User talk:IBrock

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Just a suggestion...
You might consider adding the Bulgarian Romeo class submarine to List of museum ships, along with any others you may be aware of. (fyi) Cheers - wolf  16:22, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

No citation
This edit was made months ago now, but I would like to point out your edit on HMS Kent (F78) did not include a citation. The content involved was true, and I have added a citation, but if I hadn't, I could have easily deleted it. Thanks. BMB YT 500000 (talk) 13:34, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

July 2022
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Copyright problem on Italian offshore patrol vessel Paolo Thaon di Revel
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August 2022
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 * Thanks. I will seek to do that. IBrock (talk) 17:45, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

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Hello IBrock, in your recent extensive edits, seeking to improve the List of ships, I am afraid that you have inadvertently introduced some new problems. May I suggest that you just pause such edits. In particular, you are expressing the tonnage of ships in tonnes (a metric measure of mass/weight) where the figures themselves are for gross tonnage (a unit-less measurement derived from volume). You will see that the figures taken from MarineTraffic are there clearly shown as, for example for SD Reliable, "Gross Tonnage: 271". If the figures were for deadweight tonnage or displacement tonnes might be appropriate.

As some of your added references are used multiple times, you might like to have a look at WP:NAMEDREFS, which shows how repeated identical references list can be simplified. It is, though, disappointing that, despite two earlier requests to avoid adding "bare URLs", you continue to do so, rather than using the available reference templates. It's nothing to worry about - just a learning curve - and, like rainbows, they never end. Davidships (talk) 23:51, 1 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Ok. Thanks. Sorry, I don't look at my messages often enough. I will pause and review. IBrock (talk) 11:33, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks - ping me if necessary.Davidships (talk) 18:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I have removed all the gross tonnage figures. As for "bare URLs", I need to read up on this as well. ... you are correct, an endless learning curve. IBrock (talk) 08:51, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, a reminder again to use sources per the WP:VERIFY policy. Though the content you edited on Russian Navy did not appear to be particularly cited in the first place so may need to be have a closer look. TylerBurden (talk) 14:25, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

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