User talk:Keith D/Archive 49

Filters and tags
How do they work? It says to report false positives. Recently, I added the bbc reports to some matches and on the filter log it says 'link spamming'. I also added the timestamp to the articles I had done before you left me that message. It says 'signing in article'. Should I report these as false positives? How does it work? Leeds United FC fan (talk) 17:29, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Unsure what you are trying to do, have you a diff of a change that causes the problem? At a guess the second problem is because you have entered 4 tilde characters rather than 5 and it thinks you are signing a post rather than giving a timestamp. Keith D (talk) 19:08, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You mentioned that I should add timestamps after updating football appearances and goals to the infobox. I did this to the articles I edited before you told me about it. When doing this on the articles I'd already edited, it added Filter description: Signing in article to my filter log. On football seasons, today I added match reports from bbc. I did this, but it added Filter description: Link spamming. Should I report these as false positives? Could you guide me through it and how to do all my filter log mistakes at once (if possible). Thanks. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 19:17, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I have not come across a filter log. Had a look at all of the public logs and only see an entry for you creating an account. Can you give an article name and where it gives the message? Keith D (talk) 19:34, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You can find it by going to the abuse log, and typing in the user 'Lees United FC fan'. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 19:47, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I mean 'Leeds United FC fan'. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 19:51, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Problem is where is this - when I select logs and enter your userid all I find is an entry for you creating an account, I get no entries in an abuse filter log. Keith D (talk) 19:55, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm very confused - is there another admin that answers the false positive page you could ask to join our conversation who could help? Leeds United FC fan (talk) 20:00, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Are you looking at your contributions such as this change which incorrectly indicates it is adding a user signature but actually correctly ads a timestamp. Keith D (talk) 20:03, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes and the BBC report links. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 20:04, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I think that the adding of the BBC URL is because you have been adding a number of these in quick succession and because you have made so few edits as yet. I think this will go away after a time. Keith D (talk) 20:07, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * So all these filter log things will go, or do I need to report them as false positives? It says to report 'false positives'. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 20:08, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I have ask someone else to butt in here so may be they will have more informed answers. Keith D (talk) 20:18, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thanks for your help. Leeds United FC fan (talk) 20:28, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Most edit filters work by testing the contents of the edit window against one or more regular expressions, they often also check the user's access rights and the tests are usually more sensitive for users who are not yet autoconfirmed. If there is a match, the edit filter will log the fact; in some cases, it can also warn the user, tag the edit so that somebody else can review it, or even reject the edit outright. The log for is [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Leeds+United+FC+fan here], although I'm not sure if it's visible to non-admins. From that I see that Leeds United FC fan has triggered four filters a total of 48 times in four days, comprising: False positives should be reported at Edit filter/False positives. -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:41, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Filter 2 (Test filter: for testing private filters) once on 7 August 2015 on the article Sleights . I'm not sure what this one is for, it was set up by.
 * Filter 80 (Link spamming) twice on 9 August 2015 on the article 2015–16 Stoke City F.C. season . This one looks for external links being added by new users that are not being used as references.
 * Filter 613 (Signing in article) 40 times on 8 August (20 different articles, ). This one is very simple: it looks for a sequence of three or more tildes being added to articles by new users. It therefore picks up a five-tilde timestamp.
 * Filter 712 (Possibly changing date of birth in infobox) five times on 6-7 August (four different articles, ).
 * Thank you, though I am able to see my filter log. As you have mentioned, false positives should be reported. Does this mean that I should report my log, as all edits have been in good faith? It mentions that bad faith reports could lead to a block. Should the private filter be reported also, as I am just fixing a grammar error? That could be classed as a bad faith report, as we don't even know the filter. What are the effects of the filter log? Do good faith edits on the filter log go away after time? Can I report multiple false positives at once? Is there a limit to this? Leeds United FC fan (talk) 07:18, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I would report it if it's preventing you from making a genuinely valid edit. The four example edits that I linked were clearly not prevented; if you look at the log, you'll see that every entry has an "Actions taken:", which IIRC has four possible values: none; Warn; Tag; Disallow. You don't have any "Actions taken: Disallow" so all of those edits went through. If somebody has since reverted one or more of your edits, ask them why, and whether it was because of the edit filter log. -- Red rose64 (talk) 11:29, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * So, I should not report my filter log? I noticed most people who have been on Wikipedia for years have very short logs. Do they disappear over time then? Leeds United FC fan (talk) 12:31, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * They're permanent; [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog?dir=prev these are the oldest entries]. But it's not a badge of shame: I'd ignore it unless there is a genuine problem, or if somebody sends you a message asking you to stop doing whatever it is that has triggered a filter. I've triggered filters myself, such as [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Redrose64&limit=2 these two from earlier this year]. Of those two, was a revert of an improper edit;  was a new article. Nobody has challenged me on either edit. -- Red rose64 (talk) 14:46, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Problem Editor
User is causing all sorts of havoc across various articles. They've even kept replacing user messages with a symbol meant to be a rude gesture. Help. Please. Crboyer (talk) 23:19, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I have blocked them for a month and reverted out their changes. Keith D (talk) 23:29, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

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Date format in references
In Mobile country code, why did you change all the reference dates from e.g. "1 Dec 2010" to "1 December 2010"? MOS:DATEFORMAT specifically lists the "1 Dec 2010" format for references. Drahtlos (talk) 13:55, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * The article had a mixture of formats for dates from full dd-mmm-yyyy & mmm-dd,-yyyy to short for both of these and included some ISO dates. I selected what I thought would be an appropriate format for the dates and changed all to match that. As there is no space limitation, such as in a table, or brevity constraint, then I went for the full month names and as it was not specific to the US went with day first format. Keith D (talk) 16:17, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Lupton family
Hi Keith Imam hoping that you can check that my recent added citations are all correct on this page. Also, should the words "Lupton Hall' in the 20th century section at the end of the page, be in Italics - probably not according to another editor! Also, I have a drawing of the Lupton crest which we think should be on the page. It was done by me based on an old drawing given to me by a family member. What should I do? Cheers M. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.182.217.169 (talk) 12:25, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I have had a look and changed the refs on the page to move information from the publisher field that is not a publisher, such as dates and page numbers. No obvious reason for "Lupton Hall" to be in italics so should not be italicised. The crest could be uploaded, as you are the author of it, though you will have to create an account to upload images. You will have to release it under one of our free use licenses so others can use it. Keith D (talk) 13:05, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Edward Davenport (fraudster)
Hi. I restored refs on Edward Davenport (fraudster), and a user Primefac has removed them. The edit history shows that he first removed them claiming they were "spam" and has now gone on to claim they are unreliable. Whilst not removing the text they are referencing. The refs are from official records and not unreliable at all. Needless to add, nor are they spam as they quite clearly reference what's in the article - this user falsely claims they are not in a bid to justify the edit, resulting in unreferenced text. Could you help?

2.98.131.59 (talk) 14:12, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Do not think that I can help here. The problem is that though they are copies of official records you have to make assumptions to locate the appropriate record which the last reversion indicates is original research. Keith D (talk) 10:33, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Lupton family
Hi Keith Do you mind checking if Refs 83 and 84 on Lupton family are correct - I have added an extra portion of a  quote ton ref 83 and hope this is done correctly. Thanks so much M. E. R — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.182.217.169 (talk) 01:12, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks fine. I have tidied the second ref to reduce duplication. Keith D (talk) 10:16, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Lupton family again!
Ref number 94 on the Lupton family page is wrong and I cannot work out why. Please help again - you have been very helpful Thanks M. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.182.217.169 (talk) 13:06, 15 August 2015 (UTC)  (PS I have just seen your informative response regarding my queery about the inclusion of the Lupton crest on this page - Thanks again)
 * 20015 is too far in the future. -- Red rose64 (talk) 14:29, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing. Keith D (talk) 16:14, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Hi Keith, I was told that ref. number 26 on the above page should be dome differently as it is from a book. Please help - I cannot do that! Thanks again, M 101.182.217.169 (talk) 11:18, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * You just have to use cite book in place of cite web. I have tidied up the page for you. Keith D (talk) 13:22, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

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Lupton family and Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale
you are so reliable - I hope you can check ref. 106 on this Lupton family page - it is from an old newspaper report - is that OK? Also the same type of newspaper ref. on the 2nd page above - the last 2 refs. also - is Marquess of Lansdowne all OK and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne all OK. Cheers and thanks, you are invaluable! M101.182.221.219 (talk) 12:18, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Your comment at W. H. Auden
Hi KeithD; Thanks for your edit on the Auden Talk page. The author of that article seems to have requested that the peer review status be temporarily removed until they have a chance to update the article. If it is done and updated within the month (4-5 weeks) then I imagine the rating can stand as is. If it goes much beyond that or becomes indefinite then it seems that the status should be temporarily removed. Any thoughts on the best approach? MusicAngels (talk) 14:43, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * If you wish to remove the Good Article status then I suggest that you follow the procedure at Good article reassessment, may be a community reassessment is called for by the comments of the main author. Keith D (talk) 20:54, 20 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Hello. User MusicAngels has requested a reassessment of the page on W. H. Auden, and the request has some rather odd features that I think may be of interest to admins (including what seems to be a new kind of edit war - revenge by reassessment). The link is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:W._H._Auden/GA1 I've made some comments on it, but I hope you might take a look at it and draw your own conclusions. Thanks. - Macspaunday (talk) 12:54, 22 August 2015 (UTC) - 12:53, 22 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Keith; I did as you requested and started the formal GAR. No sooner was it posted there than the main editor involved began to publish a personal attack against both Harold Bloom and against myself. That editor appears to want to backpedal on his original promise to redraft and update the Auden article. I have spent a good deal of time to create the list of Auden updates which are needed and support them as submitted. They are needed for the benefit of the article improvement. That main editor has also just revealed previous edit conduct which I shall now need to investigate and of which that editor has not made any previous notification to me in the past. Please look at the GAR page and please offer some help against the personal attacks against both Harold Bloom and against myself. MusicAngels (talk) 15:08, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

I was about to alert you to the review begun by User:SilkTork but I see that you already visited the page - thank you. Any further changes and comments will be very welcome. - Macspaunday (talk) 16:54, 4 October 2015 (UTC)


 * A quick word of thanks for your attention to W. H. Auden! - Macspaunday (talk) 12:34, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

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Hi
Hi Keith D, apparently I've made a mistake in the Enrique Iglesias article because I didn't perceive the source that was next to his date of birth. I'd like to apologize for the inconvenience though. (N0n3up (talk) 02:34, 29 August 2015 (UTC))

Pippa Middleton
Thought you might be able to do a general check up on new refs. added today. eg; Should BBC ref. in "Parents" section be in italics? I think so! Cheers Srbernadette (talk) 07:54, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry for delay in responding as I was away for a week without internet access. I have done a quick run though the refs and made some changes. Mainly italicising newspaper titles and moving date information out of publisher fields. Keith D (talk) 23:01, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

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Hull City
The Hull City page is not being updated, why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.172.38 (talk) 10:41, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If you had cared to look earlier on the page I was away for a week without internet connection. Just be patient and it will eventually get updated as it appears to have been done. Keith D (talk) 23:05, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

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Bootham Crescent
Hi Keith, I was wondering if you would be interested in reviewing Bootham Crescent at FAC? Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 22:02, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. will take a look when I have got though watchlist changes form a week away. Keith D (talk) 22:08, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking a look, I've addressed your concern. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:22, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Lupton family
Hi I have made some difficult edits on the above page and would really appreciate it if you could check them Thanks again M. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 11:45, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

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James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale
Please can you do an overall check for this page. you are so helpful. Thanks mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 01:40, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I have had a quick look and tweaked a couple of things. Keith D (talk) 10:52, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
Please can you be kind enough to check the old archive refs I have added recently (numbers 7,8 and9) on the above page. Are they OK? Plus - can you do an accent over "nee" Marion.... - I always forget how to do it. Thanks again Srbernadette (talk) 11:00, 20 September 2015 (UTC) M. E. Reed
 * ✅ Keith D (talk) 11:05, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

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Leeds Festival (classical music) and James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale
Hi - I have made a few edits to both of the 2 above pages and I hope you might look at them and tweak them please. ThanksSrbernadette (talk) 09:44, 23 September 2015 (UTC) Thanks Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 03:24, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ Keith D (talk) 11:05, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Leeds Festival (classical music)
Could you please check my latest refs. - all from old newspapers so hard to do. Thanks so much again Mike. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 07:36, 25 September 2015 (UTC) Also please both the 6th and 7th Earl Harewood pages - news refs too. Thanks if you can do this! Mike
 * ✅ Keith D (talk) 11:34, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Poetry review, could you look at this
Hi Keith; The GAR at Auden has been open for one full month now, and there appear to be no editors coming forward to support the top editor there or the old 2009 assessment. My hope was that someone, anyone, would come forward to take up the slack there. Could you close out the GAR for Yeats as you see fit. I will try to support either way you decide. MusicAngels (talk) 15:38, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I think the problem with no other reviewers coming forward is that you have set up an individual reassessment rather than a community reassessment as I suggested above. Keith D (talk) 17:41, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * My own assessment in actually to place it somewhere between a "B"-class and a "C"-class article largely due to no response to the many issues raised with the article, and the top editor there has indicated no interest in addressing the upkeeps. If you want to redo the GAR as a community assessment then its fine with me. Otherwise I will support your evaluation of it as you see fit as being in the best interest of Wikipedia readers. Cheers. MusicAngels (talk) 18:34, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Keith; Thanks for posting the Talk page request. I imagine it should be left for 5-7 days there and if no one picks it up, then the close-out can go forward. Regarding the IP-hopping troll below you are free to delete the comment or to block that IP-editor who is up to twenty-two (22) IP-hopps at this point with multiple blocks. MusicAngels (talk) 14:44, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Separate section for IP-hopping troll identified and blocked on multiple ip-hopp accounts

 * @Keith D, you are right to wait for consensus beyond User:MusicAngels who wreaks havoc wherever he goes, most notably on poetry pages. He clearly knows nothing and badgers everyone. His pages on poetry were rightly shut down not only for copyright but also because they were ill-founded.  He is not college educated and does not know the difference between a Wikipedia source and a scholarly source.  Do not let him near any poetry page please! 128.90.91.240 (talk) 22:30, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Enrique Iglesias birth year is 1975
You changed Enrique Iglesias birth year to 1976 after i changed it to the correct year which is 1975!! Enrique Iglesias is born 1975. Change it if you can please I can't because there is a lock that means protection policy, please change it as soon as you see this message, if you can. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annah25 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * As previously discussed on the age, where is a reliable source for the year you claim to want to change this to. I have retained the stable version until such point as a source is brought forward to indicate a change is required. Once the source is available I will make any appropriate changes. You can leave this here or on the article talk page. Keith D (talk) 21:24, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-40
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 * In UploadWizard, the dialog to see an image preview has been removed. You already see the images in the thumbnails when you upload them.
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 * You can now edit music scores in VisualEditor. You can add new sheet music scores and get live updates when you edit one.
 * When you send an e-mail to another editor using Special:EmailUser, that user will now get a notification on the wiki as well.
 * You can now see 500 images when you upload images from Flickr with UploadWizard. Before this change the limit was 50.
 * The Wikimedia mailing lists have been upgraded.
 * MediaWiki developers spent a day looking at proposed code changes in Gerrit. The goal was to clean up the backlog and give feedback to volunteer developers.

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WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - October 2015
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Lupton family and Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale
Please help as you have often kindly done! Please remove the little dots underneath the word "nee" in the name "Baroness von Schunck (nee Kate Lupton)" in the sub-section headed "Olive Middleton (nee Lupton)". Srbernadette (talk) 05:50, 2 October 2015 (UTC)Srbernadette (talk) 06:58, 2 October 2015 (UTC) Also - can you look at the Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale page - I have done a tricky newspaper ref. Thanks again mikeSrbernadette (talk) 07:43, 2 October 2015 (UTC)


 * ✅ Keith D (talk) 11:03, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Lupton family
Thanks Keith but there now seems to be dots underneath the nee word  in the  Olive Middleton sub section of the Lupton family page...!!! Can you remove them please. Also - the name Olive Middleton, nee Lupton appears in the opening paragraphs on this page. I have failed in my attempt to link her name in with the section below on her 9in the 20th century section. Thanks again! Cam you take a look please! Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 11:05, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I moved it there from the previous location where you indicated you wanted it removing, which was in the middle of a link. The idea is that you can hover over it and get an explanation of the word. Keith D (talk) 11:17, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Dear Keith thanks for all your help - I am hoping that you will remove the little dots underneath Olive's name in her section (which is underneath the 20th century section of the page). Cheers again Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 11:25, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-41
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Recent changes
 * The link editor in the visual editor now shows results below the search box. This improves the usability on desktop and mobile.
 * The description at Special:ChangeEmail now clearly explains that the page can also be used to remove your email.

Changes this week
 * The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from October 6. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from October 7. It will be on all Wikipedias from October 8 (calendar).
 * UploadWizard will remind users to add a category.
 * UploadWizard's category selectors will be easier to use.
 * A new Cite error will be shown if a named reference is defined more than once in the same article.

Meetings
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Future changes
 * Wikidata requests your input on how to improve the editing of Wikidata's data in other locations, such as Wikipedias.

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Emergency Planning College
The Emergency Planning College Wikipedia entry is a holding statement from the College until we have completed a full profile which will be uploaded shortly. Please can we ask that you refrain from adding inaccurate information - a verified version of EPC will be available shortly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.22.14.10 (talk) 15:33, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I have reverted back to a normal wikipedia entry and will advise you of our conflict of interest policy over this. Any changes made should use third-party references and not to information published by the college. Keith D (talk) 16:09, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Emergency Planning College
Hello,

I work at the Emergency Planning College and I am currently in the process of updating the wiki page so for the time being have inserted some placeholder text.

Please refrain from reverting back to the old text as it is extremely out of date and inaccurate.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emergency Planning College (talk • contribs) 11:21, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Emergency Planning College
Thank you for your reply Keith. So, please can I ask how this works? I understand the COI which prevents us from editing our own Wiki page, but how do I share the factual information about our business so that it appears correct on Wikipedia? The information shown at the moment is very sparce, there's a lot more that can be said about the Emergency Planning College, the history of our business and the Hawkhills estate in Easingwold.

For example, the entry says that the College is run by Maj Gen Michael Charlton-Weedy and that is no longer the case.

I would very much welcome some advice please.

217.22.14.10 (talk) 11:40, 7 October 2015 (UTC)


 * First, please decide which user name you are going to use and then use it consistently: it appears that User:Epcwiki and User:Emergency Planning College are both the same person as the above IP address, which causes confusion.
 * Then, make comments on the talk page to draw readers' attention to the changes needed. Add an outdated template. Perhaps make single, incremental, uncontroversial, well-sourced, changes. But don't just over-write an article written by several other people over some years, with references and external links, by creating a single paragraph full of WP:PEACOCK terms, with an edit summary describing their work as "extremely inaccurate and out of date". Most of the history appears, at a quick glance, to match that described in http://www.epcresilience.com/about-us/our-heritage/. If there are inaccuracies, pick them out. Pam  D  12:24, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks Pam for that response. Also looks like User:Kfilson tried the same edit in July. Keith D (talk) 17:03, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Nigel Adams
Apologies Keith for inadvertently overwriting your edits -as a result of leaving it half finished for an hour. I should have flagged it as under construction. I've done everything I want at least for now. Your restructuring/formatting etc. is usually much appreciated. Regards JRPG (talk) 20:08, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Radja Nainggolan
Hi there Keith, from Portugal,

was anything wrong with my last edits in this player's article? My reasoning was that he last played for A.S. Roma on 4 October, and last appeared with Belgium yesterday, so I'd like to know where did I err please.

Attentively --84.90.219.128 (talk) 20:07, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The timestamp is the date and time that the club or international fields were changed, not the date of the match. As you changed both the international & club fields at the same time then both timesatmps should be the same. Also you appear not to have set the time when doing the change. Keith D (talk) 22:25, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I cannot work with the five tildes thingy to save my life, so I usually make one of the two: 1 - write the date manually (i.e. 5 JULY 2015) or set the date to midnight of the following day (00:00, 6 JULY 2015 (UTC). In Nainggolan's case, I think the dates I inserted are hardly misleading for anyone reading the box (they are both of this month), but your version stays, no problems. --84.90.219.128 (talk) 22:32, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi
Hi Keith D: Just a heads up that at a recent deletion discussion you closed, your signature is not present in the close. North America1000 15:24, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I have signed it now. Keith D (talk) 17:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. Thanks, North America1000 19:54, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Tech News: 2015-42
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 * You will be able to upload images to Wikimedia Commons using the visual editor. When the image is uploaded it will be added to the article you're editing.
 * Pages that show citation error messages will automatically be placed in a hidden category.

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