fault, I corrected it, sorry! Comment/question:It was my fault, I corrected it, sorry!

Frank Gosebruch 11:31, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for fixing it! You may want to take a look at Help:Diff. Huon (talk) 13:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – T.kam67
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Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_F.C._statistics_and_records

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'''Comment/question:The bot misunderstood error! '''

T.kam67 (talk) 12:17, 1 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Not a bot error; there was a missing square bracket, but Yobot fixed it in the meantime. Huon (talk) 13:43, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 92.29.229.209
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92.29.229.209 (talk) 22:26, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

they are albanians speaking greek just so they can get money from Greece, so they say they are greeks


 * At the very least, such a claim would require a reliable source. Huon (talk) 03:18, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – CambridgeBayWeather
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Page: Joe Handley

Diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Handley&diff=593551749&oldid=593540182

Comment/question: Just noting that the bot said it was {Infobox President but the problem was actually on the birth_date= line. Not sure if it can get any closer but it might be confusing for someone new at this. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 08:23, 2 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The bot has roughly a 50-50 chance of getting something like this right: Should it consider the outermost bracket mismatched, or the innermost? I agree that when the bot gets it wrong it's both confucing and possibly a lot of work to find the true error, but I can't think of a way to guarantee better results without giving the bot a full understanding of wiki syntax, and even that wouldn't help if it were merely parentheses in text. Huon (talk) 14:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – SharonBlatt
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Page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_tourism_in_Israel

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Comment/question: Hi, thank you for contacting me about the syntax. I am new to this so I didn't quite understand what I need to edit.

SharonBlatt (talk) 09:15, 2 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The bot notified you because you had a closing square bracket without an opening square bracket. The wikicode for external links is this:  Example ; it will look like this: Example. The link you added, however, was removed by Werieth because it was to a commercial organization promoting medical tourism, not to a reliable source. Huon (talk) 14:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Sthelens80
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Sthelens80 (talk) 19:05, 2 February 2014 (UTC) Thank you for the tip!


 * I removed that entire section because it was largely unsourced and what sources it had didn't so much as mention Selberg. Huon (talk) 20:49, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Stardiamondproductionsinc
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Page: 91hulkster

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Comment/question: 91hulkster is a band who is starting out Stardiamondproductionsinc (talk) 00:12, 3 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The article was deleted because it did not assert that the band is notable. Also, Wikipedia is not the place for promotion. Huon (talk) 21:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – TheCaptureOfMotion
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Nuclear decay reaction on transfer of valence ions using a smaller bracket in explanation of breaking up quantum theory to adapt transfer of particles in a specified manner. For public understanding of living complexity to prevent capitalism take over of turn people into idiots.

TheCaptureOfMotion (talk) 01:26, 3 February 2014 (UTC)


 * That makes no sense, and your additions to the article didn't cite any reliable sources such as peer-reviewed chemistry papers. I have reverted them. Huon (talk) 21:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Saswatichaudhuri
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Comment/question: I did not understand what you said about my editing.

Saswatichaudhuri (talk) 15:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The bot notified you because you removed one "[" from a link and thereby broke the link. However, what you added was a copyright violation. Please do not paste content copied from somewhere else to Wikipedia. Huon (talk) 21:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 71.191.40.37
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Page: List of Fictional characters

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Comment/question: Why you keep removing Tyler and Caroline they where name a power couple by a reliable media source. Yet you keep removing I did the research and made sure before posting their names but you still remove them. If you want to be for real Klaus and Caroline are not a super couple they where name Best couple but not a super couple you haven't removed them. I'm not vandalism I'm putting a true fact up you keep saying I'm vandalizing when I'm not. 71.191.40.37 (talk) 23:34, 3 February 2014 (UTC)


 * BracketBot has not removed anything; it only notified you because your edit broke that page's syntax. That said, the sources for Lockwood/Forbes are hardly reliable and largely don't say what you cite them for. The Klaus/Caroline sources are not much better, but at least there is some third-party coverage explicitly discussing the couple in some detail. Huon (talk) 22:35, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Smithph
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Page:Birthday_attack

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'''Comment/question:These are not unbalanced braces, but a C++ code sample. I don't know the markup well enough to know if there are better tags I can enclose the source in. If there are, let me know and I'll change it.'''

phil (talk) 23:36, 3 February 2014 (UTC)


 * This is indeed a false positive. BracketBot keeps an eye on <> because they're used in HTML tags where a mismatch can easily break half a page. Using them for other purposes, such as C code or even "smaller than", will then give an incorrect BracketBot message, unfortunately. Huon (talk) 22:35, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – Comp.arch
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Page: IOS jailbreaking

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Comment/question: I knew about my mistake and corrected. Your bot looks at the edit but not the most recent page. Then it would have not seen an error (unless I'm missing something else). I guess you could call this a bug, not sure, maybe there are advantages to doing it this way but for me it's a false positive. But I do like these bots.

comp.arch (talk) 10:22, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * , when the bot posted on your Talk page, the error still existed, as far as I can tell. The bot notified you at 00:27, 31 January 2014 (UTC). I believe that you fixed the problem 11.5 hours later, at 11:59, 31 January 2014 (UTC) (if I'm doing my UTC math right). I could be wrong.


 * The bot runs once a day, at the end of each day, to avoid spamming editors about problems that they have already fixed. It is possible, I believe, that the bot could notify an editor very shortly after a problem has been fixed. Nice work on that article, by the way. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:38, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and sorry for misinforming you. I remembered and/or must have looked at it wrong. My fix was not the one a minute later but the next day. comp.arch (talk) 21:58, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – OccultZone
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Page: The Glenn Miller Story

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Comment/question: Check, and reply.

 Occult Zone  ( Talk ) 02:24, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The citation you added had "By Gene Siskel, Movie critic." between two vertical bars with no parameter name, hence the error report. I changed it to "author=Gene Siskel". – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:17, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Adding a ping in case this is not on your watchlist, . – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:28, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Looks like your bot is perfect.  Occult Zone  ( Talk ) 06:36, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Krishnaballesh
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Hi Bracketbot, fine will correct it and also help for this article how make it strong because we are students of academy and learning from both the maestro Pandit s ballesh and krishna ballesh sir .. help us more.....thank you....


 * Your edit on that page was reverted, and a Wikipedia article should be about only one person, not two similarly-named persons. Huon (talk) 22:03, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 69.171.138.36
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Hijra (South Asia) Hijra (South Asia)

NO change NO change:

Wrong automated detected; no change for the section that BracketBot suspected which was the following:

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page: In Pakistan, the hijras can identify themselves as female, male, or [[third gender]. The term more commonly advocated by social workers and community themselves is, ' Arabic root]] hjr in its sense of "leaving one's tribe," "hjr (main meanings): a) to break with, leave, forsake, renounce, emigrate, flee" Lahzar Zanned, "Root formation and.

'''Wrong automated detected; no change for the section that BracketBot suspected which was the following: List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page: In Pakistan, the hijras can identify themselves as female, male, or third gender]. The term more commonly advocated by social workers and community themselves is, ' Arabic root hjr in its sense of "leaving one's tribe," "hjr (main meanings): a) to break with, leave, forsake, renounce, emigrate, flee" Lahzar Zanned, "Root formation and.'''

69.171.138.36 (talk) 13:49, February 5, 2014‎ (UTC)


 * The bot is correct; you added the sentence with the "third gender" part, including the mismatched brackets. That bracket was added here. Huon (talk) 22:03, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 75.90.37.7 THANK YOU!
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75.90.37.7 (talk) 15:46, February 5, 2014‎‎ (UTC)


 * You're welcome, thank you for adding the missing brackets! Huon (talk) 22:03, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – 74.60.187.122
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74.60.187.122 (talk) 04:25, 6 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The changes of December 17 have long since been reverted because you broke the syntax and removed content. There are no newer ReferenceBot edits on your talk page. Huon (talk) 19:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Happydappy123
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Page:Naomie Harris

I'mnot sure where I went wrong please help:

I tried editing this page but my edit doesn't stay what can I do?

Happydappy123 (talk) 11:25, 6 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You should discuss the changes you propose with other editors such as TRPoD. As he said on your talk page, Wikipedia is not a celebrity gossip magazine. Also, you will need reliable sources for your proposed changes. Huon (talk) 19:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Your message
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Dianasbraham76 (talk) 13:49, 6 February 2014 (UTC) Sorry I accidentally deleted that 9. Can you please fix it for me is I won't mess things up again


 * I have reverted your edits because you did not provide reliable sources for your changes, and some of them seemed rather dubious to me. The Diana (mythology) article explicitly is about the ancient Roman goddess, not about neo-paganist or Wiccan deities of the same name. Huon (talk) 19:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Openended1
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unclosed brackets were actually there before I edited, I actually closed one but there might be another one or two will check next time...


 * I would take a look if you had left a clue about the relevant page. Wherever you were notified, it was not at User talk:Openended1. Huon (talk) 19:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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Balddricks (talk) 17:06, 6 February 2014 (UTC) Hello BracketBot. You may be right regarding the syntax ''. However, The edited text does read correctly.


 * Hardly. The first sentence lacked a closing parenthesis. Even worse, the claim that the ships fly the flag of the British Merchant Navy is demonstrably wrong. I have reverted your edits, for which you did not provide reliable sources. See also Talk:Princess Cruises. Huon (talk) 19:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: FISTF Sports table football (Subbuteo table football)

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'''Comment/question: My comment: Whenever I have time, I do update the historical data from FISTF on Wikipedia. I wish to do this also for the German/Austrian/Swiss version, because in fact we don't have that in german. The English version should be copied and then translated into german, One by one, to have the same historical knowledge. You an contact me via my email address. Maybe I can become a member to update for our beloved sport. horst.deimel@movingmetal.at '''

93.83.255.178 (talk) 17:16, 6 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The issue the bot notified you about was an opening parenthesis without a corresponding closing parenthesis. Worse, you did not provide any sources for the content you added. Wikipedia content should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as sports or gaming magazines or maybe newspaper articles. Huon (talk) 19:10, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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Ali kelly (talk) 22:58, 6 February 2014 (UTC) Thanks can u please do it for me as i dont know how to
 * You did not provide a reliable source for your changes; thus they were reverted. Huon (talk) 23:56, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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'''Comment/question: Whilst I appreciate the work of the BrackenBot, and Yes Mea Culpa … A link in your message to Linguistic Syntax, isn't very helpful! A link to computer/Wikipedia ref. syntax, might have been !''' … (… ps glad you spotted my deliberate mistake!Pincrete (talk) 23:51, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Pincrete (talk) 23:51, 6 February 2014 (UTC)


 * All too often what gets broken isn't wiki syntax but linguistic syntax; in fact the edit you were notified about also didn't break the wiki syntax. Thus the link in the message seems appropriate. Huon (talk) 23:56, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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'https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Modley

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Comment/question: I have edited the typo and all should be well now.

Landman14 (talk) 00:24, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You did not provide any reliable sources for your addition, and I doubt his grand-nieces are what Modley is known for. Thus I have reverted your edits on that page. Huon (talk) 00:33, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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Video Game Crash of 1983

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Comment/question: Bracketbot had been mistaken about the use of two 's

KombatPolice (talk) 01:42, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You're right, the brackets within the URLs were mismatched. There's no way for the bot to determine whether they belong that way or not, so if in doubt it notifies a human. Huon (talk) 12:06, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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I think I have fixed it but I am not sure...please advise...and sorry! Comment/question:

Thereselmc (talk) 04:14, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't think 15q11.2-13.1 should be put in parentheses at all; compare this paper. Thus I have removed the parentheses from that Wikipedia article. Huon (talk) 12:06, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: Anna Pavlova (gymnast)

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'''Comment/question: Bracketbot said I had "broken the syntax". What on earth does this mean?'''

Sardaka (talk) 06:25, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * For the external link at the end of the biography section you had a closing square bracket, but not a corresponding opening square bracket. Thus the link was not displayed correctly. I have added the missing bracket. Huon (talk) 12:06, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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'''Comment/question: Hi there in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Eberhardt I saw some references are using array type identification/coding process. I mean, suppose in an article one reference link may have multiple referable issues In fact, the same reference needs to add again and again in different paragraph of the same article. In such case, in this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Eberhardt article I saw, each reference is being used by a common identification / name. Only first time the whole reference is adding, but wherever it needs again, there only using the ID/common name/identification code and that’s all Please, let me understand this process. Because, I am intended to create some new articles having philosophical value. In those, I need such an option to avoid repletion of any same reference.
 * With best regards…

'''

Sufidisciple (talk) 12:33, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * See Help:Referencing for beginners. In short, the first time you use  , and you can refer to the same source again via  . Don't forget the slash at the end, though, or things will be misinterpreted badly! Huon (talk) 18:53, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

A930913, Thanks for the syntax. Its working. -- Sufidisciple (talk) 13:42, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: Ramón Santiago

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Comment/question: Just pointing out a false-positive. I fixed unpaired brackets with the above edit (by adding an unpaired tag), but I was still notified of an error on my talk page due to another unpaired error on the page (I assume).

X96lee15 (talk) 22:40, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * That's a known issue. If two errors "cancel out" each other, the bot will assume that repairing one causes the other. Huon (talk) 22:47, 7 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Figured as much. I didn't see a bug list, so I thought I'd report it, just in case. — X96lee15 (talk) 22:56, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: Reykjavík Museum of Photography

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Comment/question: I received a message on my talk page in regards to "missing references list" and "errors in referencing." I understand why the bot wrote on my talk page (because there was an error on the page I edited) but I am not sure as to why the reference list is not working on Reykjavík Museum of Photography. If you could give me a brief description why the reference list isn't working and how I can fix it, that would be great. This has happened to me before and I don't know what to do. Thanks! Hope to hear from you soon.

Meatsgains (talk) 00:32, 8 February 2014 (UTC)


 * There was one reference in the "external links" section. reflist will only display references above it, so moving the sections into the preferred order had the side effect of no longer displaying that reference and producing the error. Since that reference wasn't all that necessary anyway, I have removed it. Huon (talk) 00:59, 8 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Okay, good to know for when it happens in the future. Thanks! Meatsgains (talk) 03:01, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: Michael Jackson

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Comment/question: Hi there, I'm still a little unsure on how to edit information on Wikipedia. Could you kindly advise what you would like me to do? And sorry if I have caused in inconvenience. Thanks MJKingofMusic (talk) 14:03, 8 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The issue the bot notified you about is that you didn't add closing brackets to the cite web templates. See Template:Cite web for a more detailed description of these templates, including examples of use. However, claiming that the IRS' estimate of Jackson's wealth is "unbiased" when they stand to profit handsomely from a high estimate is not appropriate, and you seem to be misrepresenting the IRS numbers anyway. The sources you provided for the Oprah interview are not reliable by Wikipedia's standards. Thus I'll revert your changes. Huon (talk) 17:45, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

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99.240.123.35 (talk) 20:42, 8 February 2014 (UTC) From yo


 * I have repaired the table and fixed the link target while I was at it. Huon (talk) 21:01, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

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anwar 07:51, 9 February 2014 (UTC) Thanks for advising atitude. Please tell me about a problem that my article Meethari Marwar belongs to a town location. Meethari Marwar is the correct and official name of the location. I wants to a link on stad.com because there are name of location showing incorrect name as Mitri. Your faitfully


 * The bot notified you about a mismatched curly bracket which you since removed yourself. However, I don't quite understand your reasoning. You want to add a link to stad.com because they display the name incorrectly? That doesn't make any sense to me. Sources in the article are very, very poor, with most of the government sites not mentioning the village at all, for all I can tell - I couldn't get either the postcode website or the 2001 census to give any results for "Meethari Marwar" (or for "Mitri", for that matter). I have removed many of the maps from the "external links" section; those are not reliable sources by Wikipedia's standards. Huon (talk) 01:32, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: sir, i wanna add more of Pandit S. Ballesh sir film recordings sections and peformances because ballesh sir has played more for illayaraja and ar. rahmna .. so hpow to add.. if am adding your deleting and cleaniing it... so plz give me solution too.. same to krishna ballesh sir ecordings and performances too

Shiva2586 (talk) 18:02, 9 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You should provide reliable sources (not blogs), and it may be better to propose changes at the article's talk page instead of making the edits yourself. A concern was raised that you have a conflict of interest because you're closely associated with the subject. Huon (talk) 01:32, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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'''I have not edited that page. I do not know how/why you think it was me. Maybe because of shared IP's?'''

Mcdakini (talk) 19:04, 9 February 2014 (UTC)


 * That's possible, but since you didn't tell what page you were notified about, or under what IP address, I can't really tell you much about that message. You could still check out the notification and fix the bracked issue if necessary, even if you were not the one who caused it, though. Huon (talk) 01:32, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Imadi Page:

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I'm just wondering I was able to fix the problem in syntax he noted? Comment/question:

84.13.154.117 (talk) 20:55, 10 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You fixed that syntax problem, but the article needs better sources. Several sections don't cite any sources at all. Huon (talk) 01:01, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abduction_(2011_film)

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Comment/question: Before editing it read as "is Paul Rasmus, who lives in Nebraska. The two take an Amtrak passenger train to get there (using fake IDs provided by their friend Gilly (Denzel Whitaker)) and confess their feelings for" I changed it to "is Paul Rasmus, who lives in Nebraska. The two take an Amtrak passenger train to get there (using fake IDs provided by their friend Gilly (Denzel Whitaker) and confess their feelings for" since there is no need for TWO closing parentheses. Never mind, I didn't see that this all was in parentheses and the original was correct. I've changed it back. Sorry.

N8hawk (talk) 20:58, 10 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Don't worry about the mistake; thank you for fixing it yourself! Happy editing! Huon (talk) 01:01, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

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They changed my contributions to Exquisite Sinner, and reverted it to the old version. Page: Exquisite Sinner

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Comment/question: All of my facts I added are true, I am a Silent Film historian and I checked my facts. I believe my contributions would be interesting to people looking to find more info about this lost silent film. Jsalsberg (talk) 21:44, 10 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The bot notified you because you added mismatched brackets in the process of adding the PhotoBucket links. That has since been fixed. However, Wikipedia requires reliable, published sources - unfortunately we cannot just accept your own word for your expertise. As a film historian surely you know of published sources you can cite so our readers can verify your additions? If no such sources exist, Wikipedia would consider your contributions original research, something we should not engage in. A peer-reviewed scholarly journal would be a more appropriate place to publish new research than Wikipedia. Huon (talk) 01:01, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Sky

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'''Comment/question:Yes BracketBot, you have misunderstood my edit. The unpaired bracket itself shows the bracket-like thing in the logo. It's like - TATA"("Sky, isn't it? Conclusion- It's not a typing mistake.'''

D&#39;pak HKadam (talk) 22:38, 11 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Neither third-party sources such as The Hindu nor the Tata Sky website itself use a parenthesis when they write the name; Wikipedia should not do so either. Huon (talk) 00:12, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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Jutty10 (talk) 00:01, 12 February 2014 (UTC) Hi, I've just heard that BracketBot deleted my section (Jutty10) of Loma Linda Academy. On the talk page of Loma Linda Academy, I said that I DID NOT want anyONE OR anyTHING to EDIT IT or DELETE IT. Thanks!


 * There are several misconceptios here. Firstly, BracketBot does not edit articles but only notifies users about possible bracket mismatches. Your edits of December were reverted by User:Bbb23 because you cited no reliable sources and the content didn't seem all that important to the academy anyway. I have to agree with that assessment.
 * Secondly, you do not get to own Wikipedia articles. Whatever you write on Wikipedia can - and will - be edited by others, and it will be removed if it's judged not to be an improvement of the encyclopedia. Huon (talk) 00:12, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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Kellie Levans 00:42, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

I broke a file bracket and can not correct on hydrogyn wiki historical account can I receive help inserting file {kidkel69}Thank You

Cite error: There are tags on this page, but the references will not show without a reflist template (see the help page). Learning format after 4 months study -stil have error-need a guidance on a ref correction -ty Kellie Levans 00:42, 12 February 2014 (UTC) [kidkel69}


 * I have largely reverted your changes because your grammar was not an improvement and you didn't cite any reliable sources for the changed content. In particular you changed the reflist template into something that won't work; I fixed that too. Huon (talk) 01:39, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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i cant upload my photo to my article,im finding it very complicated 

Mattcymru2 (talk) 06:24, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You uploaded the image alright, but apparently you misremembered the name when you tried to add it to the article; it's File:Castell Cawr.jpg, not File:Tan-y-Gopa.jpg. Huon (talk) 19:19, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – LAmcbiskyh
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edit unpaired bracket Page:

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I am having difficulty editing the unpaired brackets. Can't seem to figure out how to remove them Comment/question:

LAmcbiskyh (talk) 14:43, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You resolved the issue with these edits. Thanks! Huon (talk) 19:19, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: Unmatched brackets.

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Comment/question: My revision is okay. The concern of BracketBot is not important. I include bracket not as a separator but as a character (in the FOLLOW function). Freekilife (talk) 19:07, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You're right, but there's no way for BracketBot to tell. Sorry about the notification. Huon (talk) 19:19, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot –
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Page: This is the message I got. I couldn't find the error. If you can point it out that would be great. Sorry if I don't know the correct procedure or what all I'm supposed to fill in:

"Hello, I'm ReferenceBot. I have automatically detected that an edit performed by you may have introduced errors in referencing. It is as follows:

On the Hogan's Heroes page, your edit caused a broken reference name (help). (Fix | Ask for help) Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, ReferenceBot (talk) 00:30, 27 January 2014 (UTC)"

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 * An editor fixed this one. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:13, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

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Page: San Francisco Ballet

'''Comment/question: Hi BracketBot, I believe there was a misunderstanding. I only edited the info regarding principle dancers at the ballet. I did not edit the section dealing with "The Nutcracker"'''

Sincerely, SpiritedMichelle

SpiritedMichelle (talk) 19:57, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * In that edit you fixed one bracket error, but there was a second one on the page, and bot noticed that afterwards there were mismatched brackets and wrongly assumed you had caused the second issue - thus the notification. I have removed the surplus parenthesis. Huon (talk) 21:31, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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PageCheng Man-ch'ing Early years:

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'''I went and corrected my bracket error and then tried to write on the talk page. I ended it with 4 tildes and the page showed it had been modified, but I did not see my comments.''' Comment/question:

No3.14eater (talk) 22:19, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The talk page's history shows no edits since last September, and your contributions don't show any edits to talk pages either, so apparently you did not save that edit. Thank you for fixing the bracket issue, though. Huon (talk) 00:14, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

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Levitamin (talk) 20:57, 13 February 2014 (UTC) Hi,

I just screwed up the page! I am a novice at this. I'm trying to revert it to showing the band photo. Like five revisions ago. I'm not sure what I did wrong. I was trying to add the photographer caption to the photo. Thanks for your help!


 * Sorry for being late, but by now you obviously figured out how to fix the issue on your own. Thanks! Huon (talk) 22:12, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: Abu Yazid

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'''Comment/question: Official cite is " W. K. R. Hallam (1966). The Bayajida Legend in Hausa Folklore. The Journal of African History, 7, pp 47-60. doi:10.1017/S002185370000606X." per DOI itself.)'''

 Ogress  smash!  01:03, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You added a "http://" to the DOI; that doesn't work. Jonesey95 fixed it. Huon (talk) 18:17, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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Edmund Battersby:

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I have removed the brackets which were there in error:

MildredJirak (talk) 01:12, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Huon (talk) 18:17, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 1.36.68.170
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‘’'List Of Largest Sailing Yachts:'''

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Comment/question:Thanks for notifying me about my mistake.

1.36.68.170 (talk) 10:02, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. However, I see no source for the claim that the yacht was sold or renamed; the article on the ship does not mention a renaming, and all the sources I checked refer to her as "Mirabella V". Wikipedia content must be based on reliable sources. Thus I have reverted your edit; please provide a source for the name change. Huon (talk) 18:17, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ryan:_Shadow_Recruit

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Comment/question:

You posted a good catch on my talk page. When I went to fix it, someone else had edited out the item. As the later editor used less technical terms than I had, it makes sense to favor his terminology over my own.


 * OK, then this is resolved. Huon (talk) 23:40, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: I have already edited it for correction. Thanks.

You're from Iriga? Fcbelmontejr (talk) 20:52, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. BracketBot is an automated program that looks for mismatched brackets all over the encyclopedia. It's not from Iriga, and I doubt the botmaster, A930913, is. Huon (talk) 23:40, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page:Battle of Flores (1592)

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Comment/question:I'm told I broke syntax and I'm not sure how to fix it

MostRecentUser (talk) 21:42, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I have removed the surplus bracket. Huon (talk) 23:40, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: I edited "Numb (Usher song)", but BracketBot said I broke the syntax by modifying 1 "[]"s. Unfortunately, I don't see what I did wrong. Can you help me, please?

Jake &#34;JJR&#34; Rivera (talk) 23:15, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Your edit has been reverted by Tomica, who said that the credits of Looking 4 Myself disagree. You should discuss the issue on the talk page. Huon (talk) 23:40, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

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'''I have been facing difficulties with my last edits. I am attempting to add the photo of Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi to the right hand side of his Wiki page and it seems I have ruined the whole appearance of the page.'''

Taayka (talk) 20:24, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
 * . – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:10, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

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'''Cannot fix it myself. Pls need your urgent help'''

Taayka (talk) 22:06, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
 * . – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:09, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – Dave.Dunford
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Waterfall Country (Wales)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=595591365

Couldn't see any "unnamed parameter error" as reported on my Talk page

Dave.Dunford (talk) 09:00, 16 February 2014 (UTC)


 * For the third reference you had a "-" instead of an "=", which caused the error. Fixed. Huon (talk) 10:43, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico & Catalan people

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'''Comment/question: BracketBot, I apologize for not replying to you prior to now but I had been sick. Thank you for your advice. The necessary corrections were made. 68.174.108.226 (talk) 05:01, 17 February 2014 (UTC)Alan1-11-51'''

68.174.108.226 (talk) 05:01, 17 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for fixing the issue! BracketBot is just an automated program, though; when you don't think the bot made a mistake and don't need help fixing the problem, there's no need to reply here. Happy editing! Huon (talk) 22:51, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

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[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Nabla&diff=595660438&oldid=591046692 I was warned] that [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=595651853 a edit of mine] produced a URL error. Given I have edited a bunch of URLs it would be much helpful if you had pointed out exactly what triggered the error detection algorithm.

Note that he report page / template is completely obnoxious, it turns a relatively simple task, writing a report, into a scary thing, with a big, huge, box on the top of the page overlapping some mysterious text that may or may not be important (apparently it is not, « [...] then clickest thou mouse pointer towards thy "Save Page" button, who registering the click, shall send it. Amen.»?! Really, that is report instructions?).

Nabla (talk) 14:35, 17 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The error will show up in red on the article in question, usually either in the references section or, for more severe errors, in the place where the reference itself is. See here. For at least some of the errors the bot will notify users about it may be difficult to point out which part of the edit caused them, but for URL errors and the like that should be possible.
 * The report page is the standard edit window, with a custom text that's supposed to hide what you normally see when you edit A930913's talk page, but obviously doesn't quite (thanks for pointing that out!), and some stuff for archival purposes. Huon (talk) 22:51, 17 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Oh! Good thing there is a silly box, so we do not need to see the text beneath it, though I actually was more worried about the pre-loaded text. (Hmm. let's see... where do I sign to exclude this bot from ever again writing anything on my talk page...) - Nabla (talk) 23:56, 17 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Since ReferenceBot has a very low false-positive rate (probably zero for all intents and purposes), there's currently no way (nor a need) to opt out. Huon (talk) 20:36, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: A substantial amount of edits were removed from this page. I was a first hand observer, and I want to know why history is being removed from Wikipedia.

99.117.136.26 (talk) 06:56, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia content should be based on reliable, published sources, not first-hand accounts by editors. If I too claimed to have been a first hand observer and provided an account wildly differing from yours, how are our readers supposed to tell that you are right and I am wrong? Huon (talk) 20:36, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: This bot is deleting massive amounts of edits for a site that worked perfectly. I fixed any errors, and it wiped me clean.

Silky Humble (talk) 07:09, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The bot does not edit articles; it only notifies users of possibly mismatched brackets. Visviva removed the content, likely because its sources, such as blogs or even the Wikimedia Commons, are not considered reliable by Wikipedia's standards. Huon (talk) 20:36, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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Wonderfly1983 (talk) 11:16, 18 February 2014 (UTC) Thanks Bracketbot - I'm just learning.


 * You're welcome. Huon (talk) 20:36, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Szaboci
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Page: breaking the syntax Kelly Rowland discography

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Comment/question: Nothing has been broken I just added a chart that is more appropriate as it measures both sales and airplay. Other major music artist discography pages use the same chart such as the Beyoncé discography or Christina Aguilera discography

Szaboci (talk) 11:29, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's a false positive because your table begins with a template but ends with |}</tt> - the bot thinks there should be a corresponding opening bracket. Huon (talk) 20:36, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: File:B35_annotated_alignment_structure_conservation.svg

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Comment/question: Thanks for your excellent work creating and running this bot. One small suggestion, when reporting on pages in the File: namespace, would you consider using a File:filename style like to avoid including a full size image on the talk page? Thanks again.

Cube00 (talk) 14:09, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * As it happens, I was checking some ReferenceBot edits yesterday, saw your talk page, and notified A930913 - that problem has already been fixed. Thanks for the note, though! Huon (talk) 20:36, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 78.150.90.225
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Page: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Comment/question: I just wanted to share some information about the DRC's Gross National Income.

78.150.90.225 (talk) 22:02, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I have moved that to a part of the lead where economic information seemed more relevant, and I fixed the bracket issue in the process. Happy editing! Huon (talk) 23:22, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – PizzaAddict
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Page: Auburn Senior High School

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Comment/question: I'm unclear if the the bracket issue remains. It may have been fixed on the subsequent edit noted in "Diff" link above. If not please let me know so I can avoid the error in the future. Thanks.

PizzaAddict (talk) 22:53, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, that subsequent edit fixed the bracket issues. Thanks! Huon (talk) 23:25, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade

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Can you help me i don't know how to do that

Comment/question: BracketBot mentioned that I could have broken the syntax of the page by using "(" without a ")". This is a misunderstanding, I added an image whose file name contains a "(" but no ")". The page's syntax is not broken, the page is shown correctly.

Marvin Ruder 20:00, 7 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Sorry to butt in. You are correct the syntax is valid, but commons:File:Außenansicht des Gymnasiums Athenaeum in Stade (Quelle- "http---www-bundesfinanzministerium-de-Content-DE-Standardartikel-Themen-Oeffentliche Finanzen-Foederale Finanzbeziehungen-Kommunales Zukunftsinvestitio 2014-01-05 15-00.jpg is a really awful file name which is likely to cause confusion. I suggest you request a renaming there with commons:Template:Rename, for example with the code  . Otherwise the first Commons editor who comes by may choose a more suitable name. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:23, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 86.150.42.6
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hi Bracketbot- thanks for your e-mail, i will do first time and make new wikitabla.(Tabla Gharana).if i mistake please let me know, thanks for your message.thanks

86.150.42.6 (talk) 05:00, 19 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The main issue is not the table itself but the lack of reliable sources that say the Thames Gharane is indeed a widely recognized one, and not one person's recent invention. Huon (talk) 18:22, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Joanna R. Williams
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Joanna R. Williams (talk) 23:31, 19 February 2014 (UTC) Sorry that error occurred when I was not able to access the cite tab. I saved what I had written with the note citations to myself. I have removed them and it should be okay now. I went back after saving what I had done and when I clicked on the Cite tab I did not have any problem.

Thank you, Joanna Rose Williams


 * Thank you for fixing the bracket issue. However, that article's sources need quite a bit of cleanup. Many are not the independent, reliable sources we should be using. This in particular includes blogs and Wikipedia itself. It looks even worse than it is because the "last=" and "first" parameters of citation templates are meant to refer to the author of the source, not the article's subject - I doubt Prudden wrote the NYT article about her own death, for example, but it looks as if she did. Huon (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for your support and help in this endeavor. I have a couple of questions and wanted to check with you first before I make changes. Are you saying that it is not a good idea to use a Wikimedia link as a citation? Also, I did read that personal blogs should not be cited and are you saying the blog that I cited from a University still comes under this category? Would it be best for me to stay away from blogs altogether? I do understand that I have made a mistake with some of the citations by not putting the name of the author of the article in the proper space. I think I got confused when I could not find the author of the piece and thought I should put the subjects name in. Should I leave it blank when no author is listed? Or should I not use the citation if I can not find an author? Thank you very much for your help. I appreciate it. Joanna R. Williams — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joanna R. Williams (talk • contribs) 02:00, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: Thanks for the message, it will be nice if you could kindly edit that, am not clear how to do this, sorry. DrSRBakshi (talk) 04:45, 20 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I have tidied up the reference, but you may want to have a look at WP:SELFCITE. Huon (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

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AdorableTeddy (talk) 05:20, 20 February 2014 (UTC) Can you please help me fix my page? Thank you


 * I have fixed the brackets and tidied up the references, but some of them clearly do not meet Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources. Thus I have re-added the corresponding tag. Huon (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Rhythymz
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Rhythymz (talk) 12:42, 20 February 2014 (UTC) Hmmm, maybe I should forget about editing Wikipedia. It looks like I have deleted a photo of a plaque by mistake. And the reference I added looks wrong.


 * Don't worry about that, it was easy to fix. Thanks for adding that source! Huon (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Prashantktvo
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Prashantktvo (talk) 15:08, 20 February 2014 (UTC) Thanks.i am new here but what i was writing in the list i am an old in this profession so may be i have done any mistake in editing but i am a true one. You serch my name with the help of google


 * A Google search is not a good indication of notability. Furthermore, lists such as the one you edited usually should only contain entries we have an article about. Since you have an obvious conflict of interest when writing about yourself, it's probably best not to edit (or write) articles to add content about yourself, but to propose changes on the relevant talk pages so that uninvolved editors can take a look. Huon (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 108.54.191.7
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Page: BracketBot notified me about me breaking the syntax about the article Colombia women's national football team.

Diff: Colombia women's national football team.

Comment/question: I was about to add a picture of the badge of the national team of Colombia to the women's national team, but it is here on the edit page, but it didn't appear on the reading section. And I tried to modify edits on the editing information page, but it didn't came as it usually did. Can you help me how to fix it? Thanks.

108.54.191.7 (talk) 22:04, 20 February 2014 (UTC)


 * There was a reason that image was commented out: There was no valid claim that displaying it on that article would be covered by fair use. Thus, displaying it there would be a copyright violation. Since you had also broken the HTML comment so that the entire article had become a part of that comment, I have reverted your edit. Huon (talk) 23:28, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Al Khazar
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Page:Russians

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'''Comment/question:I added a "{" because the collage altered in an undesirable way. Without the extra "{", it doesn't look proper''' 1101020 Khazar (talk) 22:59, 20 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for fixing the image! However, there were other unrelated bracket problem on that page, and when you resolved one, the bot mistakenly believed you caused the others and notified you. I have fixed those other issues, too. Huon (talk) 23:28, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Thepigdog - Thanks again
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Page: Deductive lambda calculus

Comment/question:

Thanks BracketBot. This is a useful service.

Thepigdog (talk) 03:47, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. Huon (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – PradeepChowdhury
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Page:Mohammad Asif

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Comment/question: Thanks for your suggestion so I corrected the error in Film Career section.

PradeepChowdhury (talk) 11:17, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for fixing it. Huon (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – Surge elec
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Page:Lance Armstrong

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'''Comment/question:I was given a "reference error". But I don't I made any reference error. However there is one thing about that source. Although the primary author was Ian Austen, but Juliet Macur contributed the reporting. And so, I decided to put the name of both authors in the source.'''

Surge_Elec (talk) 11:29, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed. – Jonesey95 (talk) 12:56, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – BartSmith85
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Page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Ag%C3%BCero

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'''Comment/question:I don't see any errors in my contribution. However, the bot found a broken reference name somewhere. Maybe you can find it & inform me? Cheers.'''

BartSmith85 (talk) 11:40, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You removed the reference with the rather unhelpful name "name". It was re-used, and after you removed it that re-use no longer worked. Struway2 fixed that issue. If you want to see the error message, check the 122nd reference in this old version's references section. Huon (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Tatiakhelaia
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Page: Bera Ivanishvili

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Comment/question: I have tried to edit and create a page with a valid information about this person. I'm a representative of Georgian Dream Studios. All the info I'm supplying is valid.

Tatiakhelaia (talk) 13:03, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Says who? We cannot rely on the word of his PR people but require reliable published sources that are independent of the subject, such as newspaper articles about him. Huon (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 2601:9:1B00:629:20D:93FF:FE7D:F8C8 Hi, I read your message but my edit is still in the article so should I ignore your message? Bill Clark February 21, 2014
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2601:9:1B00:629:20D:93FF:FE7D:F8C8 (talk) 16:44, 21 February 2014 (UTC)


 * No, you should have fixed that issue - that's why the bot notifies you. I have now done so. Huon (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – ProtoDrake
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Page: User talk:ProtoDrake

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Comment/question: The bot thinks that the way the references are arranged and stored is a fault: i.e., two unpaired brackets. This is not a fault: similar workings can be found on these pages: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. There could well be others.

ProtoDrake (talk) 14:54, 22 February 2014 (UTC)


 * In the course of your edits you had removed one curly bracket too much. That's what the bot notified you about. I have re-added it. Huon (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Brigitte 'Bibi' Lehmann
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Brigitte 'Bibi' Lehmann 23:52, 22 February 2014 (UTC) Thanks, problem fixed. Sorry...!


 * You're welcome, thank you for fixing it. That part of the article could do with third-party sources, though. Huon (talk) 01:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Ben89129
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 * I have reworded the lead sentence to avoid the need for parentheses within parentheses.

ReferenceBot – Esoglou
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Page: Prayer for the dead‎

Diff: Your signal was: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Esoglou&diff=596707194&oldid=596617259

Comment/question: It may be obvious to you, but I don't see the error, and using "fix" results in "No difference".

There is no need to get back to me about it. Esoglou (talk) 07:48, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Esoglou (talk) 07:48, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * the problem was that you replaced  with   in the anglicanlibrary.org citation. That wasn't recognised as a valid closing ref tag by the cite extension. If you look (kind of) closely, it generated a big red error message. :) — <span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 14:19, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. And I see you've fixed it.  Esoglou (talk) 15:54, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Nomadbilly
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Page: Netherlee

Diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlee

Comment/question:

Nomadbilly (talk) 16:54, 24 February 2014 (UTC) Please tell me what happened to all my editing of the page as this took a lot of time and research and has been removed


 * You can check the page history to see what happened to your edits. For example, the external links you added were removed by Jellyman. Huon (talk) 00:38, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Dsteveb
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Page: 6

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Comment/question: Message: Thank you very much BracketBot, my mistake and I think I have fixed it. No parenthesis needed. Dsteveb

Dsteveb (talk) 17:15, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. Bgwhite fixed it. Huon (talk) 00:38, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Dsteveb
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Page: page 5

Diff: After subtitle "London and Lille"

Comment/question: Illustration, The Duke of Orleans, was doubled. When I tried to remove them and put one back both appeared, one left and one right. (Before that I found the file name in the text.I took that out)

Dsteveb (talk) 19:33, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You apparently saved none of that; I cannot tell what happened. It certainly is not a BracketBot issue. See Help:Picture tutorial for an introduction to adding images to articles. Huon (talk) 00:38, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Flourishabumere
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Nigeria Rugby Football Federation Page:

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The NRFF now has 6 zonal rugby football federation. I happen to be the chairlady of subcommittee for the South-South Nigeria Rugby Football Federation which is a government administration. I tried opening a page for the SSNRFF but it was deleted. Then I tried editing the NRFF to include the SSNRFF which was created by the NRFF November 2013 in Abuja after an election. Unfortunately you deleted the edit again. Please advice me on what is expected of us. I have editing the SSNRFF page again and submit I hope this time we are doing the right thing.

Thanks Flourish Comment/question:

Flourishabumere (talk) 19:33, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia content should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject, such as articles in newspapers and reputable sports magazines. Neither the South-South Nigeria Rugby Football Federation article nor the main Nigeria Rugby Football Federation article satisfies this standard. My suggestion would be to first improve the article on the national federation, not the one on the zonal federation. You should also take a look at our guideline on conflicts of interest. Writing about a topic you're closely associated with is not a good idea because it's difficult to maintain a neutral point of view. Huon (talk) 00:38, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – 82.12.168.104
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Jonathan Overend:

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'''I deleted a damaging untruth - potentially libellous - comment that was posted without reference. Please ensure it remains off this page.'''

82.12.168.104 (talk) 20:40, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yep, that's potentially libelous. Good catch. And a bot fixed the reference error that was introduced by your edit, so all is well. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:37, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Lafeber
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Page:Nonce_word

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'''Comment/question:I was directed here by a message in my inbox about a possible containment breach with brackets. In this case, the use of brackets was intentional. Between quotes was a piece of code that contained an opening bracket and ended with a ... to indicate there is more that is not quoted. The part that was not quoted contained the closing bracket. I will remove By the way; I love BracketBot!''' Lafeber (talk) 22:15, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The bot isn't smart enough to realize when a mismatched bracket may have been deliberate. In this case you could just as well have left the lone opening parenthesis, though the issue is resolved anyway. Huon (talk) 00:38, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Weglinde
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Weglinde (talk) 09:26, 25 February 2014 (UTC) Sorry but I seem to be having problems identifying error. Can you help. Weglinde (talk) 09:26, 25 February 2014 (UTC)


 * See below. Huon (talk) 23:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

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Weglinde (talk) 09:27, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorry but not sure if I have sorted this. Weglinde (talk) 09:27, 25 February 2014 (UTC)


 * That was a tricky one. There was a mismatched bracket, but it was nowhere close to the one the bot listed. I have fixed it and removed some off-topic content in the process. Huon (talk) 23:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Ankurc.17
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Comment/question: Can on list of pay-per view events in the amin event section we put in the results instead of the main event match? Like for Wrestlemania 1 instead of Mr. T and Hulk Hogan v Roddy Piper and Paul Andorff can we put Mr. T and Hulk Hogan def. Roddy Piper and Paul Ondorff Ankurc.17 (talk) 12:02, 25 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You should propose that at the article's talk page or at WT:WikiProject Professional wrestling; those are places where you are likley to find people interested in and knowledgeable about this topic. The talk page of a bot that notifies users about possibly mismatched brackets is less helpful. Huon (talk) 23:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 81.157.48.68
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Page: Clan Gunn

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Comment/question:

You were worried as I modified a bracket. I didn't. I copied one and inserted it where it needed to go around my external link so I didnt do anything wrong :)

81.157.48.68 (talk) 14:15, 25 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You did break an external link, but you later fixed it yourself. Huon (talk) 23:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – 220.255.2.108
User:A930913 yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kwan-Woo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pages_with_missing_references_list

Comment/question:

220.255.2.108 (talk) 03:12, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * IP editor removed half of the article with no explanation. I have reverted the edit to fix the reference error. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:49, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Karin D. E. Everett
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Karin D. E. Everett (talk) 04:01, 26 February 2014 (UTC) Hi BracketBot I believe that you think I left a 'close parenthesis' out of the reference? This is the reference I typed in, and it works:  http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=AK&p_product=AK&p_theme=ak&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Title(AS%20TOWER%20GOES%20UP)%20AND%20date(1/9/1991%20to%201/9/1992)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1/9/1991%20to%201/9/1992)&p_field_advanced-0=title&p_text_advanced-0=(AS%20TOWER%20GOES%20UP)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no

I wish you could help solve some other citation problems I am having, though.
 * This is a false positive. The URL has mismatched parentheses in it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:54, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Martincoyle
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Martincoyle (talk) 10:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)Reference Louis Brennan misunderstood rules not sure of procedures just wanted to put link to his page frm Mayo Peace Park for up to date Information Martin


 * Your edits have been reverted by Bgwhite. You should use the preview to make sure your edits do what you intend them to do. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Costasalas
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Costasalas (talk) 11:26, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for picking that up. I've just fixed it I think.


 * You're welcome, thank you for fixing it. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Costasalas
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I have a whole heap more references to put in place which I will hopefully complete tomorrow. Thanks.


 * Ok. Happy editing! Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – C Hawk92
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'''Comment/question: Thanks! The parenthesis has been removed.'''

C Hawk92 (talk) 17:00, 27 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You're welcome, thank you for fixing it. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – Davidbena
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Page:Onkelos

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'''Comment/question:The reference cited by me is actually correct. The Bablyonian Talmud (Megillah 3a) is the only source that shows us who the mentors of Onkelos were. He was, indeed, inspired by Rabbi Eliezer b. Hyrcanus and Rabbi Yehoshua b. Hananiah.'''

Davidbena (talk) 01:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Added reflist. Fixed. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:58, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – 59.180.184.171
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Comment/question:

59.180.184.171 (talk) 06:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC) Thanks mate... removed the grammatical error.


 * Thanks for that. However, many of the people you added to that list don't appear to be notable, and other links don't point to where they should. That should be addressed. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

BracketBot – Amasr59
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Page: Ranina Reddy

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Comment/question: Can you please specify where I have made the mistake or any other violation of copywrights and terms and conditions?

Amasr59 (talk) 07:04, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You seem to have duplicated half the table in the edit the bot notified you about, in a way that broke the formatting. I haven't checked for copyright violations - should I do so? Did you copy content from elsewhere? If so, from where? Since the article has no more than four lines of prose, there's not much that could have been copied in the first place. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: I've changed Charles II to Charles 11, to get the meaning I want of Charles 2 using Roman numerals, though it seems to me that the first method (using capital I twice ) looks better than the second (using the figure 1 twice). It's a pity that the first method broke the syntax rules ! Is there a third way ?


 * Roman numerals are usually displayed by letters - I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. Why would you name Charles 2, "Charles 11"? At the very best that would be ambiguous. So Charles II is the way it's supposed to be. That said, While Charles II was king of both England and Scotland, the United Kingdom was founded decades after his reign via the Acts of Union. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: I have made some editing and removed the parenthesis of the subtitles because of better visual depiction. Nothing was broken. It was meant as minor editing. Have I done something wrong?

Cmagnet (talk) 17:32, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Your search-and-replace of parentheses by "When:" broke links by the dozen, by turning the likes of <tt> Immortal </tt> into <tt> Immortal </tt>. I have thus reverted your edit; fixing it manually would have been far more work. In that same revert I have also removed the 2014 section, but since it didn't cite any sources and has aspects of a crystal ball, that's not much of a loss. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question: I have made some changes to the article to fix the problems I introduced. Now, I would like to know what BracketBot has to say about the current page, please.

ArthurOgawa (talk) 18:39, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Bgwhite fixed the problem of the surplus curly brackets. The ">" the bot mentioned were actually false positives; BracketBot keeps an eye on those because they're used in HTML tags, where a mismatch could make half an article vanish. Using them as "arrows" or even as "greater than" will then cause BracketBot warnings about a potential mismatch. I believe there is a tool on the toolserver that can duplicate BracketBot's bracket analysis for a specific page on command, but I can't find it right now, and I dont't think there are remaining problems on that article that would require such a tool. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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'''Comment/question: Thank you for the edit. I was having trouble updating the link'''

Ebernardez (talk) 21:14, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The bot does not edit articles; it only notifies users of potential problems. I have fixed this one. Huon (talk) 00:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Comment/question:On the page listed, would you please change the link of George McManus from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McManus to that of George_McManus_(baseball)

Shawnbgreene (talk) 05:26, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Done. Huon (talk) 11:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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81.108.63.146 (talk) 16:27, 1 March 2014 (UTC) I have no clue what you mean, all I wanted to point out was the inaccuracy in this article. Feel free to do what is needed to make it correct..


 * You forgot the closing parenthesis for your comment. However, comments about content should go to the talk page, not to the article itself. I have removed the dubious claim altogether and left a note on the talk page. Huon (talk) 17:17, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Vettycom (talk) 17:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

hi i want to add my vetty.com logo, i dont know how to do that please guide me


 * This is not a bracket issue, I'll reply at your talk page. Huon (talk) 17:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Since we discussed the issues at length via IRC, there seems no need for a talk page message. If you need additional information or a clarification, please do not hesitate to ask. Huon (talk) 20:08, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Stinkabunneroo (talk) 18:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC) I screwed up and am unclear how to fix the edit. My apologies. This wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I think I'll not be attempting this again. Broken syntax. Unpaired brackets. I notice one is on an earlier edit ( not mine).


 * See below. Huon (talk) 22:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Stinkabunneroo (talk) 18:17, 1 March 2014 (UTC) I screwed up and am unclear how to fix the edit. My apologies. This wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I think I'll not be attempting this again. Broken syntax. Unpaired brackets. I notice one is on an earlier edit ( not mine).


 * InmateFinder is a primary source and should not be used in articles on living persons. I have thus removed much of the "current location" section and cut it down to what was reported by the New York Times. Huon (talk) 22:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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I just wanted to insert the link, but leave her name showing ie. Duchess of Bedford. Sorry if I messed it up. Comment/question:

197.157.232.250 (talk) 18:46, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Answered on 197.157.232.250's talk page. Jim1138 (talk) 19:55, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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'''Comment/question:There is too much Bulgarian character over the organization. This organization had one goal Autonomy or freedom for Macedonia and the macedonian people together with the other ethnicities in Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire and fighting against any Greek, Bulgarian or Serbian propaganda which is proven by the battle with the pro-bulgarian Vrhovist Supreme Macedonian Commitee and the battles in Macedonia 1908.'''

Thank you for your time. 77.28.250.94 (talk) 20:46, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * The article cites multiple reliable sources that disagree with this claim. You should discuss the issue on the article's talk page, not whitewash it to agree with your preferred version of history. Huon (talk) 22:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Nodrogsenrieb (talk) 22:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC) Thank you so much for your advice and input. I'm so pleased to see the page active.

Gord Beirnes


 * I hate to disappoint you, but BracketBot is just an automated program that notifies users about possibly mismatched brackets. I have copyedited the article a little and fixed the bracket issues the bot notified you about. On an unrelated note, unlike messages to talk pages (such as this one), contributions to articles should not be signed. You are credited with your contributions via the page history instead. Huon (talk) 22:47, 1 March 2014 (UTC)