User talk:John of Reading/Archive 27

thanks

 * Thank you! I hope you settle in here. -- John of Reading (talk) 20:04, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Joyous Season
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I wish that you may have a very Happy Holiday! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Hogmanay, Festivus or your hemisphere's Solstice, this is a special time of year for almost everyone! May the New Year provide you joy and fulfillment! Thanks for everything you do here. LearnIndology (talk) 05:26, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Spread the holiday cheer by adding to your fellow editors' talk pages.


 * Thank you! -- John of Reading (talk) 08:29, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi John! I watch a lot of Court shows and hear things that interest me. Today I heard someone say that the pin on their lapel represented the Combat Infantry Badge.I thought it must be something special, so of course I Googled it... Wow! That is very special, and what an honor to have those men still alive, who stood right up to the enemy, maybe even breathing the same air! Some of the bravest men in the world are in the United States Military! Thank you for risking your life for some war that you probably didn't really believe in and that we finally lost. Men of honor and dignity!! If you updated the page to add or correct information, and happen to be one of these men, or know one, thank you and God Bless you! Gina 71.191.163.186 (talk) 11:29, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to have to disappoint you, but the article Combat Infantryman Badge was just one of many thousands where I fixed a spelling mistake this year. My father was in the Home Guard, if that's any help. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:35, 28 December 2021 (UTC)


 * thanks Aruto00001 (talk) 21:55, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Database dump
Hi! In a now-archived discussion at VPT, a user mentioned the Missing Redirects Project code required a database dump. Would you be willing to run this? &#8213; Qwerfjkl  talk  21:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * cc &#8213;  Qwerfjkl  talk  21:55, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I don't have the right environment to help with this. The  file is a Unix shell script, but I only have Windows; and the scripts work with an SQL-format dump, and I only use the XML-format dumps. -- John of Reading (talk) 22:07, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * @John of Reading: Do you know anyone who could run this or an appropriate noticeboard to ask for help? Thanks. &#8213; Qwerfjkl  talk  19:42, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The modern way to run SQL queries on copies of the Wikipedia database is to post at Request a query. Someone there may be able to understand and revise the query that this old script is trying to run. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:54, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Help!
Hey John, how are you? I hope you are doing fine. I was trying to add images in infobox same as on New York City article, but without alternate images. I tried my best to copy from New York City but it seems like I failed miserably. The images seems fractured. See User:LearnIndology/sandbox1. Please help! LearnIndology (talk) 15:11, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm well! Thanks to mild Covid in the family, our Christmas get-together was delayed, but it all turned out well.
 * In your sandbox, I can make the images line up nicely by increasing the  to 310 or so; perhaps your chosen images have different aspect ratios to those at New York City. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:28, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh! Thank god everything turned out well. I can understand how hard it must have been to be in that situation. I hope this Covid nightmare ends from this earth. LearnIndology (talk) 15:47, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * And thanks for helping again:) LearnIndology (talk) 15:50, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Related portals 2
Template:Related portals 2 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 17:02, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note to self: unused since 2016. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:17, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Westmoreland (1808 ship)
Hi John of Reading, first, let me thank you for your efforts over the years to correct my numerous typos. Second, one problem that comes up though, is that prior to the mid to later 19th century, spelling was not fixed. Some words such as Rein Deer or Rifle Man were in the process of transition, and in some cases even individuals were inconsistent from one document to another in how they spelled their own names. And then there are idiosyncratic abbreviations. I admit that I am not consistent in my practices, but in general I try to favor function over form and follow the spelling in the source to facilitate searching by others. The result can be that the same name may manifest itself in two, three, or more forms within the same article. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 16:40, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for checking. I've undone my edit, and added a hidden "sic" instead so that I don't make the same edit again in a year or two. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:44, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for being so responsive. Can you tell me about how to do the hidden "sic"? Sometimes I use the Brazils formula, but more arrows in the quiver would be good. Cheers, Acad Ronin (talk) 16:51, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * My "hidden sic" is just an HTML comment, which I type in by hand. Thanks for reminding me about not a typo. That, or its synonym As written would have worked better here, since all the semi-automated tools know about those templates. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:56, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Ta. Acad Ronin (talk) 17:16, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

thanks for your edit
thanks for your help edit, on Template:introductory pages!! I've been pleased to try to make my own little contribution to the vast array of navboxes for guiding members of the community. it is really great to have someone else's input there, just to know that someone else has given it a once-over. how do you like the new navbox? thanks!! ---Sm8900 (talk) 🌍 14:48, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * It's quite large... maybe it should be collapsed on more of its pages. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:03, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * that's a good suggestion. I guess I wanted to err on the side of being more visible and more transparent, to invite more feedback from the community, if desired. now that it seems to be generally accepted, I think I can look over the various locations where it is used, and think about where it might be more convenient to be collapsed. By the way, I appreciate your highly collegial and collaborative approach, in simply asking me that as a suggestion, and letting me think it over. thanks! ---Sm8900 (talk) 🌍 15:06, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Introductory pages
Template:Introductory pages has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. --Sm8900 (talk) 00:19, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice; yes, I saw this. I have to say I'm not surprised by the nomination. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:11, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Pages with SNAC-ID identifiers


A tag has been placed on Category:Pages with SNAC-ID identifiers indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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One more detail
I-League - under clubs in asia - "group stage" spelling errors noticed. Thanks in advance! 93.140.174.69 (talk) 00:32, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I found two articles mentioning "group stag" and have fixed them. You are, of course, welcome to fix any spelling errors that you notice. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:32, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Also 2016-17 column (potentially other examples where secondary words are in small letters, maybe "stage" should also be). page is locked, local users dont pay that much grammar attention, appreciate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.189.105 (talk) 20:41, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Note
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/78.3.51.151

If you can check as so many format errors that were cleared, are reverted and content locked. Even several official links ignored if search older revisions. Add dead links, few low quality pics etc etc. Several ip users vs several out-of-topic users and one "hidden between editing years"... Whatever can be done thanks. 93.140.174.69 (talk) 00:29, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you are asking me to do here. All the recent edits from this IP address have been undone, and another editor, an administrator, has blocked the IP address and protected the articles. I'm not an administrator and cannot help with that. If you can see how to improve the articles, I suggest you make an edit request on their talk pages. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:42, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you are asking me to do here. All the recent edits from this IP address have been undone, and another editor, an administrator, has blocked the IP address and protected the articles. I'm not an administrator and cannot help with that. If you can see how to improve the articles, I suggest you make an edit request on their talk pages. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:42, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

If can check edits as would see not all admins are always right, at least that. Anyway thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.189.105 (talk) 20:44, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Indian Super League
there is rule of "not using flags in leagues infobox", that all asian states football format follows. as can see probably few young editors revert sometimes and page is locked. Please fix to only - India (just as i league has and many more). 93.140.166.82 (talk) 05:34, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

and... please add Sport in India under "see also" of both super league and i-league, know links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.166.82 (talk) 05:44, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I suggest you register an account. Then, after only four days and ten edits while logged in to the account, you'll be able to edit these articles yourself. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:28, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

there are other topics where stubborn users would get others blocked so tired of it...hope you can do occasional fixes as vandals go / pass almost constantly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.166.82 (talk) 23:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Australian football club/doc
Re this, I had a feeling there may be a dependency, however only zh templates I could find were language related. Are the infoboxes basically stuck with lowercase? Neils51 (talk) 08:45, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * It's an interwiki link to https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_australian_football_club, so we're stuck with a lowercase "a" here unless the Chinese template is renamed. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:15, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated, however weird! Must be a history there. Neils51 (talk) 09:22, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

 * Thank you! -- John of Reading (talk) 06:41, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

 * Thank you! -- John of Reading (talk) 06:40, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * You're welcome!  interstatefive  (talk) - just another roadgeek 22:28, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

AWB question
I ran AWB on this version of Pax Amicus Theatre that has two maintenance templates. AWB did not wrap them with MI. I've never seen it not do that before. Any clue? MB 05:54, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No, sorry, I can't see anything unusual there. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for nudging me into downloading a copy of the AWB source code! I've identified the issue and logged it as T309090. Unfortunately it will need a new AWB version to be released. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:55, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for digging into this. At least it is a very "minor" problem and easily fixed manually. MB 13:44, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Header wikilinks
Hi John of Reading, I often come across wikilinks in section headers and was considering writing regex to find and do the bulk of the work to change to 'see also'. I suspect that perhaps I would be reinventing the proverbial wheel. Do you have something along these lines? Best regards, Neils51 (talk) 14:00, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No, I've never tackled that one. Perhaps ask at WP:VPT? -- John of Reading (talk) 14:02, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Will do, thanks! Neils51 (talk) 14:10, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

There is a mop reserved in your name
You should give administratorship a try. I think it is long overdue for you. As a side note, even though I have not used AWB so far, I found your guide quite insightful. Anerisys (talk) 09:12, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your expression of confidence in me! However, I know enough about Wikipedia editing and adminship to be quite sure that this role isn't for me. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:16, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I see. However, if you had the permission, I trust that you would do no harm. Should you decide to give it a try in future, I am open to co-nominating you. Anerisys (talk) 12:33, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * +1! Please consider requesting adminship if you find a need for it later on :) 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him &#124; talk) 20:03, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Investigation into acctive attempts to use Wikipedia in a propaganda war over the Ethiopian condlict
Hi John! Am trying to get to the bottom of reports that propaganda wars over the Ethiopian conflict are breaking into Wikipedia articles.

Given the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, my aim is to expose the individuals concerned.

Feel free to contact me @ alanbryant1@hotmail.co.uk Or DM on twitter: @AlanHB2 2A00:23C4:BA98:4A01:95F4:6B52:D78A:EA5E (talk) 08:47, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry - I mainly fix spellings and grammar, and try to stay clear of anything controversial. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:52, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Vitamin A
Thanks for copyediting. Back at the GA review, I had revisor's fatigue, and the GA reviewer was a first timer. Between us, stuff was missed. David notMD (talk) 17:07, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Typos always get through, sadly. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:21, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you
Greetings.!

Thank you so muc for the excellent work in correcting the mistake in Irma Le Fer de la Motte. Thanks & regards,Thirukannan (talk) 11:36, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! But all the hard work was done by whoever set up this weekly report: Database reports/Unbelievable life spans. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:51, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

thanks for help
thanks for your help at Help Desk! always good to meet someone who is proficient with these things. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:24, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Nice!
Nice pic here, thanks! DBaK (talk) 11:42, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Guess where I was staying last week! -- John of Reading (talk) 11:43, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hahah lovely!!! Well done you. I hope you loved it. In my Lottery Winning Fantasy No. 1&trade; I go round them ALL till I have been to every single one. Dog-friendly first but after that it's bribing family and friends to look after the doggie so we can do the whole lot. I think my recentest/bestest was the Banqueting House at Gibside. Holy Moley. Cheers DBaK (talk) 11:49, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Provincial governors' names from Brazil (Years 1892-1933)
Hello, Wikipedians, this is 103.163.231.189 asking you to help expand the articles from the years 1892 to 1933 by adding the provincial governors' names from Brazil from the articles of the years 1892 to 1933, if you can't talk to me talk to another user to help the user expand the articles from the years 1892 to 1933 by adding the provincial governors' names from Brazil, please, thank you.103.163.231.189 (talk) 21:48, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

---Years in Brazil--- 1892 in Brazil 1893 in Brazil 1894 in Brazil 1895 in Brazil 1896 in Brazil 1897 in Brazil 1898 in Brazil 1899 in Brazil 1900 in Brazil 1901 in Brazil 1902 in Brazil 1903 in Brazil 1904 in Brazil 1905 in Brazil 1906 in Brazil 1907 in Brazil 1908 in Brazil 1909 in Brazil 1910 in Brazil 1911 in Brazil 1912 in Brazil 1913 in Brazil 1914 in Brazil 1915 in Brazil 1916 in Brazil 1917 in Brazil 1918 in Brazil 1919 in Brazil 1920 in Brazil 1921 in Brazil 1922 in Brazil 1923 in Brazil 1924 in Brazil 1925 in Brazil 1926 in Brazil 1927 in Brazil 1928 in Brazil 1929 in Brazil 1930 in Brazil 1931 in Brazil 1932 in Brazil 1933 in Brazil

---Governors---
 * Alagoas:
 * Amazonas:
 * Bahia:
 * Ceará:
 * Goiás:
 * Maranhão:
 * Mato Grosso:
 * Minas Gerais:
 * Pará:
 * Paraíba:
 * Pernambuco:
 * Piauí:
 * Paraná:
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * Rio Grande do Sul:
 * Santa Catarina:
 * São Paulo:
 * Sergipe:

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with. Please remember to sign your reply with ~ .103.163.231.189 (talk) 21:48, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
 * You'll see from my user page and my contributions list that I concentrate on spelling and grammar edits, so I won't be helping with this. Templates such as Re do not work for IP addresses, as the notification system only works for named accounts. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:35, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

AWB again
Do you know if there is special code for multiple issues? There is a similar but little used template hatnote group that is used to wrap multiple hatnotes. AWB is breaking this. See Discrimination for an example. MB 23:58, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, there is lots of special code for multiple issues, and, yes, AWB needs to be taught about the existence of hatnote group. I logged T293603 about this, last October. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:07, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:19, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Aw, thank you! -- John of Reading (talk) 10:03, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Raymond E. Murphy
Would it be ok to add some information on his education and personal life? I happen to be his step grand-daughter. 173.73.44.247 (talk) 15:02, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes you can, provided you understand Wikipedia's verifiability policy: Wikipedia only aims to summarise what has already been published about a person's life, with footnotes to show where the information has come from. That way, readers can check the information for themselves. So, for example, information that's been handed down within the family, or that comes from unpublished diaries, would not be welcome in a Wikipedia article. If in doubt, I suggest you post on the talk page, Talk:Raymond E. Murphy, where your proposed additions will be seen and checked by those editors most interested in improving the article.
 * You saw my name at the foot of the article only because I was the last editor to make a change there - but all I did was to fix a spelling mistake. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:37, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * You saw my name at the foot of the article only because I was the last editor to make a change there - but all I did was to fix a spelling mistake. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:37, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Request refresh?
Could you generate the list for User:Naraht/Greek letter titles again with the regex on the page? No particular rush, we (at WP:FRAT) are looking to take the entries that are lowercase redirect (like Alpha phi omega) and proposing a mass delete.Naraht (talk) 19:35, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- John of Reading (talk) 08:25, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

AWB question
I know that it removes spaces before refs (e.g. "text. "). I noticed today it misses back to back refs where the following ref starts on a new line. Would you know if there is a Phab on this. MB 02:45, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think there is. I searched for "ref" in this task summary at phabricator. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:15, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, I opened T317357. Thanks. MB 17:49, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Ghulam Ahmad Khan Gulam Chand khan


A tag has been placed on Ghulam Ahmad Khan Gulam Chand khan, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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 deleted 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. PICKLEDICAE🥒 12:37, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Please check the page history - this notification is misplaced. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:38, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It was automatically generated by Twinkle. PICKLEDICAE🥒 12:41, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
 * OK, no problem. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:43, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you

 * Some women's organisations spell their name with an apostrophe, some don't. At the Virginia Women's Monument home page, the menu bar and text include the apostrophe consistently, but they've left it out of the HTML title element that sets the name of the browser tab. I decided to follow the text and made the corrections. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:33, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you. It is appreciated! Woman's and Women's get confused/conflated all the time too. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 18:05, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Mr. John
Thank you for your corrections in Grammar in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) page. When I am writing, I sometimes do not see the AI generated grammar corrections. Have a great day. Utku Öziz (talk) 18:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Multiple issues wrapper template
I noticed in National Museum Zaječar, AWB added MI around a "citations needed" template and "expand" template. In the next edit, a bot removed it. I contacted the bot operator who doesn't really care but was told by one user not that expand is not a maintenance/cleanup template so shouldn't be within MI (see User_talk:Kanashimi/Archive_1) section Expand_by_language_templates_in_, because it's not a listed in Template index/Cleanup. But I see it there in section 6. Another user disagreed and started at discussion at at the MI template over a year ago and no one commented. The issue apparently died. We now have two tools disagreeing. I don't suppose you would care to take the lead in resolving this. MB 02:14, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Unaccustomed as I am to starting an RFC, do you think I should start an RFC? -- John of Reading (talk) 10:40, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * No, first I would expand the discussion at the template TP. The link there to the discussion at the bot operators TP doesn't work anymore - there is a template in the header which is why I didn't give you a direct link here- maybe you can figure out how to make that work). We should better explain the issue - AWB and Cewbot are in conflict and we need to prevent tool-caused edit wars. List reasons why expand should or should not be included in MI, and recommend which tool should change (and maybe note that AWB has little support presently). Ping the people who commented before (one has not be active in over six months). To get more involvement, we can try a notice at Wikipedia talk:Cleanup and if that doesn't generate enough comments to establish a clear consensus, a notice somewhere more watched, probably Pump/policy? <b style="color:#034503">MB</b> 16:37, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ for now, I hope. That's outside my usual comfort zone! Back to fixing typos... -- John of Reading (talk) 11:12, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Well it's been a month and there have hardly been any comments. Both tools are doing the same thing again, keeping the expand within MI. Resolved, at least for the time being. <b style="color:#034503">MB</b> 04:41, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Just saw something else a little strange. AWB wanted to remove uncategorized from Kassite dynasty. The article does not have any content categories, but it is in Category:Possible CC BY-SA or GFDL violations due to copying within Wikipedia, which is probably why AWB thinks it is not uncategorized. Since that is not a content category, is the problem that the cat is not a "hidden" cat? I don't know how much you know about cats, but probably more than me. <b style="color:#034503">MB</b> 04:48, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's it. I've poked around in the AWB source code, and the tests are (1) no categories explicitly placed at the foot of the article, (2) no *visible* categories added by templates. It looks as if the other categories underneath Category:Possible copyright violations are all marked "hidden", so I suspect the fix is to make Category:Possible CC BY-SA or GFDL violations due to copying within Wikipedia a hidden category as well. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:42, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Category:Singlechart usages for Finnishdownload has been nominated for renaming
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 * Thank you! -- John of Reading (talk) 08:08, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

citation errors
started with error messages (depending on your citation error tooling) too. See the result after your revert. I will make another go at it to remove all errors later.

see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SA80&oldid=prev&diff=1131050271&diffmode=source —¿philoserf? (talk) 15:42, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, that is a mess. I'm sorry to have caused you some extra work. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:46, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * no problem. my gnomic corner of the wiki. reference and citation messes. —¿philoserf? (talk) 18:01, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Related portals
Template:Related portals has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 08:03, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

html and htm extensions
Hi John of Reading! It seems that Wikipedia has no way to treat the extensions 'html' and 'htm' as one and the same thing in links. Would it be possible to find a solution? Bernardbonvin (talk) 15:14, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Why should the software be changed to do that? It's up to each external website to decide the format for its URLs. At Fausto Cercignani, it looks as if someone broke the URLs and you have put them straight again. That's the correct solution for this case, I think. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:05, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

I was just asking. Thanks, anyway! Bernardbonvin (talk) 08:24, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing my blunder
I just wanted thank you for fixing my blunder with the TNLA Myanmar Wikipedia page Take care and have a Happy 2023 ThatGuyNamedSeth (talk) 02:13, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and a happy new year to you also. I've been working on the backlog at Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting - a tough one. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:22, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Q basura 192.141.93.30 (talk) 05:54, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting that weird edit on my Talk Page
Appreciate it! Alex Jackl (talk) 17:58, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; min-height: 100px; padding: 1em; border: solid 3px #2B547E; background-color: #E6E6FA;"> Wishing John of Reading a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   interstate  five   00:03, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, blessings upon you! -- John of Reading (talk) 05:37, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the clean-up
Hi,

Thanks for the clean-up on two of the articles I had created. Grateful!

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bcmc
only for people can understand hindi with english if not then your a mcbc[ not a company] 103.215.99.127 (talk) 17:57, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:31, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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Split the Reading article?
Have you considered splitting the Reading article into one for the town / urban area (using infobox UK place) and another for the Borough (using infobox settlement). The article is quite long and I suggest it would be improved by hiving off the political and administrative details to another article. Just a thought, not well considered enough to put as a formal RtS at the article talk page. Your call. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:46, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * No, I hadn't given that any thought. I visited the article only to pick up the current population figure, and was surprised to see all those maps in the infobox. I guess a split would be hard to do cleanly. To be honest, I don't know which parts of the town are outside the borough. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:26, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * [Yes, I agree with you re the maps.] Legally, none of the town can be outside the Borough. In the real world (see Reading built-up area, which shows the status as of the 2011 census), quite a lot of it is and I suspect that the 2021 census will show even more blurring. So the question is, when describing Reading, do you give higher priority to lines on a map of administrative boundaries over real places where people live. It is rather nonsensical that Earley and Woodley, both clearly part of Reading, are legally part of Wokingham purely because of an accident of history. But I realise that "it's complicated", so maybe that is a step too far. The ONS has no qualms, though: Reading built-up sub-area].
 * See also the maps on these ONS pages:
 * Reading Borough
 * Reading built-up area (includes Wokingham) Same as our Reading built-up area.
 * Where angels fear to tread? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 11:57, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

If can fix
2022–23 Indian State Leagues correct edits, messed table, locals dont care 93.140.193.65 (talk) 23:44, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I've made an edit so that the columns line up. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:44, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I've made an edit so that the columns line up. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:44, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Appreciated lot! If you add logos i can add few links, again users did not care. Just to know — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.191.143 (talk) 08:51, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * League and team logos are probably nonfree images which can't be used in tables like these. For example, the article on the Goa Professional League displays its logo at the top right, but Wikipedia's rather strict rules do not permit the logo to be shown on the yearly articles such as 2022–23 Goa Professional League, and certainly not as decoration in an overview table. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:57, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

could you add this example, as i had few articles where local user suddenly stop adding (part of why keeping ip editing to lower disappointment); asking other users at a time is only alternative.

KLASA FC

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=380491030763398 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.191.143 (talk) 14:21, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Done, I hope, but I'll wait to see what the reviewers - bots and humans - make of it before I try any more. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:42, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

I will add few more whenever you are free, thanks!

Dalhousie AC

https://content3.jdmagicbox.com/comp/kolkata/93/033p400393/catalogue/dalhousie-athletic-club-esplanade-kolkata-sports-clubs-ph86uj221o.jpg

Kidderpore SC

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=198485495875077

Eastern Railway FC

https://www.transfermarkt.com/eastern-railway-calcutta/transfers/verein/79064

Calcutta Customs Club

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=104271325773061

Mongolian National Premier League

https://footystats.org/mongolia/mongolian-premier-league — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.191.143 (talk) 18:28, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Working through these...
 * Dalhousie AC ❌ The URL you've given me here is the URL of the image, not of a page that uses the image, so I cannot check whether this green logo is the correct one. The external links in the Dalhousie AC article aren't much use either. The Facebook link leads to an inactive page with a tiny transparent logo; the second link leads to a page hosted by a computer gaming site, and I don't trust their black logo; the third link leads to a page with no logos.
 * Kidderpore SC ✅
 * Eastern Railway FC ❌ The transfermarkt page displays a red logo that seems to be merely a red version of the green Indian Railways logo, the logo of a railway company not of a football club.
 * Calcutta Customs Club ✅
 * Mongolian National Premier League ❌ The footystats.org page displays a logo, but it also has a link labelled "Official Mongolian Premier League Website" where I would expect to see the same logo, but don't. [I had to disregard Firefox's security warning to follow that link]. So in this case also, I'm not sure that your link shows me an official logo.
 * So I've only uploaded 2 of the 5 you requested; sorry about that. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:17, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohun_Bagan_Super_Giant.svg#mw-jump-to-license

If can be back here: Mohun Bagan AC (academy and youth teams)

Also, regarding these recent edit sources, and older from second page, Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan / List of association football stadiums by capacity (17th), if can compare and decide which are most credible; user (dont mind girl who protected) only changed one article, ignoring dozen of other sources/pages. not only slow locals, but random foreigners out of topic, come at a time blindly sticking to one source. so best bet is again look for experienced native speaker who will check and fix. lastly, Indian Super League (stadiums, 85k needs to be reverted, if its final decision). appreciated previous work so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.72.145 (talk) 00:41, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to add File:Mohun_Bagan_Super_Giant.svg to Mohun Bagan AC (academy and youth teams), because it's not a logo that is specific to the academy and youth teams, and Wikipedia rules require "minimal use" of non-free images. Here's an example of how strictly this rule gets applied: the 'Tank Man' image is arguably the iconic image of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Back in 2007, the image was prominently displayed at the top right of that article, as well as in the article dedicated to that protestor, Tank Man. But nowadays the "minimal use" rule means that you won't find that iconic image anywhere in the main article about the protests.
 * I'm not a football expert and have no knowledge of any South Asian languages, so I'm won't be delving into the other articles you've mentioned. I mostly stick to spellings and grammar anyway. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:39, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Test of AWB
Hi John, this is just a message on your talk page to see if you have the same behaviour with AWB as I reported here. The test would be to open AWB and login before checking this message. I hope this help, regards, Kiwipete (talk) 19:48, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Replied there. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:51, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Garms
 * 1500 103.253.45.39 (talk) 10:11, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:27, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Where does the time go? -- John of Reading (talk) 07:33, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Quick question
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1168590758

Opinion on this (and my larest edit)... user started picking on this topic as i pay attention to details 93.140.87.249 (talk) 22:34, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I think the discussion at Talk:Bhutan Premier League covers this point. The documentation for the infobox, at Template:Infobox_football_league, says the "tv" parameter is for Names of the domestic TV partners. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:37, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Note
One more logo to add please: Kerala Super League (from infobox website) 93.140.72.145 (talk) 22:03, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- John of Reading (talk) 08:27, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

KHL Medveščak Zagreb

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=585832553535601&set=a.432218052230386&type=3 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.162.161 (talk) 01:58, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- John of Reading (talk) 06:23, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

https://www.flashscore.com/team/dalhousie/QogomML0/

And if can add this logo for previously mentioned indian club — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.188.234.184 (talk) 08:49, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Dalhousie AC ✅ -- John of Reading (talk) 13:10, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Mumbai City FC

https://www.mumbaicityfc.com/newcrest

(and numerous media sources, got deleted in article?! check at least) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.120.81 (talk) 19:50, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * It appears I can't upload the file here as fair use until this copyright-violating version has been deleted from commons. Commons does not accept fair-use material. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:58, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- John of Reading (talk) 15:51, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

https://hr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klub_hokeja_na_ledu_Medve%C5%A1%C4%8Dak

next question, can hockey logo be copied to native page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.87.249 (talk) 15:47, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * It would have to be uploaded there as a non-free image. I'm not prepared to edit at the Croatian Wikipedia on your behalf, though, since I know nothing of the language. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:03, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

can it be safely added here (i remember mohun bagan example); Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.140.87.249 (talk) 22:37, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * No, that wouldn't count as "minimal use" -- John of Reading (talk) 06:30, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Subroto Cup
 * https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=400160695651446&id=100069725561208&set=a.400160702318112&__tn__=%3C&wtsid=rdr_0JwvYSxUWK1omYWEX 93.138.253.156 (talk) 17:29, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
 * In view of the messages at User talk:93.138.253.156, I won't be making any more uploads or edits on your behalf. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:58, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:KLASA FC logo.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:KLASA FC logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:17, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
 * To whom it may concern: the low-resolution file I uploaded has been replaced by the high-resolution File:Club Crest of KLASA Keinou Football Club.jpg, which has been tagged for downsampling and has inadequate source information. If my upload gets deleted and turns out to be needed after all, it can be undeleted via WP:REFUND. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:19, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * To whom it may concern: the low-resolution file I uploaded has been replaced by the high-resolution File:Club Crest of KLASA Keinou Football Club.jpg, which has been tagged for downsampling and has inadequate source information. If my upload gets deleted and turns out to be needed after all, it can be undeleted via WP:REFUND. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:19, 25 August 2023 (UTC)